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CANADAFACTS AND FIGURES

Immig r an t Ove r v i ew Pe rmanen t Re s i den t s

2014

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Produced by

Research and Evaluation Branch Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Internet: www.cic.gc.ca

For online copies please visit: www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/menu-fact.asp

All rights reserved. No part of this information (publication or product) may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior written permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S5 or [email protected]. © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2015. ISSN: 2368-9714 Ref. No.: D1-2015

Aussi disponible en français sous le titre Faits et chiffres 2014 : Aperçu de l’immigration – Résidents permanents

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Table of contents

Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................... ii

Permanent residents ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

Canada – Permanent residents by gender and category, 1989 to 2014 ....................................................................... 4

Canada – Permanent residents by category ................................................................................................................. 6 Canada – Male permanent residents by category ..................................................................................................... 8 Canada – Female permanent residents by category ............................................................................................... 10

Canada – Permanent residents by category (principal applicants) ............................................................................. 12

Canada – Permanent residents by category (spouses and dependants).................................................................... 14

Canada – Permanent residents less than 15 years of age by gender, age and category ........................................... 16

Canada – Permanent residents by gender and age, 2014 .......................................................................................... 18

Canada – Permanent residents 15 years of age or older by age and category .......................................................... 19 Canada – Male permanent residents 15 years of age or older by age and category ............................................. 20 Canada – Female permanent residents 15 years of age or older by age and category ......................................... 21

Canada – Permanent residents by gender and source area ....................................................................................... 22

Canada – Permanent residents by category and source area .................................................................................... 24

Canada – Permanent residents by age and source area ............................................................................................ 26

Canada – Permanent residents by source country ...................................................................................................... 29

Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and urban area ..................................................................... 32

Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and urban area (cont’d) ....................................................... 34

Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and category ........................................................................ 36

Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and language ability ............................................................. 38

Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and source area ................................................................... 40

Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and source area (cont’d) ...................................................... 42

Canada – Permanent residents 15 years of age or older by gender and marital status ............................................. 45

Canada – Permanent residents by category and language ability .............................................................................. 46

Canada – Permanent residents by top languages reported as mother tongue ........................................................... 48

Canada – Permanent residents by labour market intention, occupation and skill level .............................................. 50

Canada – Skilled workers 15 years of age or older intending to work by gender and occupational skill level (principal applicants) .................................................................................................................................................................... 52

Glossary of terms and concepts .................................................................................................................................. 53

List of figures

Canada – Permanent residents, 1860 to 2014 .............................................................................................................. 2

Canada – Permanent residents as a percentage of Canada’s population, 1860 to 2014 ............................................. 3

Canada – Permanent residents by category, 1989 to 2014 .......................................................................................... 4

Canada – Permanent residents by category and source area, 2014 .......................................................................... 23

Canada – Permanent residents by category and source area, 2014 (showing percentage distribution) .................... 23

Canada – Permanent residents by age and source area, 2014 .................................................................................. 28

Canada – Permanent residents by top source countries, 2011-2014 ......................................................................... 28

Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and source area, 2014 ......................................................... 44

Canada – Permanent residents 15 years of age or older by gender and marital status, 2014 ................................... 44

Canada – Permanent residents by category and language ability, 2014 (showing percentage distribution) .............. 46

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Foreword

A key mandate of the Research and Evaluation Branch, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is the dissemination of immigration data. With its annual publication, Facts and Figures: Immigration Overview–Permanent Residents, CIC provides a broad range of statistical information on admissions to Canada.

Facts and Figures 2014: Immigration Overview–Permanent Residents presents the annual intake of permanent residents by category of immigration from 1990 to 2014. The main body of the publication consists of a series of statistical tables and charts covering the ten-year period from 2005 to 2014. The report depicts selected characteristics for permanent residents.

All statistical information provided in this publication is derived from CIC’s administrative data files where transactions with the department are recorded.

The statistics for admission of permanent residents are provided for the three main categories of immigration—family class, economic immigrants and refugees—as well as for other immigrants who do not qualify in any of these categories.

For information on Citizenship and Immigration Canada, its priorities and activities, publications and reports, as well as application guides and forms, visit the CIC Web site at www.cic.gc.ca.

The numbers appearing in this report for the period prior to 2014 may differ from those reported in earlier publications. These differences reflect adjustments to CIC’s administrative data files that normally occur over time.

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Permanent residents

Since 2002, Canada’s immigration program has been based on the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and its regulations. The IRPA replaces the Immigration Act of 1976 and defines three basic categories of permanent residents, which correspond to major program objectives: reuniting families, contributing to economic development and protecting refugees. Accordingly, statistical information in this section is presented for the main categories of permanent residents and refers to principal applicants and accompanying spouses and dependants (unless otherwise noted).

The family class is comprised of foreign nationals sponsored by close relatives or family members in Canada and includes spouses and partners, dependent children, parents and grandparents.

Economic immigrants are people selected for their skills and ability to contribute to Canada’s economy, including skilled workers, business immigrants, provincial and territorial nominees, and live-in caregivers. The skilled worker component includes immigrants who are able to demonstrate their ability to enter the labour market and successfully establish in Canada by meeting selection criteria that assess factors such as English or French language abilities, and work experience. The business immigrant component includes those who invest their money in an approved venture, those who intend to run their own business, or those who intend to be self-employed. The provincial and territorial nominees are permanent residents designated by a province or territory that have entered into agreements with the Government of Canada to select immigrants who will meet their local economic needs. While these nominees must meet federal health and security admission criteria, they are not subject to the skilled worker selection grid for determining eligibility. Live-in caregivers are temporary foreign workers who are granted permanent residence after their participation in the Live-in Caregiver Program. Initially, live-in caregivers must be qualified to provide care for children, sick or elderly people, or persons with a disability. Successful candidates are granted temporary resident status and a work permit and, after two years, are eligible to apply for permanent resident status.

Refugees include government-assisted refugees, privately sponsored refugees, refugees landed in Canada, dependants of refugees landed in Canada who live abroad, and Blended Visa Office-referred refugees.

On an exceptional basis, the IRPA gives Citizenship and Immigration Canada the authority to grant permanent resident status to individuals and families who would not otherwise qualify in any category—for example, in cases where there are strong humanitarian and compassionate considerations, or for public policy reasons. These discretionary provisions provide the flexibility to approve deserving cases not anticipated in the legislation.

In this section of the report, selected landing and socio-demographic characteristics are presented for all permanent residents for the 2005 to 2014 calendar years. Statistical tables and charts provide gender-based information on immigrant category, source areas, intended destination in Canada, age at landing, marital status, language ability, occupational skill level and intention to work. Information pertaining to marital status, occupational skill level, and intention to work is presented only for the permanent resident population 15 years of age or older. This age group corresponds to the age requirements for the labour force population as defined in the Census of Population. Supplementary tables for the permanent resident population include statistical information showing the major source countries, the occupation and the skill level.

Due to privacy considerations, some cells in the following tables have been suppressed and replaced with the notation “--”. As a result, components may not sum to total indicated. In general, we have suppressed cells containing less than five cases except in circumstances where, in our judgment, we are not releasing personal information on an identifiable individual.

Note: numbers appearing in the “not stated” and “other” categories reflect operational adjustments to CIC’s administrative data files and are currently under review.

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Canada – Permanent residents, 1860 to 2014

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

450,000

1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Historical highlights

1896 to 1905: the settlement of the West with an offer of free land results in large numbers of immigrants from the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States.

1906: Immigration Act

1910: Immigration Act

1913: 400,000 immigrants arrive in Canada

1914 to 1918: immigration slump during the World War I

1928: opening of Halifax's Pier 21, the Atlantic gateway to Canada

1930s: extremely low levels of immigration during the Depression years

1940s: during and after World War II, approximately 48,000 war brides and their 22,000 children arrive in Canada

1950s: Canada receives about one and a half million immigrants from Europe

1952: Immigration Act

1956 and 1957: Canada accepts 37,500 Hungarian refugees

1962: new immigration regulations are tabled to eliminate all discrimination based on race, religion and national origin

1967: the government amends Canada's immigration policy and introduces the point system for the selection of skilled workers and business immigrants

1968 and 1969: Canada takes in 11,000 Czechoslovakian refugees

1972: Canada resettles more than 6,175 Ugandan Asians

1973: Canada accepts more than 6,000 Chileans

1975 to 1978: Canada resettles almost 9,000 Indochinese

1978: Immigration Act (1976) came into effect April 10, 1978

1979 and 1980: 60,000 Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian "boat people" arrive in Canada

1999: Canada accepts more than 7,000 Kosovars

2002: Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) came into force June 28, 2002

2008: Ministerial instructions changed the way the economic immigrant cases are processed under IRPA.

