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Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents by age and source area

Number
Source area 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Africa and the Middle East 12,517 11,686 10,380 11,919 12,037 12,256 11,001 12,500 13,773 17,391
Asia and Pacific 29,545 25,622 23,074 23,762 28,755 23,293 21,452 21,545 20,935 27,431
South and Central America 4,424 4,280 4,408 4,750 5,140 4,899 5,144 5,363 5,100 5,213
United States 1,819 1,549 1,613 2,275 3,279 3,462 3,140 3,002 2,501 2,642
Europe and the United Kingdom 8,978 7,821 7,160 8,179 8,343 7,341 7,474 7,848 7,960 7,932
Source area not stated 7 4 1 24 39 67 59 46 18 41
0 to 14 years of age 57,290 50,962 46,636 50,909 57,593 51,318 48,270 50,304 50,287 60,650
Africa and the Middle East 7,424 6,728 6,911 8,301 8,268 8,441 7,802 7,834 8,077 8,345
Asia and Pacific 17,320 16,401 17,260 17,851 22,002 22,090 19,934 19,414 19,329 19,258
South and Central America 3,574 3,266 3,488 3,692 4,175 4,334 4,367 4,305 4,063 4,248
United States 597 587 633 756 963 1,158 1,057 1,223 1,090 1,000
Europe and the United Kingdom 5,431 4,619 4,724 5,258 5,146 4,630 4,696 4,634 4,780 4,198
Source area not stated 12 5 3 15 20 20 25 15 4 3
15 to 24 years of age 34,358 31,606 33,019 35,873 40,574 40,673 37,881 37,425 37,343 37,052
Africa and the Middle East 22,844 22,878 21,310 24,314 23,398 25,028 23,486 24,265 26,781 33,239
Asia and Pacific 67,972 57,776 56,505 58,094 68,572 57,891 52,066 56,284 55,747 65,817
South and Central America 9,682 9,412 9,705 11,129 12,561 11,994 13,190 13,475 14,140 14,845
United States 2,371 2,109 2,544 2,913 3,421 4,114 4,056 4,629 4,060 3,866
Europe and the United Kingdom 23,245 21,272 20,484 23,285 23,245 21,409 21,877 22,109 23,309 23,368
Source area not stated 19 11 8 16 32 29 33 28 10 16
25 to 44 years of age 126,133 113,458 110,556 119,751 131,229 120,465 114,708 120,790 124,047 141,151
Africa and the Middle East 4,496 4,204 4,108 4,294 4,902 5,250 5,291 5,594 6,124 6,620
Asia and Pacific 14,816 15,334 13,242 11,840 16,397 18,545 15,532 16,772 17,294 18,662
South and Central America 2,161 2,138 2,296 2,301 2,489 2,724 2,796 2,871 2,957 3,286
United States 899 822 945 1,265 1,370 1,944 1,918 1,985 1,718 1,457
Europe and the United Kingdom 4,243 3,820 3,855 4,066 3,612 3,810 3,997 4,547 4,857 4,565
Source area not stated 1 1 3 4 7 4 9 4 4 5
45 to 64 years of age 26,616 26,319 24,449 23,770 28,777 32,277 29,543 31,773 32,954 34,595
Africa and the Middle East 956 844 965 703 674 885 982 1,120 1,398 1,098
Asia and Pacific 3,292 3,924 3,647 3,024 2,324 4,650 3,671 3,466 3,867 3,838
South and Central America 370 373 452 382 277 353 393 481 516 763
United States 223 227 278 298 230 265 278 377 354 278
Europe and the United Kingdom 1,398 1,335 1,347 1,114 560 754 1,027 1,511 1,405 1,256
Source area not stated 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0
65 years of age or more 6,241 6,703 6,689 5,521 4,068 6,909 6,352 6,956 7,541 7,233
Africa and the Middle East 48,237 46,340 43,674 49,531 49,279 51,860 48,562 51,313 56,153 66,693
Asia and Pacific 132,945 119,057 113,728 114,571 138,050 126,469 112,655 117,481 117,172 135,006
South and Central America 20,211 19,469 20,349 22,254 24,642 24,304 25,890 26,495 26,776 28,355
