Facts and figures 2011 – Immigration overview: Permanent and temporary residents

Permanent residents

Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and urban area

Number
Urban area 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
St. John's 291 256 424 399 397 380 481 454 526 462
Other Newfoundland and Labrador 113 103 155 98 111 166 135 149 188 220
Newfoundland and Labrador 404 359 579 497 508 546 616 603 714 682
Charlottetown 71 110 224 233 490 900 1,360 1,630 2,493 1,665
Other Prince Edward Island 37 44 86 97 75 92 83 93 88 66
Prince Edward Island 108 154 310 330 565 992 1,443 1,723 2,581 1,731
Halifax 1,135 1,109 1,351 1,486 1,966 2,023 2,057 1,792 1,803 1,576
Other Nova Scotia 284 365 420 443 620 500 594 632 605 562
Nova Scotia 1,419 1,474 1,771 1,929 2,586 2,523 2,651 2,424 2,408 2,138
Moncton 162 159 206 191 262 345 365 479 424 470
Saint John 169 158 186 310 547 523 560 585 655 475
Fredericton 206 159 195 312 486 409 544 493 563 581
Other New Brunswick 168 190 208 278 351 366 387 356 483 442
New Brunswick 705 666 795 1,091 1,646 1,643 1,856 1,913 2,125 1,968
Québec 1,394 1,716 2,166 2,074 1,800 2,076 2,033 2,364 2,630 2,236
Sherbrooke 657 880 864 791 1,103 1,016 1,046 993 1,148 930
Trois-Rivières 165 308 244 242 342 305 274 376 314 269
Drummondville 102 133 151 189 131 179 90 152 109 135
Granby 96 208 182 171 156 167 115 194 153 167
Saint-Hyacinthe 91 107 118 157 124 182 111 181 102 187
Montréal 33,291 33,770 37,851 37,170 38,400 38,684 38,881 42,532 46,461 44,863
Ottawa-Gatineau 693 904 1,021 1,009 1,020 1,125 1,155 1,199 1,536 1,450
Other Quebec 1,092 1,529 1,648 1,512 1,606 1,466 1,513 1,501 1,531 1,509
Quebec 37,581 39,555 44,245 43,315 44,682 45,200 45,218 49,492 53,984 51,746
Ottawa-Gatineau 7,156 5,960 6,366 6,377 6,279 5,798 6,286 6,297 7,172 6,411
Kingston 307 350 480 394 415 378 416 396 437 328
Peterborough 124 130 151 175 161 161 152 201 139 130
Oshawa 544 607 756 839 745 859 734 799 759 768
Toronto 111,684 97,554 99,913 112,832 99,289 87,139 86,899 82,639 92,182 77,759
Hamilton 3,127 3,599 4,155 4,613 4,036 3,680 3,806 3,778 4,003 3,296
St. Catharines-Niagara 886 1,087 1,300 1,765 1,598 1,384 1,235 1,114 1,259 1,164
Kitchener 2,196 2,398 2,767 2,964 3,321 3,205 2,914 2,823 3,059 2,518
Guelph 646 616 850 823 774 705 751 630 613 521
London 1,730 2,024 2,347 3,233 2,979 2,459 2,338 2,464 2,938 2,270
Chatham-Kent 75 93 144 158 104 108 98 111 103 93
Leamington 115 94 98 118 120 91 116 99 125 72
Windsor 2,450 2,502 2,729 2,981 2,781 2,215 1,951 1,892 1,836 1,661
Sarnia 102 105 136 161 157 169 139 127 153 85
Barrie 234 247 353 371 427 404 357 418 358 312
Greater Sudbury 85 88 102 131 134 138 138 146 116 144
Thunder Bay 113 126 142 114 180 145 142 122 150 113
Other Ontario 2,013 2,143 2,304 2,477 2,391 2,278 2,405 2,805 2,709 1,813
Ontario 133,587 119,723 125,093 140,526 125,891 111,316 110,877 106,861 118,111 99,458
Winnipeg 3,803 5,143 5,909 6,185 7,715 8,480 8,140 9,972 12,342 13,398
Other Manitoba 812 1,360 1,517 1,911 2,333 2,474 3,078 3,549 3,466 2,564
Manitoba 4,615 6,503 7,426 8,096 10,048 10,954 11,218 13,521 15,808 15,962
Regina 556 570 656 633 821 910 1,406 2,058 2,567 3,202
Saskatoon 721 631 802 844 1,164 1,618 2,061 2,564 3,176 3,796
Other Saskatchewan 390 467 485 642 739 988 1,368 2,268 1,872 1,957
Saskatchewan 1,667 1,668 1,943 2,119 2,724 3,516 4,835 6,890 7,615 8,955
Medicine Hat 98 149 151 149 171 163 181 169 207 189
Lethbridge 149 169 177 228 268 279 298 483 556 509
Calgary 9,081 9,271 9,449 11,186 11,823 11,246 13,039 13,708 16,107 15,060
Red Deer 164 203 254 322 293 567 676 537 586 759
Edmonton 4,225 4,810 5,057 6,016 6,444 6,540 7,517 8,508 11,008 10,457
Other Alberta 1,066 1,237 1,388 1,503 1,717 2,065 2,490 3,612 4,186 3,989
Alberta 14,783 15,839 16,476 19,404 20,716 20,860 24,201 27,017 32,650 30,963
Kelowna 256 304 312 367 403 531 603 605 592 463
Kamloops 117 102 127 120 177 168 226 268 228 208
Chilliwack 119 104 153 169 167 194 199 228 161 173
Abbotsford 1,080 1,202 904 1,317 1,387 1,306 1,397 1,368 1,360 1,118
Vancouver 30,069 30,775 32,698 39,499 36,299 32,956 37,466 34,626 37,338 28,966
Victoria 762 950 1,066 1,204 1,267 1,270 1,491 1,482 1,517 1,277
Nanaimo 112 176 173 220 210 284 245 284 258 226
Prince George 124 105 141 150 152 142 148 180 175 149
Other British Columbia 1,418 1,511 1,452 1,724 2,021 2,110 2,217 2,398 2,558 2,205
British Columbia 34,057 35,229 37,026 44,770 42,083 38,961 43,992 41,439 44,187 34,785
Whitehorse 40 42 53 52 56 69 100 156 323 218
Other Yukon 10 17 9 13 9 14 10 18 27 19
Yukon 50 59 62 65 65 83 110 174 350 237
Yellowknife 54 75 67 73 93 71 110 87 108 65
Other Northwest Territories 6 19 22 11 5 17 17 20 29 20
Northwest Territories 60 94 89 84 98 88 127 107 137 85
Nunavut 12 11 8 12 12 19 50 10 19 24
Province or territory not stated 0 15 0 4 16 52 52 0 2 14
Total 229,048 221,349 235,823 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,246 252,174 280,691 248,748
Percentage distribution