2008: The Canadian Experience Class (CEC) facilitates access to permanent residence who have recent Canadian work experience or have graduated and recently worked in Canada.

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Canada – Permanent residents as a percentage of Canada’s population, 1860 to 2014

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

YEAR 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869

Number 6,276 13,589 18,294 21,000 24,779 18,958 11,427 10,666 12,765 18,630

% of Population 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5

YEAR 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879

Number 24,706 27,773 36,578 50,050 39,373 27,382 25,633 27,082 29,807 40,492

% of Population 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.0

YEAR 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

Number 38,505 47,991 112,458 133,624 103,824 76,169 69,152 84,526 88,766 91,600

% of Population 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.0 2.3 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.9

YEAR 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

Number 75,067 82,165 30,996 29,633 20,829 18,790 16,835 21,716 31,900 44,543

% of Population 1.6 1.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9

YEAR 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

Number 41,681 55,747 89,102 138,660 131,252 141,465 211,653 272,409 143,326 173,694

% of Population 0.8 1.0 1.6 2.5 2.3 2.4 3.5 4.2 2.2 2.6

YEAR 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

Number 286,839 331,288 375,756 400,870 150,484 33,665 55,914 72,910 41,845 107,698

% of Population 4.1 4.6 5.1 5.3 1.9 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.5 1.3

YEAR 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

Number 138,824 91,728 64,224 133,729 124,164 84,907 135,982 158,886 166,783 164,993

% of Population 1.6 1.0 0.7 1.5 1.4 0.9 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.6

YEAR 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

Number 104,806 27,530 20,591 14,382 12,476 11,277 11,643 15,101 17,244 16,994

% of Population 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2

YEAR 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

Number 11,324 9,329 7,576 8,504 12,801 22,722 71,719 64,127 125,414 95,217

% of Population 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.7

YEAR 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Number 73,912 194,391 164,498 168,868 154,227 109,946 164,857 282,164 124,851 106,928

% of Population 0.5 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.7 0.6

YEAR 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Number 104,111 71,698 74,856 93,151 112,606 146,758 194,743 222,876 183,974 164,531

% of Population 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.8

YEAR 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Number 147,713 121,900 122,006 184,200 218,465 187,881 149,429 114,914 86,313 112,093

% of Population 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5

YEAR 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Number 143,138 128,641 121,175 89,185 88,272 84,346 99,351 152,076 161,585 191,550

% of Population 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7

YEAR 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Number 216,451 232,802 254,787 256,638 224,382 212,864 226,071 216,036 174,195 189,950

% of Population 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6

YEAR 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Number 227,455 250,636 229,049 221,349 235,822 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170

% of Population 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7

YEAR 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Number 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

% of Population 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

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Canada – Permanent residents by gender and category, 1989 to 2014

Category 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Family class 33,665 38,780 43,389 47,265 40,023 32,254 28,121 24,074 19,895 21,454 23,291

Economic immigrants 49,931 43,135 47,813 51,005 50,613 53,722 64,494 66,829 51,400 57,833 72,668

Refugees 24,024 33,297 32,091 17,556 11,286 15,435 15,448 13,487 12,333 13,202 16,124

Other immigrants 1,733 2,013 2,719 3,850 3,657 477 2,318 1,900 1,353 539 260

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Males 109,353 117,225 126,012 119,676 105,579 101,888 110,382 106,290 84,981 93,028 112,343

Family class 40,999 49,164 57,713 65,371 54,162 45,123 40,195 35,851 30,969 33,807 37,322

Economic immigrants 47,990 43,359 47,973 54,639 51,691 52,900 60,873 61,520 46,509 51,408 63,613

Refugees 16,191 20,772 20,247 13,034 9,147 12,657 13,024 10,820 10,509 11,196 13,967

Other immigrants 1,868 2,235 2,824 3,901 3,796 283 1,547 1,500 1,194 492 200

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Females 107,048 115,530 128,757 136,945 118,796 110,963 115,639 109,691 89,181 96,903 115,102

Family class 74,664 87,944 101,102 112,636 94,185 77,377 68,316 59,925 50,864 55,261 60,613

Economic immigrants 97,921 86,494 95,786 105,644 102,304 106,622 125,367 128,349 97,909 109,241 136,281

Refugees 40,215 54,069 52,338 30,590 20,433 28,092 28,472 24,307 22,842 24,398 30,091

Other immigrants 3,601 4,248 5,543 7,751 7,453 760 3,865 3,400 2,547 1,031 460

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Gender not stated 50 47 18 17 7 13 50 55 33 19 10

Total 216,451 232,802 254,787 256,638 224,382 212,864 226,071 216,036 174,195 189,950 227,455

Category 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Family class 30.8 33.1 34.4 39.5 37.9 31.7 25.5 22.6 23.4 23.1 20.7

Economic immigrants 45.7 36.8 37.9 42.6 47.9 52.7 58.4 62.9 60.5 62.2 64.7

Refugees 22.0 28.4 25.5 14.7 10.7 15.1 14.0 12.7 14.5 14.2 14.4

Other immigrants 1.6 1.7 2.2 3.2 3.5 0.5 2.1 1.8 1.6 0.6 0.2

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 38.3 42.6 44.8 47.7 45.6 40.7 34.8 32.7 34.7 34.9 32.4

Economic immigrants 44.8 37.5 37.3 39.9 43.5 47.7 52.6 56.1 52.2 53.1 55.3

Refugees 15.1 18.0 15.7 9.5 7.7 11.4 11.3 9.9 11.8 11.6 12.1

Other immigrants 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.8 3.2 0.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.2

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 34.5 37.8 39.7 43.9 42.0 36.4 30.2 27.7 29.2 29.1 26.6

Economic immigrants 45.2 37.2 37.6 41.2 45.6 50.1 55.5 59.4 56.2 57.5 59.9

Refugees 18.6 23.2 20.5 11.9 9.1 13.2 12.6 11.3 13.1 12.8 13.2

Other immigrants 1.7 1.8 2.2 3.0 3.3 0.4 1.7 1.6 1.5 0.5 0.2

Category not stated 0.0 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 0.0

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Number

Percentage distribution

Canada – Permanent residents by category, 1989 to 2014

0

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100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Family class Economic immigrants Refugees Other immigrants

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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

26,044 24,293 24,867 23,730 25,048 28,521 26,461 26,712 26,980 24,946 23,765 27,544 35,020 28,391

82,537 73,668 63,953 70,080 80,899 71,891 67,850 75,749 78,207 94,949 80,015 82,759 75,609 81,543

14,920 13,229 13,789 16,972 18,556 16,685 14,286 11,002 11,595 12,606 13,967 11,536 12,046 11,793

107 1,559 3,885 3,382 3,256 5,028 5,378 5,143 5,183 4,496 4,033 4,630 2,242 2,432

1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 5 0 0

123,609 112,749 106,494 114,164 127,760 122,126 113,976 118,606 121,966 137,000 121,781 126,474 124,917 124,159

40,750 37,999 40,256 38,544 38,326 41,994 39,778 38,872 38,228 35,279 32,688 37,468 46,823 38,268

73,170 64,196 57,093 63,666 75,413 66,361 63,394 73,317 75,282 91,966 76,099 78,033 72,545 83,545

12,995 11,881 12,193 15,714 17,218 15,814 13,668 10,857 11,254 12,091 13,906 11,543 11,785 11,493

99 2,220 5,309 3,729 3,523 5,343 5,934 5,587 5,439 4,346 4,268 4,384 2,952 2,935

0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 1

127,014 116,296 114,852 121,653 134,481 129,513 122,774 128,635 130,203 143,686 126,963 131,428 134,105 136,242

