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Temporary residents

Canada – Transition of temporary residents by previous yearly status

Number
Transition	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
From foreign student	3,191	3,110	3,509	4,298	5,615	7,551	9,113	11,157	15,405	15,339
From humanitarian population	100	49	35	38	36	38	126	146	93	97
From other	4,397	3,148	3,867	4,392	4,755	5,472	5,623	5,529	5,108	4,810
To foreign worker	7,688	6,307	7,411	8,728	10,406	13,061	14,862	16,832	20,606	20,246
From foreign worker	722	804	899	1,096	1,328	1,735	2,236	2,230	2,234	3,447
From humanitarian or other	1,395	1,251	1,150	1,134	1,148	1,214	1,302	1,304	1,421	1,424
To foreign student	2,117	2,055	2,049	2,230	2,476	2,949	3,538	3,534	3,655	4,871
From foreign worker	402	559	510	389	354	474	650	710	1,007	1,006
From foreign student	703	997	1,213	980	833	860	841	749	806	905
From other	1,682	2,385	2,743	1,584	1,399	1,623	1,549	1,719	1,860	1,388
To humanitarian population	2,787	3,941	4,466	2,953	2,586	2,957	3,040	3,178	3,673	3,299
From foreign worker	2,442	2,865	3,665	2,995	3,053	3,001	2,863	2,710	2,424	3,157
From foreign student	2,120	2,575	3,976	4,230	3,462	3,126	2,924	2,688	2,381	2,098
From humanitarian population	137	204	186	196	183	174	190	199	242	154
To other	4,699	5,644	7,827	7,421	6,698	6,301	5,977	5,597	5,047	5,409
Total	17,291	17,947	21,753	21,332	22,166	25,268	27,417	29,141	32,981	33,825

Percentage distribution
Transition	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
From foreign student	18.5	17.3	16.1	20.1	25.3	29.9	33.2	38.3	46.7	45.3
From humanitarian population	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3
From other	25.4	17.5	17.8	20.6	21.5	21.7	20.5	19.0	15.5	14.2
To foreign worker	44.5	35.1	34.1	40.9	46.9	51.7	54.2	57.8	62.5	59.9
From foreign worker	4.2	4.5	4.1	5.1	6.0	6.9	8.2	7.7	6.8	10.2
From humanitarian or other	8.1	7.0	5.3	5.3	5.2	4.8	4.7	4.5	4.3	4.2
To foreign student	12.2	11.5	9.4	10.5	11.2	11.7	12.9	12.1	11.1	14.4
From foreign worker	2.3	3.1	2.3	1.8	1.6	1.9	2.4	2.4	3.1	3.0
From foreign student	4.1	5.6	5.6	4.6	3.8	3.4	3.1	2.6	2.4	2.7
From other	9.7	13.3	12.6	7.4	6.3	6.4	5.6	5.9	5.6	4.1
To humanitarian population	16.1	22.0	20.5	13.8	11.7	11.7	11.1	10.9	11.1	9.8
From foreign worker	14.1	16.0	16.8	14.0	13.8	11.9	10.4	9.3	7.3	9.3
From foreign student	12.3	14.3	18.3	19.8	15.6	12.4	10.7	9.2	7.2	6.2
From humanitarian population	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5
To other	27.2	31.4	36.0	34.8	30.2	24.9	21.8	19.2	15.3	16.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Canada – Transition of temporary residents by previous yearly status

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