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Temporary residents

Canada – Transition from foreign students 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 1,388 1,034 1,231 1,775 2,037 1,763 1,898 1,869 1,649 1,158
Other –family class 332 239 164 117 86 124 114 116 98 106
Family class 1,720 1,273 1,395 1,892 2,123 1,887 2,012 1,985 1,747 1,264
Skilled workers 2,124 2,046 1,980 2,691 2,832 4,230 4,324 4,015 2,861 2,886
Canadian experience class 101 90
Provincial/territorial nominees 5 5 25 63 55 122 102 134 149 85
Live-in caregivers 0 -- 6 -- 6 6 8 6 -- --
Other – economic immigrants 28 -- 11 -- 21 22 16 23 -- --
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 2,157 2,067 2,022 2,780 2,914 4,380 4,450 4,178 3,127 3,090
Skilled workers  1,695 1,547 1,372 1,698 1,591 1,820 1,988 2,140 1,756 1,509
Canadian experience class 175 175
Provincial/territorial nominees 17 122 181 325 514 871 758 1,191 1,417 1,388
Live-in caregivers 12 12 -- 8 12 -- 6 13 13 8
Other – economic immigrants  614 553 -- 665 924 -- 860 1,029 798 980
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 2,338 2,234 2,062 2,696 3,041 3,587 3,612 4,373 4,159 4,060
Refugees 37 27 8 22 48 36 32 16 18 19
Other immigrants 0 191 382 206 226 316 367 457 404 234
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Total 6,252 5,792 5,869 7,596 8,353 10,206 10,473 11,010 9,456 8,667

*Principal applicants
**Spouses and dependants

Percentage distribution
Category 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Spouse, partner and fiancé(e)s 22.2 17.9 21.0 23.4 24.4 17.3 18.1 17.0 17.4 13.4
Other – family class 5.3 4.1 2.8 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2
Family class 27.5 22.0 23.8 24.9 25.4 18.5 19.2 18.0 18.5 14.6
Skilled workers 34.0 35.3 33.7 35.4 33.9 41.4 41.3 36.5 30.3 33.3
Canadian experience class 1.1 1.0
Provincial/territorial nominees 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.0
Live-in caregivers 0.0 -- 0.1 -- 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 -- --
Other – economic immigrants 0.4 -- 0.2 -- 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 -- --
Economic immigrants – p.a.* 34.5 35.7 34.5 36.6 34.9 42.9 42.5 37.9 33.1 35.7
Skilled workers  27.1 26.7 23.4 22.4 19.0 17.8 19.0 19.4 18.6 17.4
Canadian experience class 1.9 2.0
Provincial/territorial nominees 0.3 2.1 3.1 4.3 6.2 8.5 7.2 10.8 15.0 16.0
Live-in caregivers 0.2 0.2 -- 0.1 0.1 -- 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other – economic immigrants  9.8 9.5 -- 8.8 11.1 -- 8.2 9.3 8.4 11.3
Economic immigrants – s.d.** 37.4 38.6 35.1 35.5 36.4 35.1 34.5 39.7 44.0 46.8
Refugees 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2
Other immigrants 0.0 3.3 6.5 2.7 2.7 3.1 3.5 4.2 4.3 2.7
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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