66,794 62,292 65,123 62,274 63,374 70,515 66,239 65,584 65,208 60,225 56,453 65,012 81,843 66,659

155,707 137,864 121,046 133,746 156,312 138,252 131,244 149,066 153,489 186,915 156,114 160,792 148,154 165,088

27,915 25,110 25,982 32,686 35,774 32,499 27,954 21,859 22,849 24,697 27,873 23,079 23,831 23,286

206 3,779 9,194 7,111 6,779 10,371 11,312 10,730 10,622 8,842 8,301 9,014 5,194 5,367

1 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 7 3 5 0 1

13 4 3 5 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 3

250,636 229,049 221,349 235,822 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

21.1 21.5 23.4 20.8 19.6 23.4 23.2 22.5 22.1 18.2 19.5 21.8 28.0 22.9

66.8 65.3 60.1 61.4 63.3 58.9 59.5 63.9 64.1 69.3 65.7 65.4 60.5 65.7

12.1 11.7 12.9 14.9 14.5 13.7 12.5 9.3 9.5 9.2 11.5 9.1 9.6 9.5

0.1 1.4 3.6 3.0 2.5 4.1 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.3 3.3 3.7 1.8 2.0

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

32.1 32.7 35.1 31.7 28.5 32.4 32.4 30.2 29.4 24.6 25.7 28.5 34.9 28.1

57.6 55.2 49.7 52.3 56.1 51.2 51.6 57.0 57.8 64.0 59.9 59.4 54.1 61.3

10.2 10.2 10.6 12.9 12.8 12.2 11.1 8.4 8.6 8.4 11.0 8.8 8.8 8.4

0.1 1.9 4.6 3.1 2.6 4.1 4.8 4.3 4.2 3.0 3.4 3.3 2.2 2.2

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

26.6 27.2 29.4 26.4 24.2 28.0 28.0 26.5 25.9 21.5 22.7 25.2 31.6 25.6

62.1 60.2 54.7 56.7 59.6 54.9 55.4 60.3 60.9 66.6 62.8 62.3 57.2 63.4

11.1 11.0 11.7 13.9 13.6 12.9 11.8 8.8 9.1 8.8 11.2 8.9 9.2 8.9

0.1 1.6 4.2 3.0 2.6 4.1 4.8 4.3 4.2 3.2 3.3 3.5 2.0 2.1

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Number

Percentage distribution

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Canada – Permanent residents by category

Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Spouses and partners 45,458 45,304 44,912 44,211 43,904 40,763 38,541 39,536 42,747 42,124

Sons and daughters 3,232 3,191 3,338 3,254 3,027 2,960 2,740 2,716 2,769 3,265

Parents and grandparents 12,475 20,005 15,813 16,600 17,177 15,326 14,080 21,814 32,322 18,150

Others 2,209 2,016 2,179 1,519 1,100 1,177 1,094 946 4,005 3,122

Family class 63,374 70,516 66,242 65,584 65,208 60,226 56,455 65,012 81,843 66,661

Entrepreneurs - p.a.* 749 820 580 446 370 291 184 126 114 131

Entrepreneurs - s.d.** 2,095 2,273 1,577 1,255 943 796 522 349 312 368

Self-employed - p.a.* 302 320 204 164 182 174 113 89 94 159

Self-employed - s.d.** 714 632 375 341 360 326 236 153 170 240

Investors - p.a.* 2,592 2,201 2,025 2,832 2,871 3,222 2,980 2,616 2,362 2,082

Investors - s.d.** 7,023 5,830 5,420 7,370 7,432 8,492 7,606 6,744 6,043 5,371

Start-up Business - p.a.* --

Start-up Business - s.d.** --

Skilled w orkers - p.a.* 52,269 44,162 41,251 43,361 40,733 48,820 36,779 38,591 34,156 28,773

Skilled w orkers - s.d.** 77,969 61,783 56,601 60,372 55,219 70,536 52,005 52,843 48,952 38,712

Canadian experience class - p.a.* 1,775 2,533 3,972 5,943 4,362 14,200

Canadian experience class - s.d.** 770 1,384 2,054 3,416 2,854 9,586

Skilled trades - p.a.* 11 --

Skilled trades - s.d.** 6 --

Provincial/territorial nominees - p.a.* 2,643 4,672 6,329 8,343 11,800 13,855 15,295 17,201 18,806 21,003

Provincial/territorial nominees - s.d.** 5,404 8,664 10,764 14,074 18,579 22,575 23,121 23,709 21,114 26,625

Live-in caregivers - p.a.* 3,063 3,547 3,433 6,157 6,273 7,664 5,033 3,691 4,854 11,693

Live-in caregivers - s.d.** 1,489 3,348 2,685 4,354 6,183 6,247 6,215 5,322 3,945 5,999

Economic immigrants 156,312 138,252 131,244 149,069 153,490 186,915 156,115 160,793 148,155 165,089

Government-assisted refugees 7,424 7,326 7,572 7,295 7,425 7,264 7,363 5,412 5,661 7,573

Privately sponsored refugees 2,976 3,337 3,588 3,512 5,036 4,833 5,584 4,225 6,269 4,560

Refugees landed in Canada 19,934 15,883 11,696 6,995 7,206 9,038 10,743 8,586 8,036 7,749

Refugee dependants 5,441 5,953 5,098 4,057 3,182 3,562 4,183 4,856 3,712 3,227

Blended Visa Office-Referred

refugees 153 177

Refugees 35,775 32,499 27,954 21,859 22,849 24,697 27,873 23,079 23,831 23,286

Retirees, DROC and PDRCC*** 20 23 15 2 4 0 6 4 -- --

Temporary resident permit holders 123 136 107 113 106 109 88 67 44 27

H and C**** cases 3,111 4,309 4,347 3,450 3,142 2,898 2,687 2,927 2,875 3,367

Other H and C**** cases outside the

family class / Public Policy 3,525 5,903 6,843 7,165 7,370 5,835 5,520 5,863 1,397 1,161

Public Policy w ith RAP -- --

Public Policy w ithout RAP 153 866 800

Other immigrants 6,779 10,371 11,312 10,730 10,622 8,842 8,301 9,014 5,194 5,367

Category not stated 2 2 1 2 1 7 3 5 0 1

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

*Principal applicants *** Deferred removal orders class and post-determination refugee claimants in Canada

**Spouses and dependants ****Humanitarian and Compassionate

Note: Canadian Experience Class and Skilled Trades were implemented in 2008 and 2013, respectively, and therefore there were no

admissions prior to these years.

Number

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Spouses and partners 17.3 18.0 19.0 17.9 17.4 14.5 15.5 15.3 16.5 16.2

Sons and daughters 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3

Parents and grandparents 4.8 7.9 6.7 6.7 6.8 5.5 5.7 8.5 12.5 7.0

Others 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.5 1.2

Family class 24.2 28.0 28.0 26.5 25.9 21.5 22.7 25.2 31.6 25.6

Entrepreneurs - p.a.* 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1

Entrepreneurs - s.d.** 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Self-employed - p.a.* 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

Self-employed - s.d.** 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Investors - p.a.* 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8

Investors - s.d.** 2.7 2.3 2.3 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.6 2.3 2.1

Start-up Business - p.a.* --

Start-up Business - s.d.** --

Skilled w orkers - p.a.* 19.9 17.5 17.4 17.5 16.2 17.4 14.8 15.0 13.2 11.0

Skilled w orkers - s.d.** 29.7 24.6 23.9 24.4 21.9 25.1 20.9 20.5 18.9 14.9

Canadian experience class - p.a.* 0.7 0.9 1.6 2.3 1.7 5.5

Canadian experience class - s.d.** 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.1 3.7

Skilled trades - p.a.* 0.0 --

Skilled trades - s.d.** 0.0 --

Provincial/territorial nominees - p.a.* 1.0 1.9 2.7 3.4 4.7 4.9 6.1 6.7 7.3 8.1

Provincial/territorial nominees - s.d.** 2.1 3.4 4.5 5.7 7.4 8.0 9.3 9.2 8.2 10.2

