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Temporary residents

Canada – Refugee claimants present on December 1st by top source countries

* For refugee claimants, source country refers to the principal country of alleged persecution

Number
Source country* 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Mexico 3,645 4,656 5,890 6,895 7,967 9,984 13,351 18,218 20,858 15,770
Haiti 908 884 855 852 957 1,428 4,478 9,216 10,165 8,876
China, People's Republic of 6,811 7,186 7,049 6,855 6,437 6,241 5,921 6,380 6,560 6,530
Colombia 2,888 4,736 5,949 7,548 6,131 4,075 4,455 6,356 7,179 6,026
Hungary 6,329 5,264 3,431 2,460 1,578 1,061 646 625 2,540 4,243
Nigeria 2,341 2,443 2,647 2,652 2,492 2,424 2,495 2,824 2,945 3,069
India 5,194 5,176 5,046 4,730 4,438 4,020 3,517 3,240 3,003 2,849
Sri Lanka 7,255 6,840 6,377 5,614 4,392 3,964 3,585 3,297 2,758 2,778
Pakistan 7,973 9,272 11,604 9,633 7,211 5,317 3,801 3,111 2,533 2,176
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 415 709 1,038 1,183 1,328 1,325 1,211 1,346 1,639 1,965
Czech Republic 356 296 270 223 175 135 116 802 2,531 1,743
Congo, Democratique Republic of 3,311 3,213 3,093 2,706 2,394 2,213 1,894 1,919 1,878 1,740
Somalia, Republic of 3,320 2,910 2,419 1,991 1,617 1,259 1,044 1,265 1,503 1,571
Zimbabwe 2,850 2,960 2,465 1,319 1,473 1,861 1,578 1,577 1,510 1,215
United States 298 423 659 714 698 796 1,465 2,094 1,816 1,013
Turkey 2,671 3,165 2,950 2,325 1,514 1,212 913 833 839 898
Guyana 918 1,331 1,802 1,877 1,752 1,710 1,473 1,259 972 649
Costa Rica 979 2,188 3,441 3,120 1,942 1,060 594 329 220 146
Top 10 source countries 49,576 52,468 54,830 52,213 45,156 41,809 45,075 56,655 61,072 54,282
Other countries 58,699 63,409 66,983 61,333 52,908 46,043 40,498 41,784 45,458 44,098
Total 108,275 115,877 121,813 113,546 98,064 87,852 85,573 98,439 106,530 98,380

* For refugee claimants, source country refers to the principal country of alleged persecution

Percentage distribution
Source country* 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Mexico 3.4 4.0 4.8 6.1 8.1 11.4 15.6 18.5 19.6 16.0
Haiti 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.6 5.2 9.4 9.5 9.0
China, People's Republic of 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.0 6.6 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.2 6.6
Colombia 2.7 4.1 4.9 6.6 6.3 4.6 5.2 6.5 6.7 6.1
Hungary 5.8 4.5 2.8 2.2 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.6 2.4 4.3
Nigeria 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.1
India 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.1 3.3 2.8 2.9
Sri Lanka 6.7 5.9 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.3 2.6 2.8
Pakistan 7.4 8.0 9.5 8.5 7.4 6.1 4.4 3.2 2.4 2.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 2.0
Czech Republic 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.8 2.4 1.8
Congo, Democratique Republic of 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8
Somalia, Republic of 3.1 2.5 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.6
Zimbabwe 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.2 1.5 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2
United States 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.7 2.1 1.7 1.0
Turkey 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.9
Guyana 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.3 0.9 0.7
Costa Rica 0.9 1.9 2.8 2.7 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.1
Top 10 source countries 45.8 45.3 45.0 46.0 46.0 47.6 52.7 57.6 57.3 55.2
Other countries 54.2 54.7 55.0 54.0 54.0 52.4 47.3 42.4 42.7 44.8
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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