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Temporary residents

Canada – Transition of foreign workers to permanent resident status by category

*Principal applicants
**Spouses and dependants

Number
Category 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Spouse, partner and fiancé(e)s 6,618 3,801 2,263 3,286 4,519 5,239 4,651 5,447 5,268 4,524
Other –family class 215 130 34 23 11 23 29 33 36 36
Family class 6,833 3,931 2,297 3,309 4,530 5,262 4,680 5,480 5,304 4,560
Skilled workers 3,533 3,132 2,564 3,774 3,564 4,906 5,749 6,954 6,746 6,335
Canadian experience class                 1,565 2,209
Provincial/territorial nominees 47 129 259 600 826 1,801 2,586 4,192 6,364 6,762
Live-in caregivers 1,867 1,511 2,214 2,486 3,052 3,536 3,418 6,144 6,270 7,649
Other – economic immigrants 123 85 48 54 60 78 74 46 66 42
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 5,570 4,857 5,085 6,914 7,502 10,321 11,827 17,336 21,011 22,997
Skilled workers  622 567 643 1,303 1,334 1,998 2,274 2,782 2,426 2,330
Canadian experience class 300 519
Provincial/territorial nominees -- 23 63 182 280 706 862 1,456 2,061 2,029
Live-in caregivers 15 12 12 13 22 21 22 62 75 110
Other – economic immigrants  -- 19 9 19 22 29 43 35 40 33
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 655 621 727 1,517 1,658 2,754 3,201 4,335 4,902 5,021
Refugees 10 10 6 17 16 34 27 27 31 35
Other immigrants 0 87 184 73 56 116 200 220 274 209
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Total 13,068 9,506 8,299 11,830 13,762 18,487 19,936 27,398 31,522 32,827

*Principal applicants
**Spouses and dependants

Percentage distribution
Category 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Spouse, partner and fiancé(e)s 50.6 40.0 27.3 27.8 32.8 28.3 23.3 19.9 16.7 13.8
Other – family class 1.6 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Family class 52.3 41.4 27.7 28.0 32.9 28.5 23.5 20.0 16.8 13.9
Skilled workers 27.0 32.9 30.9 31.9 25.9 26.5 28.8 25.4 21.4 19.3
Canadian experience class 5.0 6.7
Provincial/territorial nominees 0.4 1.4 3.1 5.1 6.0 9.7 13.0 15.3 20.2 20.6
Live-in caregivers 14.3 15.9 26.7 21.0 22.2 19.1 17.1 22.4 19.9 23.3
Other – economic immigrants 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 42.6 51.1 61.3 58.4 54.5 55.8 59.3 63.3 66.7 70.1
Skilled workers  4.8 6.0 7.7 11.0 9.7 10.8 11.4 10.2 7.7 7.1
Canadian experience class 1.0 1.6
Provincial/territorial nominees -- 0.2 0.8 1.5 2.0 3.8 4.3 5.3 6.5 6.2
Live-in caregivers 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3
Other – economic immigrants  -- 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 5.0 6.5 8.8 12.8 12.0 14.9 16.1 15.8 15.6 15.3
Refugees 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other immigrants 0.0 0.9 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.6
Category 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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