Live-in caregivers - p.a.* 1.2 1.4 1.5 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.0 1.4 1.9 4.5

Live-in caregivers - s.d.** 0.6 1.3 1.1 1.8 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.1 1.5 2.3

Economic immigrants 59.6 54.9 55.4 60.3 60.9 66.6 62.8 62.3 57.2 63.4

Government-assisted refugees 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.6 3.0 2.1 2.2 2.9

Privately sponsored refugees 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 2.0 1.7 2.2 1.6 2.4 1.8

Refugees landed in Canada 7.6 6.3 4.9 2.8 2.9 3.2 4.3 3.3 3.1 3.0

Refugee dependants 2.1 2.4 2.2 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.2

Blended Visa Office-Referred

refugees 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1

Refugees 13.6 12.9 11.8 8.8 9.1 8.8 11.2 8.9 9.2 8.9

Retirees, DROC and PDRCC*** 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- --

Temporary resident permit holders 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

H and C**** cases 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3

Other H and C**** cases outside the

family class / Public Policy 1.3 2.3 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.1 2.2 2.3 0.5 0.4

Public Policy w ith RAP -- --

Public Policy w ithout RAP 0.1 0.3 0.3

Other immigrants 2.6 4.1 4.8 4.3 4.2 3.2 3.3 3.5 2.0 2.1

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

*Principal applicants *** Deferred removal orders class and post-determination refugee claimants in Canada

**Spouses and dependants ****Humanitarian and Compassionate

Note: Canadian Experience Class and Skilled Trades were implemented in 2008 and 2013, respectively, and therefore there were no

admissions prior to these years.

Percentage distribution

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Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Spouses and partners 17,113 17,105 17,042 17,191 17,599 16,454 15,762 16,129 17,557 17,095

Sons and daughters 1,664 1,733 1,803 1,739 1,574 1,589 1,497 1,469 1,477 1,714

Parents and grandparents 5,609 8,928 6,835 7,125 7,300 6,375 6,003 9,478 13,696 7,849

Others 662 755 781 657 507 528 503 468 2,290 1,733

Family class 25,048 28,521 26,461 26,712 26,980 24,946 23,765 27,544 35,020 28,391

Entrepreneurs - p.a.* 630 708 492 393 304 251 151 106 90 103

Entrepreneurs - s.d.** 841 942 641 512 370 318 189 164 132 157

Self-employed - p.a.* 224 228 143 123 140 134 82 69 67 112

Self-employed - s.d.** 282 271 163 137 134 129 98 61 60 89

Investors - p.a.* 2,204 1,866 1,757 2,380 2,378 2,651 2,362 2,065 1,865 1,674

Investors - s.d.** 2,690 2,256 2,090 2,854 2,939 3,382 3,061 2,712 2,421 2,178

Start-up Business - p.a.* --

Start-up Business - s.d.** --

Skilled w orkers - p.a.* 37,069 31,052 28,047 28,536 26,298 31,062 22,460 23,040 20,838 17,480

Skilled w orkers - s.d.** 31,716 25,196 23,617 25,768 23,976 31,533 24,019 24,706 22,440 17,514

Canadian experience class - p.a.* 1,042 1,616 2,538 3,758 2,844 9,405

Canadian experience class - s.d.** 274 442 649 1,134 934 3,157

Skilled trades - p.a.* -- --

Skilled trades - s.d.** -- --

Provincial/territorial nominees - p.a.* 2,019 3,568 4,581 6,179 8,598 9,597 10,215 11,329 12,362 13,849

Provincial/territorial nominees - s.d.** 2,109 3,428 4,362 5,578 7,338 9,223 9,754 9,909 8,772 11,172

Live-in caregivers - p.a.* 108 164 169 331 305 472 285 170 217 573

Live-in caregivers - s.d.** 1,007 2,212 1,788 2,958 4,111 4,139 4,152 3,536 2,555 3,996

Economic immigrants 80,899 71,891 67,850 75,749 78,207 94,949 80,015 82,759 75,609 81,543

Government-assisted refugees 3,728 3,812 3,826 3,562 3,679 3,568 3,559 2,648 2,791 3,841

Privately sponsored refugees 1,545 1,798 1,907 1,850 2,618 2,596 2,995 2,287 3,385 2,449

Refugees landed in Canada 10,833 8,430 6,187 3,680 3,794 4,769 5,418 4,214 4,019 3,832

Refugee dependants 2,450 2,645 2,366 1,910 1,504 1,673 1,995 2,387 1,770 1,581

Blended Visa Office-Referred

refugees 81 90

Refugees 18,556 16,685 14,286 11,002 11,595 12,606 13,967 11,536 12,046 11,793

Retirees, DROC and PDRCC*** 13 12 8 1 2 0 4 1 -- --

Temporary resident permit holders 64 69 51 56 48 58 45 32 26 15

H and C**** cases 1,580 2,130 2,092 1,632 1,498 1,382 1,224 1,345 1,307 1,576

Other H and C**** cases outside the

family class / Public Policy 1,599 2,817 3,227 3,454 3,635 3,056 2,760 3,187 522 456

Public Policy w ith RAP -- --

Public Policy w ithout RAP 65 382 376

Other immigrants 3,256 5,028 5,378 5,143 5,183 4,496 4,033 4,630 2,242 2,432

Category not stated 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 5 0 0

Males 127,760 122,126 113,976 118,606 121,966 137,000 121,781 126,474 124,917 124,159

*Principal applicants *** Deferred removal orders class and post-determination refugee claimants in Canada

**Spouses and dependants ****Humanitarian and Compassionate

Note: Canadian Experience Class and Skilled Trades were implemented in 2008 and 2013, respectively, and therefore there were no

admissions prior to these years.

Number

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Spouses and partners 13.4 14.0 15.0 14.5 14.4 12.0 12.9 12.8 14.1 13.8

Sons and daughters 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4

Parents and grandparents 4.4 7.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 4.7 4.9 7.5 11.0 6.3

Others 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.8 1.4

Family class 19.6 23.4 23.2 22.5 22.1 18.2 19.5 21.8 28.0 22.9

Entrepreneurs - p.a.* 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Entrepreneurs - s.d.** 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Self-employed - p.a.* 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Self-employed - s.d.** 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1

Investors - p.a.* 1.7 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.3

Investors - s.d.** 2.1 1.8 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.1 1.9 1.8

Start-up Business - p.a.* --

Start-up Business - s.d.** --

Skilled w orkers - p.a.* 29.0 25.4 24.6 24.1 21.6 22.7 18.4 18.2 16.7 14.1

Skilled w orkers - s.d.** 24.8 20.6 20.7 21.7 19.7 23.0 19.7 19.5 18.0 14.1

Canadian experience class - p.a.* 0.9 1.2 2.1 3.0 2.3 7.6

Canadian experience class - s.d.** 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.7 2.5

Skilled trades - p.a.* -- --

Skilled trades - s.d.** -- --

Provincial/territorial nominees - p.a.* 1.6 2.9 4.0 5.2 7.0 7.0 8.4 9.0 9.9 11.2

Provincial/territorial nominees - s.d.** 1.7 2.8 3.8 4.7 6.0 6.7 8.0 7.8 7.0 9.0

Live-in caregivers - p.a.* 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5

Live-in caregivers - s.d.** 0.8 1.8 1.6 2.5 3.4 3.0 3.4 2.8 2.0 3.2

Economic immigrants 63.3 58.9 59.5 63.9 64.1 69.3 65.7 65.4 60.5 65.7

Government-assisted refugees 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.9 2.1 2.2 3.1

Privately sponsored refugees 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.6 2.1 1.9 2.5 1.8 2.7 2.0

Refugees landed in Canada 8.5 6.9 5.4 3.1 3.1 3.5 4.4 3.3 3.2 3.1

Refugee dependants 1.9 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.4 1.3

Blended Visa Office-Referred

refugees 0.1 0.1

Refugees 14.5 13.7 12.5 9.3 9.5 9.2 11.5 9.1 9.6 9.5

Retirees, DROC and PDRCC*** 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- --

Temporary resident permit holders 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

H and C**** cases 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3

Other H and C**** cases outside the

family class / Public Policy 1.3 2.3 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.2 2.3 2.5 0.4 0.4

Public Policy w ith RAP -- --

Public Policy w ithout RAP 0.1 0.3 0.3

Other immigrants 2.5 4.1 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.3 3.3 3.7 1.8 2.0

Category 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

*Principal applicants *** Deferred removal orders class and post-determination refugee claimants in Canada

**Spouses and dependants ****Humanitarian and Compassionate

Note: Canadian Experience Class and Skilled Trades were implemented in 2008 and 2013, respectively, and therefore there were no

admissions prior to these years.

