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Temporary residents

Canada – Total entries of refugee claimants by gender and age

Number
Age 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
0 to 14 years of age 3,934 2,922 3,012 2,270 1,631 1,991 2,962 3,886 3,378 2,240
15 to 24 years of age 6,111 4,548 4,150 3,199 2,485 2,757 3,019 3,786 3,834 2,598
25 to 44 years of age 13,416 9,897 9,299 7,376 5,633 6,349 7,860 10,289 9,166 6,507
45 to 64 years of age 2,240 1,796 1,792 1,395 1,087 1,319 1,578 2,250 1,984 1,409
65 years of age or more 276 204 172 150 146 189 198 248 227 204
Age not stated 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Males 25,977 19,369 18,425 14,390 10,982 12,605 15,617 20,460 18,590 12,958
0 to 14 years of age 3,726 2,789 2,786 2,095 1,601 1,937 2,825 3,781 3,335 2,099
15 to 24 years of age 4,201 3,097 2,864 2,354 1,847 1,902 2,424 3,039 2,852 1,849
25 to 44 years of age 8,059 6,223 5,973 5,034 3,834 4,631 5,615 7,130 6,116 4,437
45 to 64 years of age 1,934 1,536 1,482 1,346 1,149 1,419 1,566 1,973 1,816 1,401
65 years of age or more 461 308 257 230 259 364 364 410 407 366
Age not stated 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Females 18,382 13,953 13,363 11,060 8,690 10,253 12,794 16,333 14,526 10,152
0 to 14 years of age 7,660 5,711 5,798 4,365 3,232 3,928 5,787 7,667 6,713 4,339
15 to 24 years of age 10,312 7,645 7,014 5,553 4,332 4,659 5,443 6,825 6,686 4,447
25 to 44 years of age 21,475 16,120 15,272 12,410 9,467 10,980 13,475 17,419 15,282 10,944
45 to 64 years of age 4,174 3,332 3,274 2,741 2,236 2,738 3,144 4,223 3,800 2,810
65 years of age or more 737 512 429 380 405 553 562 658 634 570
Age not stated 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Gender not stated 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 44,360 33,323 31,788 25,450 19,672 22,858 28,411 36,793 33,118 23,110
Percentage distribution
Age 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
0 to 14 years of age 15.1 15.1 16.3 15.8 14.9 15.8 19.0 19.0 18.2 17.3
15 to 24 years of age 23.5 23.5 22.5 22.2 22.6 21.9 19.3 18.5 20.6 20.0
25 to 44 years of age 51.6 51.1 50.5 51.3 51.3 50.4 50.3 50.3 49.3 50.2
45 to 64 years of age 8.6 9.3 9.7 9.7 9.9 10.5 10.1 11.0 10.7 10.9
65 years of age or more 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.6
Age not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 14 years of age 20.3 20.0 20.8 18.9 18.4 18.9 22.1 23.1 23.0 20.7
15 to 24 years of age 22.9 22.2 21.4 21.3 21.3 18.6 18.9 18.6 19.6 18.2
25 to 44 years of age 43.8 44.6 44.7 45.5 44.1 45.2 43.9 43.7 42.1 43.7
45 to 64 years of age 10.5 11.0 11.1 12.2 13.2 13.8 12.2 12.1 12.5 13.8
65 years of age or more 2.5 2.2 1.9 2.1 3.0 3.6 2.8 2.5 2.8 3.6
Age not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 14 years of age 17.3 17.1 18.2 17.2 16.4 17.2 20.4 20.8 20.3 18.8
15 to 24 years of age 23.2 22.9 22.1 21.8 22.0 20.4 19.2 18.5 20.2 19.2
25 to 44 years of age 48.4 48.4 48.0 48.8 48.1 48.0 47.4 47.3 46.1 47.4
45 to 64 years of age 9.4 10.0 10.3 10.8 11.4 12.0 11.1 11.5 11.5 12.2
65 years of age or more 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.5 2.1 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.5
Age not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gender 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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