Urban area 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
St. John's 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other Newfoundland and Labrador 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Charlottetown 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7
Other Prince Edward Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Prince Edward Island 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7
Halifax 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6
Other Nova Scotia 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
Nova Scotia 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9
Moncton 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Saint John 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Fredericton 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other New Brunswick 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
New Brunswick 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Québec 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
Sherbrooke 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Trois-Rivières 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Drummondville 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Granby 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Saint-Hyacinthe 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Montréal 14.5 15.3 16.1 14.2 15.3 16.3 15.7 16.9 16.6 18.0
Ottawa-Gatineau 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Other Quebec 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
Quebec 16.4 17.9 18.8 16.5 17.8 19.1 18.3 19.6 19.2 20.8
Ottawa-Gatineau 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6
Kingston 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Peterborough 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Oshawa 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Toronto 48.8 44.1 42.4 43.0 39.5 36.8 35.1 32.8 32.8 31.3
Hamilton 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3
St. Catharines-Niagara 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
Kitchener 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0
Guelph 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
London 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9
Chatham-Kent 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Leamington 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Windsor 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Sarnia 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Barrie 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Greater Sudbury 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Thunder Bay 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Other Ontario 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.7
Ontario 58.3 54.1 53.0 53.6 50.0 47.0 44.8 42.4 42.1 40.0
Winnipeg 1.7 2.3 2.5 2.4 3.1 3.6 3.3 4.0 4.4 5.4
Other Manitoba 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.0
Manitoba 2.0 2.9 3.1 3.1 4.0 4.6 4.5 5.4 5.6 6.4
Regina 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.3
Saskatoon 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.5
Other Saskatchewan 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8
Saskatchewan 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.7 2.7 3.6
Medicine Hat 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lethbridge 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Calgary 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.7 4.8 5.3 5.4 5.7 6.1
Red Deer 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3
Edmonton 1.8 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.4 3.9 4.2
Other Alberta 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.6
Alberta 6.5 7.2 7.0 7.4 8.2 8.8 9.8 10.7 11.6 12.4
Kelowna 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Kamloops 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Chilliwack 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Abbotsford 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
Vancouver 13.1 13.9 13.9 15.1 14.4 13.9 15.2 13.7 13.3 11.6
Victoria 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Nanaimo 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Prince George 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other British Columbia 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9
British Columbia 14.9 15.9 15.7 17.1 16.7 16.5 17.8 16.4 15.7 14.0
Whitehorse 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Yukon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yukon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Yellowknife 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Northwest Territories 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northwest Territories 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nunavut 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Province or territory 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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