Percentage distribution

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Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Spouses and partners 28,345 28,199 27,868 27,020 26,305 24,309 22,778 23,407 25,190 25,029

Sons and daughters 1,568 1,458 1,535 1,515 1,453 1,371 1,243 1,247 1,292 1,551

Parents and grandparents 6,866 11,077 8,977 9,475 9,877 8,950 8,076 12,336 18,626 10,300

Others 1,547 1,260 1,398 862 593 649 591 478 1,715 1,388

Family class 38,326 41,994 39,778 38,872 38,228 35,279 32,688 37,468 46,823 38,268

Entrepreneurs - p.a.* 119 112 88 53 66 40 33 20 24 28

Entrepreneurs - s.d.** 1,254 1,331 936 742 573 478 333 185 180 211

Self-employed - p.a.* 78 92 61 41 42 40 31 20 27 47

Self-employed - s.d.** 432 361 212 204 226 197 138 92 110 151

Investors - p.a.* 388 335 268 452 493 571 618 551 497 408

Investors - s.d.** 4,333 3,574 3,330 4,516 4,493 5,110 4,545 4,032 3,622 3,193

Start-up Business - p.a.* 0

Start-up Business - s.d.** --

Skilled w orkers - p.a.* 15,200 13,110 13,204 14,825 14,435 17,758 14,319 15,551 13,318 11,293

Skilled w orkers - s.d.** 46,253 36,587 32,984 34,602 31,242 39,003 27,985 28,136 26,511 21,197

Canadian experience class - p.a.* 733 917 1,434 2,185 1,518 4,795

Canadian experience class - s.d.** 496 942 1,405 2,282 1,920 6,429

Skilled trades - p.a.* -- --

Skilled trades - s.d.** -- --

Provincial/territorial nominees - p.a.* 624 1,104 1,748 2,164 3,202 4,258 5,080 5,872 6,444 7,154

Provincial/territorial nominees - s.d.** 3,295 5,236 6,402 8,496 11,241 13,352 13,367 13,800 12,342 15,453

Live-in caregivers - p.a.* 2,955 3,383 3,264 5,826 5,968 7,192 4,748 3,521 4,637 11,120

Live-in caregivers - s.d.** 482 1,136 897 1,396 2,072 2,108 2,063 1,786 1,390 2,003

Economic immigrants 75,413 66,361 63,394 73,317 75,282 91,966 76,099 78,033 72,545 83,545

Government-assisted refugees 3,696 3,514 3,746 3,733 3,746 3,696 3,804 2,764 2,870 3,732

Privately sponsored refugees 1,431 1,539 1,681 1,662 2,418 2,237 2,589 1,938 2,884 2,111

Refugees landed in Canada 9,100 7,453 5,509 3,315 3,412 4,269 5,325 4,372 4,017 3,917

Refugee dependants 2,991 3,308 2,732 2,147 1,678 1,889 2,188 2,469 1,942 1,646

Blended Visa Office-Referred

refugees 72 87

Refugees 17,218 15,814 13,668 10,857 11,254 12,091 13,906 11,543 11,785 11,493

Retirees, DROC and PDRCC*** 7 11 7 1 2 0 2 3 -- --

Temporary resident permit holders 59 67 56 57 58 51 43 35 18 12

H and C**** cases 1,531 2,179 2,255 1,818 1,644 1,516 1,463 1,582 1,568 1,791

Other H and C**** cases outside the

family class / Public Policy 1,926 3,086 3,616 3,711 3,735 2,779 2,760 2,676 875 705

Public Policy w ith RAP -- --

Public Policy w ithout RAP 88 484 424

Other immigrants 3,523 5,343 5,934 5,587 5,439 4,346 4,268 4,384 2,952 2,935

Category not stated 1 1 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 1

Females 134,481 129,513 122,774 128,635 130,203 143,686 126,963 131,428 134,105 136,242

*Principal applicants *** Deferred removal orders class and post-determination refugee claimants in Canada

**Spouses and dependants ****Humanitarian and Compassionate

Note: Canadian Experience Class and Skilled Trades were implemented in 2008 and 2013, respectively, and therefore there were no

admissions prior to these years.

Number

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Spouses and partners 21.1 21.8 22.7 21.0 20.2 16.9 17.9 17.8 18.8 18.4

Sons and daughters 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1

Parents and grandparents 5.1 8.6 7.3 7.4 7.6 6.2 6.4 9.4 13.9 7.6

Others 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.3 1.0

Family class 28.5 32.4 32.4 30.2 29.4 24.6 25.7 28.5 34.9 28.1

Entrepreneurs - p.a.* 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Entrepreneurs - s.d.** 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2

Self-employed - p.a.* 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Self-employed - s.d.** 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Investors - p.a.* 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3

Investors - s.d.** 3.2 2.8 2.7 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.1 2.7 2.3

Start-up Business - p.a.* 0.0

Start-up Business - s.d.** --

Skilled w orkers - p.a.* 11.3 10.1 10.8 11.5 11.1 12.4 11.3 11.8 9.9 8.3

Skilled w orkers - s.d.** 34.4 28.2 26.9 26.9 24.0 27.1 22.0 21.4 19.8 15.6

Canadian experience class - p.a.* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.7 1.1 3.5

Canadian experience class - s.d.** 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.7 1.4 4.7

Skilled trades - p.a.* -- --

Skilled trades - s.d.** -- --

Provincial/territorial nominees - p.a.* 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.7 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.5 4.8 5.3

Provincial/territorial nominees - s.d.** 2.5 4.0 5.2 6.6 8.6 9.3 10.5 10.5 9.2 11.3

Live-in caregivers - p.a.* 2.2 2.6 2.7 4.5 4.6 5.0 3.7 2.7 3.5 8.2

Live-in caregivers - s.d.** 0.4 0.9 0.7 1.1 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.0 1.5

Economic immigrants 56.1 51.2 51.6 57.0 57.8 64.0 59.9 59.4 54.1 61.3

Government-assisted refugees 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.6 3.0 2.1 2.1 2.7

Privately sponsored refugees 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.6 2.0 1.5 2.2 1.5

Refugees landed in Canada 6.8 5.8 4.5 2.6 2.6 3.0 4.2 3.3 3.0 2.9

Refugee dependants 2.2 2.6 2.2 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.2

Blended Visa Office-Referred

refugees 0.1 0.1

Refugees 12.8 12.2 11.1 8.4 8.6 8.4 11.0 8.8 8.8 8.4

Retirees, DROC and PDRCC*** 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- --

Temporary resident permit holders 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

H and C**** cases 1.1 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3

Other H and C**** cases outside the

family class / Public Policy 1.4 2.4 2.9 2.9 2.9 1.9 2.2 2.0 0.7 0.5

Public Policy w ith RAP -- --

Public Policy w ithout RAP 0.1 0.4 0.3

Other immigrants 2.6 4.1 4.8 4.3 4.2 3.0 3.4 3.3 2.2 2.2

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Females 105.3 106.0 107.7 108.5 106.8 104.9 104.3 103.9 107.4 109.7

*Principal applicants *** Deferred removal orders class and post-determination refugee claimants in Canada

**Spouses and dependants ****Humanitarian and Compassionate

Note: Canadian Experience Class and Skilled Trades were implemented in 2008 and 2013, respectively, and therefore there were no

admissions prior to these years.