United States 5,909 5,294 6,013 7,507 9,263 10,943 10,449 11,216 9,723 9,243
Europe and the United Kingdom 43,295 38,867 37,570 41,902 40,906 37,944 39,071 40,649 42,311 41,319
Source area not stated 41 21 15 59 101 122 127 94 37 65
Total 250,638 229,048 221,349 235,824 262,241 251,642 236,754 247,248 252,172 280,681
Percentage distribution
Source area 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Africa and the Middle East 21.8 22.9 22.3 23.4 20.9 23.9 22.8 24.8 27.4 28.7
Asia and Pacific 51.6 50.3 49.5 46.7 49.9 45.4 44.4 42.8 41.6 45.2
South and Central America 7.7 8.4 9.5 9.3 8.9 9.5 10.7 10.7 10.1 8.6
United States 3.2 3.0 3.5 4.5 5.7 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.0 4.4
Europe and the United Kingdom 15.7 15.3 15.4 16.1 14.5 14.3 15.5 15.6 15.8 13.1
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
0 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Africa and the Middle East 21.6 21.3 20.9 23.1 20.4 20.8 20.6 20.9 21.6 22.5
Asia and Pacific 50.4 51.9 52.3 49.8 54.2 54.3 52.6 51.9 51.8 52.0
South and Central America 10.4 10.3 10.6 10.3 10.3 10.7 11.5 11.5 10.9 11.5
United States 1.7 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.8 2.8 3.3 2.9 2.7
Europe and the United Kingdom 15.8 14.6 14.3 14.7 12.7 11.4 12.4 12.4 12.8 11.3
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 to 24 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Africa and the Middle East 18.1 20.2 19.3 20.3 17.8 20.8 20.5 20.1 21.6 23.5
Asia and Pacific 53.9 50.9 51.1 48.5 52.3 48.1 45.4 46.6 44.9 46.6
South and Central America 7.7 8.3 8.8 9.3 9.6 10.0 11.5 11.2 11.4 10.5
United States 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.4 3.5 3.8 3.3 2.7
Europe and the United Kingdom 18.4 18.7 18.5 19.4 17.7 17.8 19.1 18.3 18.8 16.6
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
25 to 44 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Africa and the Middle East 16.9 16.0 16.8 18.1 17.0 16.3 17.9 17.6 18.6 19.1
Asia and Pacific 55.7 58.3 54.2 49.8 57.0 57.5 52.6 52.8 52.5 53.9
South and Central America 8.1 8.1 9.4 9.7 8.6 8.4 9.5 9.0 9.0 9.5
United States 3.4 3.1 3.9 5.3 4.8 6.0 6.5 6.2 5.2 4.2
Europe and the United Kingdom 15.9 14.5 15.8 17.1 12.6 11.8 13.5 14.3 14.7 13.2
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
45 to 64 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Africa and the Middle East 15.3 12.6 14.4 12.7 16.6 12.8 15.5 16.1 18.5 15.2
Asia and Pacific 52.7 58.5 54.5 54.8 57.1 67.3 57.8 49.8 51.3 53.1
South and Central America 5.9 5.6 6.8 6.9 6.8 5.1 6.2 6.9 6.8 10.5
United States 3.6 3.4 4.2 5.4 5.7 3.8 4.4 5.4 4.7 3.8
Europe and the United Kingdom 22.4 19.9 20.1 20.2 13.8 10.9 16.2 21.7 18.6 17.4
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
65 years of age or more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Africa and the Middle East 19.2 20.2 19.7 21.0 18.8 20.6 20.5 20.8 22.3 23.8
Asia and Pacific 53.0 52.0 51.4 48.6 52.6 50.3 47.6 47.5 46.5 48.1
South and Central America 8.1 8.5 9.2 9.4 9.4 9.7 10.9 10.7 10.6 10.1
United States 2.4 2.3 2.7 3.2 3.5 4.3 4.4 4.5 3.9 3.3
Europe and the United Kingdom 17.3 17.0 17.0 17.8 15.6 15.1 16.5 16.4 16.8 14.7
Source area not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Canada – Permanent residents by age and source area, 2010
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