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Temporary residents
Canada – Humanitarian population present on December 1st by top source countries
*For the humanitarian population, source country refers to country of last permanent residence
| Source country* | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 3,625 | 4,706 | 5,928 | 6,969 | 8,049 | 10,033 | 13,307 | 18,279 | 20,911 | 15,981 |
| Haiti | 919 | 914 | 891 | 904 | 981 | 1,271 | 3,049 | 6,213 | 7,147 | 7,711 |
| United States | 1,174 | 1,924 | 4,024 | 5,883 | 5,689 | 4,752 | 6,654 | 9,648 | 9,332 | 6,667 |
| China, People's Republic of | 6,354 | 6,725 | 6,725 | 6,643 | 6,196 | 6,036 | 5,720 | 5,984 | 6,161 | 6,186 |
| Colombia | 2,941 | 4,625 | 5,307 | 5,641 | 4,220 | 2,923 | 3,158 | 4,449 | 5,261 | 4,599 |
| Hungary | 6,353 | 5,366 | 3,503 | 2,525 | 1,631 | 1,105 | 675 | 643 | 2,533 | 4,246 |
| Nigeria | 2,387 | 2,472 | 2,666 | 2,662 | 2,495 | 2,427 | 2,499 | 2,797 | 2,922 | 3,019 |
| India | 5,584 | 5,557 | 5,311 | 4,904 | 4,640 | 4,225 | 3,760 | 3,546 | 3,240 | 2,978 |
| Sri Lanka | 7,657 | 7,171 | 6,640 | 5,823 | 4,506 | 4,046 | 3,647 | 3,303 | 2,764 | 2,447 |
| Pakistan | 7,922 | 9,164 | 10,775 | 8,752 | 6,647 | 4,972 | 3,628 | 3,002 | 2,461 | 2,124 |
| Czech Republic | 380 | 316 | 284 | 241 | 187 | 141 | 126 | 796 | 2,556 | 1,860 |
| Congo, Democratique Republic of | 3,391 | 3,266 | 3,134 | 2,724 | 2,380 | 2,164 | 1,852 | 1,860 | 1,776 | 1,645 |
| Somalia, Republic of | 3,350 | 2,876 | 2,296 | 1,768 | 1,402 | 1,126 | 916 | 1,078 | 1,286 | 1,371 |
| Iran | 2,913 | 2,521 | 2,231 | 1,951 | 1,741 | 1,491 | 1,221 | 1,170 | 1,195 | 1,200 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,855 | 2,972 | 2,473 | 1,334 | 1,243 | 1,494 | 1,274 | 1,250 | 1,219 | 1,017 |
| Turkey | 2,703 | 3,151 | 2,934 | 2,293 | 1,513 | 1,226 | 923 | 859 | 849 | 877 |
| Guyana | 944 | 1,361 | 1,817 | 1,896 | 1,786 | 1,724 | 1,482 | 1,263 | 969 | 642 |
| Costa Rica | 1,001 | 2,190 | 3,454 | 3,144 | 1,994 | 1,097 | 630 | 354 | 235 | 157 |
| Top 10 source countries | 50,090 | 52,703 | 54,801 | 53,145 | 46,816 | 43,302 | 47,274 | 59,081 | 62,827 | 55,958 |
| Other countries | 61,770 | 67,657 | 70,702 | 63,757 | 54,449 | 47,684 | 41,525 | 42,376 | 46,443 | 45,735 |
| Total | 111,860 | 120,360 | 125,503 | 116,902 | 101,265 | 90,986 | 88,799 | 101,457 | 109,270 | 101,693 |
*For the humanitarian population, source country refers to country of last permanent residence
| Source country* | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 19.1 | 15.7 |
| Haiti | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.6 |
| United States | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 6.6 |
| China, People's Republic of | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| Colombia | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| Hungary | 5.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 4.2 |
| Nigeria | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| India | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Sri Lanka | 6.8 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| Pakistan | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Czech Republic | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Congo, Democratique Republic of | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Somalia, Republic of | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Iran | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Zimbabwe | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Turkey | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Guyana | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Costa Rica | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Top 10 source countries | 44.8 | 43.8 | 43.7 | 45.5 | 46.2 | 47.6 | 53.2 | 58.2 | 57.5 | 55.0 |
| Other countries | 55.2 | 56.2 | 56.3 | 54.5 | 53.8 | 52.4 | 46.8 | 41.8 | 42.5 | 45.0 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
*For the humanitarian population, source country refers to country of last permanent residence
| Source country* | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Haiti | 32 | 32 | 37 | 33 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| United States | 26 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| China, People's Republic of | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Colombia | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hungary | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 35 | 10 | 6 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| India | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| Czech Republic | 58 | 69 | 73 | 77 | 78 | 83 | 83 | 25 | 9 | 12 |
| Congo, Democratique Republic of | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Somalia, Republic of | 8 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| Iran | 10 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 20 |
| Turkey | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 23 |
| Guyana | 30 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 30 |
| Costa Rica | 28 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 49 | 62 | 78 |
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