Percentage distribution

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Canada – Permanent residents by category (principal applicants)

Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Spouses and partners 39,797 39,537 39,855 39,703 39,245 36,436 34,229 35,196 38,010 37,347

Sons and daughters 3,082 3,011 3,209 3,111 2,913 2,867 2,676 2,664 2,727 3,230

Parents and grandparents 5,729 9,588 8,011 8,520 9,020 8,253 7,497 11,779 18,284 9,608

Others 2,160 1,932 2,082 1,461 1,061 1,126 1,054 868 3,687 2,859

Family class 50,768 54,068 53,157 52,795 52,239 48,682 45,456 50,507 62,708 53,044

Entrepreneurs 749 820 580 446 370 291 184 126 114 131

Self-employed 302 320 204 164 182 174 113 89 94 159

Investors 2,592 2,201 2,025 2,832 2,871 3,222 2,980 2,616 2,362 2,082

Start-up Business --

Skilled w orkers 52,269 44,162 41,251 43,361 40,733 48,820 36,779 38,591 34,156 28,773

Canadian Experience Class 1,775 2,533 3,972 5,943 4,362 14,200

Skilled trades 11 --

Provincial/territorial nominees 2,643 4,672 6,329 8,343 11,800 13,855 15,295 17,201 18,806 21,003

Live-in caregivers 3,063 3,547 3,433 6,157 6,273 7,664 5,033 3,691 4,854 11,693

Economic immigrants 61,618 55,722 53,822 61,303 64,004 76,559 64,356 68,257 64,759 78,107

Government-assisted refugees 2,683 2,762 2,789 2,770 2,883 2,820 2,743 2,215 2,478 3,153

Privately sponsored refugees 1,449 1,545 1,627 1,560 2,194 2,109 2,564 1,946 2,981 2,050

Refugees landed in Canada 13,776 10,646 8,023 4,881 5,206 6,308 7,700 6,037 5,687 5,542

Refugee dependants 2,179 2,444 2,262 1,894 1,466 1,405 1,715 2,195 1,842 1,824

Blended Visa Office-Referred

refugees 86 78

Refugees 20,087 17,397 14,701 11,105 11,749 12,642 14,722 12,393 13,074 12,647

Retirees, DROC and PDRCC* 13 11 7 2 4 0 5 3 -- --

Temporary resident permit holders 88 96 80 90 92 87 75 56 36 --

H and C** cases 2,046 2,460 2,546 2,021 1,906 1,825 1,671 1,858 1,672 2,082

Other H and C** cases outside the

family class / Public Policy 3,180 5,375 6,286 6,609 6,689 5,214 4,944 5,051 1,163 988

Public Policy w ith RAP -- --

Public Policy w ithout RAP 114 659 467

Other immigrants 5,327 7,942 8,919 8,722 8,691 7,126 6,695 7,082 3,538 3,567

Category not stated 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 4 0 1

Total 137,800 135,130 130,599 133,926 136,683 145,014 131,232 138,243 144,079 147,366

* Deferred removal orders class and post-determination refugee claimants in Canada **Humanitarian and Compassionate

Number

Note: Canadian Experience Class and Skilled Trades were implemented in 2008 and 2013, respectively, and therefore there were no

admissions prior to these years.

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Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Spouses and partners 28.9 29.3 30.5 29.6 28.7 25.1 26.1 25.5 26.4 25.3

Sons and daughters 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.2

Parents and grandparents 4.2 7.1 6.1 6.4 6.6 5.7 5.7 8.5 12.7 6.5

Others 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 2.6 1.9

Family class 36.8 40.0 40.7 39.4 38.2 33.6 34.6 36.5 43.5 36.0

Entrepreneurs 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Self-employed 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Investors 1.9 1.6 1.6 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.4

Start-up Business --

Skilled w orkers 37.9 32.7 31.6 32.4 29.8 33.7 28.0 27.9 23.7 19.5

Canadian Experience Class 1.3 1.7 3.0 4.3 3.0 9.6

Skilled trades 0.0 --

Provincial/territorial nominees 1.9 3.5 4.8 6.2 8.6 9.6 11.7 12.4 13.1 14.3

Live-in caregivers 2.2 2.6 2.6 4.6 4.6 5.3 3.8 2.7 3.4 7.9

Economic immigrants 44.7 41.2 41.2 45.8 46.8 52.8 49.0 49.4 44.9 53.0

Government-assisted refugees 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.6 1.7 2.1

Privately sponsored refugees 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.5 2.0 1.4 2.1 1.4

Refugees landed in Canada 10.0 7.9 6.1 3.6 3.8 4.3 5.9 4.4 3.9 3.8

Refugee dependants 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.2

Blended Visa Office-Referred

refugees 0.1 0.1

Refugees 14.6 12.9 11.3 8.3 8.6 8.7 11.2 9.0 9.1 8.6

Retirees, DROC and PDRCC* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- --

Temporary resident permit holders 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 --

H and C** cases 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.4

Other H and C** cases outside the

family class / Public Policy 2.3 4.0 4.8 4.9 4.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 0.8 0.7

Public Policy w ith RAP -- --

Public Policy w ithout RAP 0.1 0.5 0.3

Other immigrants 3.9 5.9 6.8 6.5 6.4 4.9 5.1 5.1 2.5 2.4

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

* Deferred removal orders class and post-determination refugee claimants in Canada **Humanitarian and Compassionate

Percentage distribution

Note: Canadian Experience Class and Skilled Trades were implemented in 2008 and 2013, respectively, and therefore there were no

admissions prior to these years.

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Canada – Permanent residents by category (spouses and dependants)

Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Spouses and partners 5,661 5,767 5,057 4,508 4,659 4,327 4,312 4,340 4,737 4,777

Sons and daughters 150 180 129 143 114 93 64 52 42 35

Parents and grandparents 6,746 10,417 7,802 8,080 8,157 7,073 6,583 10,035 14,038 8,542

Others 49 84 97 58 39 51 40 78 318 263

Family class 12,606 16,448 13,085 12,789 12,969 11,544 10,999 14,505 19,135 13,617

Entrepreneurs 2,095 2,273 1,577 1,255 943 796 522 349 312 368

Self-employed 714 632 375 341 360 326 236 153 170 240

Investors 7,023 5,830 5,420 7,370 7,432 8,492 7,606 6,744 6,043 5,371

Start-up Business --

Skilled w orkers 77,969 61,783 56,601 60,372 55,219 70,536 52,005 52,843 48,952 38,712

Canadian Experience Class 770 1,384 2,054 3,416 2,854 9,586

Skilled trades 6 --

Provincial/territorial nominees 5,404 8,664 10,764 14,074 18,579 22,575 23,121 23,709 21,114 26,625

Live-in caregivers 1,489 3,348 2,685 4,354 6,183 6,247 6,215 5,322 3,945 5,999

Economic immigrants 94,694 82,530 77,422 87,766 89,486 110,356 91,759 92,536 83,396 86,982

Government-assisted refugees 4,741 4,564 4,783 4,525 4,542 4,444 4,620 3,197 3,183 4,420

Privately sponsored refugees 1,527 1,792 1,961 1,952 2,842 2,724 3,020 2,279 3,288 2,510

Refugees landed in Canada 6,158 5,237 3,673 2,114 2,000 2,730 3,043 2,549 2,349 2,207

Refugee dependants 3,262 3,509 2,836 2,163 1,716 2,157 2,468 2,661 1,870 1,403

Blended Visa Office-Referred

refugees 67 99

Refugees 15,688 15,102 13,253 10,754 11,100 12,055 13,151 10,686 10,757 10,639

Retirees, DROC and PDRCC* 7 12 8 0 0 0 1 1 -- --

Temporary resident permit holders 35 40 27 23 14 22 13 11 8 --

H and C** cases 1,065 1,849 1,801 1,429 1,236 1,073 1,016 1,069 1,203 1,285

Other H and C** cases outside the

family class / Public Policy 345 528 557 556 681 621 576 812 234 173

Public Policy w ith RAP -- --

Public Policy w ithout RAP 39 207 333

Other immigrants 1,452 2,429 2,393 2,008 1,931 1,716 1,606 1,932 1,656 1,800

Category not stated 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0

Total 124,442 116,510 106,154 113,318 115,487 135,673 117,515 119,660 114,944 113,038

* Deferred removal orders class and post-determination refugee claimants in Canada **Humanitarian and Compassionate

Number

Note: Canadian Experience Class and Skilled Trades were implemented in 2008 and 2013, respectively, and therefore there were no

admissions prior to these years.

