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Temporary residents

Canada – Foreign students present on December 1st by province or territory and urban area

* Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

Number
Urban area 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
St. John’s 277 298 394 429 459 478 576 611 709 825
Other Newfoundland and Labrador 402 470 505 485 590 724 801 903 813 873
Newfoundland and Labrador 679 768 899 914 1,049 1,202 1,377 1,514 1,522 1,698
Charlottetown 205 197 229 258 293 343 405 450 585 666
Other Prince Edward Island 66 69 60 51 50 61 71 67 68 63
Prince Edward Island 271 266 289 309 343 404 476 517 653 729
Halifax 2,546 2,999 3,437 3,728 3,604 3,639 3,694 3,995 4,695 5,648
Cape Breton 90 120 128 118 110 110 119 131 128 223
Other Nova Scotia 1,084 1,323 1,564 1,613 1,736 1,716 1,621 1,668 1,785 2,040
Nova Scotia 3,720 4,442 5,129 5,459 5,450 5,465 5,434 5,794 6,608 7,911
Moncton 343 353 372 381 380 511 651 803 823 833
Saint John 441 553 584 478 412 404 409 384 393 390
Fredericton 809 944 1,021 1,052 1,005 998 1,006 953 980 1,109
Other New Brunswick 670 899 1,065 1,277 1,441 1,264 1,159 1,116 1,087 1,181
New Brunswick 2,263 2,749 3,042 3,188 3,238 3,177 3,225 3,256 3,283 3,513
Rimouski 161 161 144 168 185 237 272 236 259 295
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 115 112 145 154 195 214 267 309 375 415
Québec 1,704 1,540 1,490 1,468 1,425 1,482 1,393 1,439 1,451 1,562
Sherbrooke 896 865 892 863 927 1,016 1,057 1,105 1,147 1,176
Trois-Rivières 308 358 440 462 525 548 510 500 514 586
Montréal 18,521 19,022 19,591 19,912 19,524 19,691 20,712 21,431 23,841 24,904
Ottawa-Gatineau 279 331 355 391 337 370 354 344 382 490
Other Quebec 2,083 2,115 1,982 1,990 2,035 2,281 2,435 2,556 2,597 2,781
Quebec 24,067 24,504 25,039 25,408 25,153 25,839 27,000 27,920 30,566 32,209
Ottawa-Gatineau 4,491 4,944 5,459 5,784 5,834 5,973 6,012 5,809 6,237 7,141
Kingston 649 661 686 657 709 706 715 719 690 631
Belleville 139 157 187 212 252 291 307 285 251 238
Port Hope and Hope 100 110 99 102 87 89 104 94 90 85
Peterborough 627 681 702 711 674 669 696 712 755 790
Oshawa 231 266 281 301 334 416 467 485 529 591
Toronto 28,536 32,737 34,801 35,484 34,959 34,744 35,821 35,724 40,315 50,134
Hamilton 3,514 4,230 4,553 4,641 4,515 4,262 4,199 4,200 4,581 5,093
St. Catharines-Niagara 1,320 1,467 1,438 1,575 1,770 1,912 1,892 1,932 2,190 2,290
Kitchener 1,142 1,344 1,462 1,607 1,742 1,850 1,978 2,025 2,202 2,317
Guelph 781 934 926 841 828 838 821 798 903 922
London 1,941 2,256 2,462 2,663 2,807 3,004 3,338 3,694 4,205 4,362
Windsor 895 979 1,249 1,295 1,396 1,512 1,564 1,548 1,275 1,149
Sarnia 76 88 133 104 97 79 121 127 185 323
Barrie 272 372 391 397 456 497 506 475 518 671
North Bay 76 79 78 124 146 132 148 162 152 184
Greater Sudbury 146 303 392 439 491 491 438 472 527 629
Thunder Bay 189 159 201 203 208 203 150 157 180 175
Other Ontario 3,965 4,378 4,669 5,008 5,404 6,051 6,121 6,248 7,140 7,528
Ontario 49,090 56,145 60,169 62,148 62,709 63,719 65,398 65,666 72,925 85,253
Winnipeg 2,538 3,012 3,555 3,838 3,896 4,352 4,591 4,255 4,663 5,030
Brandon 125 143 156 159 160 161 195 200 232 224
Other Manitoba 460 471 487 754 905 624 465 409 486 452
Manitoba 3,123 3,626 4,198 4,751 4,961 5,137 5,251 4,864 5,381 5,706
Regina 1,061 1,202 1,310 1,437 1,512 1,327 1,314 1,388 1,548 1,742
Saskatoon 1,342 1,461 1,515 1,571 1,584 1,581 1,702 1,773 1,990 2,123
Other Saskatchewan 625 632 693 610 632 577 504 484 421 471
Saskatchewan 3,028 3,295 3,518 3,618 3,728 3,485 3,520 3,645 3,959 4,336
Medicine Hat 191 172 143 104 152 154 159 169 176 211
Lethbridge 423 488 705 805 805 790 716 612 556 554
Calgary 4,309 4,470 4,591 4,811 4,936 5,327 5,735 5,797 6,081 6,346
Edmonton 3,906 4,236 4,588 4,698 4,855 4,941 5,581 6,055 7,058 7,512
Other Alberta 1,822 1,814 1,721 1,579 1,659 1,719 1,632 1,737 1,686 1,658
Alberta 10,651 11,180 11,748 11,997 12,407 12,931 13,823 14,370 15,557 16,281
Kelowna 477 509 539 564 620 647 622 662 771 937
Kamloops 948 992 1,018 966 1,007 930 1,058 1,046 1,259 1,298
Chilliwack 146 141 185 167 111 169 134 137 149 149
Abbotsford 646 818 970 991 1,002 1,135 1,095 1,029 1,169 1,162
Vancouver 28,693 31,081 32,284 33,117 33,575 33,766 35,265 35,005 39,530 43,425
Victoria 936 971 1,130 1,163 1,117 1,064 998 955 964 985
Duncan 77 99 101 102 104 110 103 114 95 99
Nanaimo 894 1,238 1,414 1,346 1,283 1,083 1,006 984 936 1,007
Prince George 177 253 311 336 365 359 353 372 468 566
Other British Columbia 6,556 7,157 7,386 7,893 8,539 9,163 9,508 9,837 10,108 10,832
British Columbia 39,550 43,259 45,338 46,645 47,723 48,426 50,142 50,141 55,449 60,460
Territories* 52 81 88 97 111 85 93 84 69 60
Province or territory not stated 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 5
Total 136,495 150,315 159,457 164,534 166,872 169,870 175,746 177,772 195,973 218,161

* Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

Percentage distribution
Urban area 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
St. John’s 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Other Newfoundland and Labrador 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8
Charlottetown 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Other Prince Edward Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Prince Edward Island 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Halifax 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.6
Cape Breton 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Nova Scotia 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Nova Scotia 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.6
Moncton 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
Saint John 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Fredericton 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Other New Brunswick 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
New Brunswick 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6
Rimouski 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Chicoutimi-Jonquière 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Québec 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Sherbrooke 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
Trois-Rivières 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Montréal 13.6 12.7 12.3 12.1 11.7 11.6 11.8 12.1 12.2 11.4
Ottawa-Gatineau 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other Quebec 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
Quebec 17.6 16.3 15.7 15.4 15.1 15.2 15.4 15.7 15.6 14.8
Ottawa-Gatineau 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3
Kingston 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Belleville 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Port Hope and Hope 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Peterborough 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Oshawa 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Toronto 20.9 21.8 21.8 21.6 20.9 20.5 20.4 20.1 20.6 23.0
Hamilton 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3
St. Catharines-Niagara 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0
Kitchener 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Guelph 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
London 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.0
Windsor 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5
Sarnia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Barrie 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
North Bay 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Greater Sudbury 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Thunder Bay 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Ontario 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5
Ontario 36.0 37.4 37.7 37.8 37.6 37.5 37.2 36.9 37.2 39.1
Winnipeg 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.3
Brandon 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Manitoba 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Manitoba 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.6
Regina 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Saskatoon 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Other Saskatchewan 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Saskatchewan 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0
Medicine Hat 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lethbridge 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Calgary 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.9
Edmonton 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.4
Other Alberta 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8
Alberta 7.8 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.9 8.1 7.9 7.5
Kelowna 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Kamloops 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Chilliwack 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Abbotsford 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
Vancouver 21.0 20.7 20.2 20.1 20.1 19.9 20.1 19.7 20.2 19.9
Victoria 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Duncan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Nanaimo 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Prince George 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Other British Columbia 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.0
British Columbia 29.0 28.8 28.4 28.3 28.6 28.5 28.5 28.2 28.3 27.7
Territories* 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Province or territory not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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

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