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Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Spouses and partners 4.5 4.9 4.8 4.0 4.0 3.2 3.7 3.6 4.1 4.2

Sons and daughters 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Parents and grandparents 5.4 8.9 7.3 7.1 7.1 5.2 5.6 8.4 12.2 7.6

Others 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2

Family class 10.1 14.1 12.3 11.3 11.2 8.5 9.4 12.1 16.6 12.0

Entrepreneurs 1.7 2.0 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

Self-employed 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Investors 5.6 5.0 5.1 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.8

Start-up Business --

Skilled w orkers 62.7 53.0 53.3 53.3 47.8 52.0 44.3 44.2 42.6 34.2

Canadian Experience Class 0.7 1.0 1.7 2.9 2.5 8.5

Skilled trades 0.0 --

Provincial/territorial nominees 4.3 7.4 10.1 12.4 16.1 16.6 19.7 19.8 18.4 23.6

Live-in caregivers 1.2 2.9 2.5 3.8 5.4 4.6 5.3 4.4 3.4 5.3

Economic immigrants 76.1 70.8 72.9 77.5 77.5 81.3 78.1 77.3 72.6 76.9

Government-assisted refugees 3.8 3.9 4.5 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.9 2.7 2.8 3.9

Privately sponsored refugees 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.7 2.5 2.0 2.6 1.9 2.9 2.2

Refugees landed in Canada 4.9 4.5 3.5 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.6 2.1 2.0 2.0

Refugee dependants 2.6 3.0 2.7 1.9 1.5 1.6 2.1 2.2 1.6 1.2

Blended Visa Office-Referred

refugees 0.1 0.1

Refugees 12.6 13.0 12.5 9.5 9.6 8.9 11.2 8.9 9.4 9.4

Retirees, DROC and PDRCC* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- --

Temporary resident permit holders 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --

H and C** cases 0.9 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1

Other H and C** cases outside the

family class / Public Policy 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.2

Public Policy w ith RAP -- --

Public Policy w ithout RAP 0.0 0.2 0.3

Other immigrants 1.2 2.1 2.3 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.6

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

* Deferred removal orders class and post-determination refugee claimants in Canada **Humanitarian and Compassionate

Percentage distribution

Note: Canadian Experience Class and Skilled Trades were implemented in 2008 and 2013, respectively, and therefore there were no

admissions prior to these years.

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Canada – Permanent residents less than 15 years of age by gender, age and category

Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Family class 1,235 1,447 1,456 1,345 1,286 1,183 1,145 1,169 1,298 1,381

Economic immigrants 6,824 5,866 5,540 6,118 6,080 8,337 7,194 6,968 6,197 5,947

Refugees 928 895 885 698 744 792 740 681 670 697

Other immigrants 102 122 93 116 92 58 93 141 115 120

0 to 4 years of age 9,089 8,330 7,974 8,277 8,202 10,370 9,172 8,959 8,280 8,145

Family class 959 884 784 735 679 674 661 657 684 689

Economic immigrants 7,779 6,443 5,961 6,790 7,084 8,955 7,375 7,608 6,935 6,867

Refugees 1,726 1,600 1,378 1,111 1,138 1,199 1,360 1,161 1,170 1,197

Other immigrants 141 228 201 208 144 145 117 137 123 173

Category not stated 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

5 to 9 years of age 10,606 9,156 8,324 8,844 9,046 10,973 9,513 9,563 8,912 8,926

Family class 1,201 1,194 1,120 983 934 913 854 801 889 865

Economic immigrants 6,754 5,987 5,517 6,415 6,358 7,735 6,279 6,334 5,576 5,695

Refugees 1,817 1,748 1,555 1,296 1,254 1,268 1,401 1,166 1,096 1,188

Other immigrants 209 284 355 230 263 213 178 215 188 192

10 to 14 years of age 9,981 9,213 8,547 8,924 8,809 10,129 8,712 8,516 7,749 7,940

Family class 3,395 3,525 3,360 3,063 2,899 2,770 2,660 2,627 2,871 2,935

Economic immigrants 21,357 18,296 17,018 19,323 19,522 25,027 20,848 20,910 18,708 18,509

Refugees 4,471 4,243 3,818 3,105 3,136 3,259 3,501 3,008 2,936 3,082

Other immigrants 452 634 649 554 499 416 388 493 426 485

Category not stated 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Males 29,676 26,699 24,845 26,045 26,057 31,472 27,397 27,038 24,941 25,011

Family class 2,062 1,766 1,903 1,423 1,302 1,187 1,087 1,087 1,275 1,260

Economic immigrants 6,173 5,414 5,149 5,790 5,716 7,809 6,615 6,666 5,908 5,742

Refugees 902 794 802 705 685 750 822 657 605 696

Other immigrants 98 101 95 122 81 58 76 146 101 101

0 to 4 years of age 9,235 8,075 7,949 8,040 7,784 9,804 8,600 8,556 7,889 7,799

Family class 918 830 804 696 645 650 642 576 667 704

Economic immigrants 6,940 5,893 5,527 6,241 6,502 8,337 6,796 6,930 6,513 6,639

Refugees 1,582 1,484 1,306 1,063 1,049 1,126 1,311 1,185 1,127 1,079

Other immigrants 158 206 235 220 170 109 111 134 154 141

5 to 9 years of age 9,598 8,413 7,872 8,220 8,366 10,222 8,860 8,825 8,461 8,563

Family class 1,066 1,117 1,022 980 886 821 797 792 785 764

Economic immigrants 6,081 5,142 4,889 5,582 5,840 6,948 5,674 5,603 4,977 5,086

Refugees 1,710 1,597 1,414 1,183 1,129 1,187 1,346 1,151 1,139 1,115

Other immigrants 224 276 288 239 230 206 190 174 181 181

Category not stated 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 to 14 years of age 9,081 8,132 7,613 7,985 8,085 9,162 8,007 7,720 7,082 7,146

Family class 4,046 3,713 3,729 3,099 2,833 2,658 2,526 2,455 2,727 2,728

Economic immigrants 19,194 16,449 15,565 17,613 18,058 23,094 19,085 19,199 17,398 17,467

Refugees 4,194 3,875 3,522 2,951 2,863 3,063 3,479 2,993 2,871 2,890

Other immigrants 480 583 618 581 481 373 377 454 436 423

Category not stated 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Females 27,914 24,620 23,434 24,245 24,235 29,188 25,467 25,101 23,432 23,508

Family class 3,297 3,213 3,359 2,768 2,588 2,370 2,232 2,256 2,573 2,641

Economic immigrants 12,997 11,280 10,689 11,908 11,796 16,146 13,809 13,634 12,105 11,689

Refugees 1,830 1,689 1,687 1,403 1,429 1,542 1,562 1,338 1,275 1,393

Other immigrants 200 223 188 238 173 116 169 287 216 221

0 to 4 years of age 18,324 16,405 15,923 16,317 15,986 20,174 17,772 17,515 16,169 15,944

Family class 1,877 1,714 1,588 1,431 1,324 1,324 1,303 1,233 1,351 1,393

Economic immigrants 14,719 12,336 11,488 13,031 13,586 17,292 14,171 14,538 13,448 13,506

Refugees 3,308 3,084 2,684 2,174 2,187 2,325 2,671 2,346 2,297 2,276

Other immigrants 299 434 436 428 314 254 228 271 277 314

Category not stated 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

5 to 9 years of age 20,204 17,569 16,196 17,064 17,412 21,195 18,373 18,388 17,373 17,489

Family class 2,267 2,311 2,142 1,963 1,820 1,734 1,651 1,593 1,674 1,629

Economic immigrants 12,835 11,129 10,406 11,997 12,198 14,683 11,953 11,937 10,553 10,781

Refugees 3,527 3,345 2,969 2,479 2,383 2,455 2,747 2,317 2,235 2,303

Other immigrants 433 560 643 469 493 419 368 389 369 373

Category not stated 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 to 14 years of age 19,062 17,345 16,160 16,909 16,894 19,291 16,719 16,236 14,831 15,086

Family class 7,441 7,238 7,089 6,162 5,732 5,428 5,186 5,082 5,598 5,663

Economic immigrants 40,551 34,745 32,583 36,936 37,580 48,121 39,933 40,109 36,106 35,976

Refugees 8,665 8,118 7,340 6,056 5,999 6,322 6,980 6,001 5,807 5,972

Other immigrants 932 1,217 1,267 1,135 980 789 765 947 862 908

Category not stated 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Gender not stated 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2

Total 57,590 51,320 48,279 50,290 50,293 60,660 52,864 52,140 48,373 48,521

Number

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Family class 13.6 17.4 18.3 16.2 15.7 11.4 12.5 13.0 15.7 17.0

Economic immigrants 75.1 70.4 69.5 73.9 74.1 80.4 78.4 77.8 74.8 73.0

Refugees 10.2 10.7 11.1 8.4 9.1 7.6 8.1 7.6 8.1 8.6

Other immigrants 1.1 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.1 0.6 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.5

0 to 4 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 9.0 9.7 9.4 8.3 7.5 6.1 6.9 6.9 7.7 7.7

Economic immigrants 73.3 70.4 71.6 76.8 78.3 81.6 77.5 79.6 77.8 76.9

Refugees 16.3 17.5 16.6 12.6 12.6 10.9 14.3 12.1 13.1 13.4

Other immigrants 1.3 2.5 2.4 2.4 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.9

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

5 to 9 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 12.0 13.0 13.1 11.0 10.6 9.0 9.8 9.4 11.5 10.9

Economic immigrants 67.7 65.0 64.5 71.9 72.2 76.4 72.1 74.4 72.0 71.7

Refugees 18.2 19.0 18.2 14.5 14.2 12.5 16.1 13.7 14.1 15.0

Other immigrants 2.1 3.1 4.2 2.6 3.0 2.1 2.0 2.5 2.4 2.4

10 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 11.4 13.2 13.5 11.8 11.1 8.8 9.7 9.7 11.5 11.7

Economic immigrants 72.0 68.5 68.5 74.2 74.9 79.5 76.1 77.3 75.0 74.0

Refugees 15.1 15.9 15.4 11.9 12.0 10.4 12.8 11.1 11.8 12.3

Other immigrants 1.5 2.4 2.6 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.9

Category 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

Family class 22.3 21.9 23.9 17.7 16.7 12.1 12.6 12.7 16.2 16.2

Economic immigrants 66.8 67.0 64.8 72.0 73.4 79.7 76.9 77.9 74.9 73.6

Refugees 9.8 9.8 10.1 8.8 8.8 7.6 9.6 7.7 7.7 8.9

Other immigrants 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.7 1.3 1.3

0 to 4 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 9.6 9.9 10.2 8.5 7.7 6.4 7.2 6.5 7.9 8.2

Economic immigrants 72.3 70.0 70.2 75.9 77.7 81.6 76.7 78.5 77.0 77.5

Refugees 16.5 17.6 16.6 12.9 12.5 11.0 14.8 13.4 13.3 12.6

Other immigrants 1.6 2.4 3.0 2.7 2.0 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.6

5 to 9 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 11.7 13.7 13.4 12.3 11.0 9.0 10.0 10.3 11.1 10.7

Economic immigrants 67.0 63.2 64.2 69.9 72.2 75.8 70.9 72.6 70.3 71.2

Refugees 18.8 19.6 18.6 14.8 14.0 13.0 16.8 14.9 16.1 15.6

Other immigrants 2.5 3.4 3.8 3.0 2.8 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.5

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

10 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 14.5 15.1 15.9 12.8 11.7 9.1 9.9 9.8 11.6 11.6

Economic immigrants 68.8 66.8 66.4 72.6 74.5 79.1 74.9 76.5 74.2 74.3

Refugees 15.0 15.7 15.0 12.2 11.8 10.5 13.7 11.9 12.3 12.3

Other immigrants 1.7 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.0 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.8

Category 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

Family class 18.0 19.6 21.1 17.0 16.2 11.7 12.6 12.9 15.9 16.6

Economic immigrants 70.9 68.8 67.1 73.0 73.8 80.0 77.7 77.8 74.9 73.3

Refugees 10.0 10.3 10.6 8.6 8.9 7.6 8.8 7.6 7.9 8.7

Other immigrants 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.1 0.6 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.4

0 to 4 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 9.3 9.8 9.8 8.4 7.6 6.2 7.1 6.7 7.8 8.0

Economic immigrants 72.9 70.2 70.9 76.4 78.0 81.6 77.1 79.1 77.4 77.2

Refugees 16.4 17.6 16.6 12.7 12.6 11.0 14.5 12.8 13.2 13.0

Other immigrants 1.5 2.5 2.7 2.5 1.8 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.8

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

5 to 9 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 11.9 13.3 13.3 11.6 10.8 9.0 9.9 9.8 11.3 10.8

Economic immigrants 67.3 64.2 64.4 71.0 72.2 76.1 71.5 73.5 71.2 71.5

Refugees 18.5 19.3 18.4 14.7 14.1 12.7 16.4 14.3 15.1 15.3

Other immigrants 2.3 3.2 4.0 2.8 2.9 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

10 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 12.9 14.1 14.7 12.3 11.4 8.9 9.8 9.7 11.6 11.7

Economic immigrants 70.4 67.7 67.5 73.4 74.7 79.3 75.5 76.9 74.6 74.1

Refugees 15.0 15.8 15.2 12.0 11.9 10.4 13.2 11.5 12.0 12.3

Other immigrants 1.6 2.4 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.9

Category 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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Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Family class 16,283 16,806 15,331 14,364 13,502 11,639 10,315 10,289 10,478 10,089

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 1,077 1,284 1,688 1,767 1,927 1,930 1,675 2,104 2,139 2,849

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 14,886 13,911 12,991 14,780 15,411 17,163 14,302 13,855 12,235 12,555

Refugees 7,361 7,100 6,160 4,859 4,956 5,100 5,593 4,802 4,909 4,616

Other immigrants 974 1,569 1,709 1,664 1,548 1,221 1,244 1,316 766 808

Category not stated 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

15 to 24 years of age 40,581 40,670 37,879 37,435 37,344 37,053 33,129 32,366 30,527 30,917

Family class 27,396 27,852 27,935 28,404 28,430 27,229 25,941 27,381 32,115 31,477

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 51,613 45,734 43,533 49,404 51,887 62,830 53,328 56,762 54,200 65,669

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 33,545 28,266 26,118 29,120 29,368 36,972 30,867 32,001 29,174 32,346

Refugees 15,263 13,054 10,827 8,056 8,356 9,259 10,790 8,841 9,280 9,112

Other immigrants 3,408 5,546 6,286 5,818 6,004 4,843 4,574 4,855 2,283 2,342

Category not stated 1 1 1 0 0 6 3 5 0 0

25 to 44 years of age 131,226 120,453 114,700 120,802 124,045 141,139 125,503 129,845 127,052 140,946

Family class 9,375 12,913 10,755 10,936 11,352 10,015 9,011 12,390 17,836 11,494

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 8,829 8,574 8,455 9,979 10,033 11,642 9,201 9,265 8,320 9,456

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 5,698 5,600 5,703 6,883 7,086 8,074 6,620 6,535 5,843 6,037

Refugees 3,909 3,714 3,124 2,465 2,876 3,307 3,689 2,834 3,177 2,913

Other immigrants 966 1,490 1,510 1,506 1,598 1,563 1,329 1,441 922 986

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

45 to 64 years of age 28,777 32,291 29,547 31,769 32,945 34,601 29,850 32,465 36,098 30,887

Family class 2,879 5,706 5,132 5,718 6,192 5,915 6,002 9,870 15,816 7,937

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 68 94 115 110 114 109 113 96 81 120

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 45 44 58 90 83 74 76 65 57 80

Refugees 577 513 503 423 662 709 821 601 658 673

Other immigrants 499 549 540 607 492 426 389 455 361 323

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

65 years of age or more 4,068 6,906 6,348 6,948 7,543 7,234 7,401 11,087 16,973 9,133

Family class 55,933 63,277 59,153 59,422 59,476 54,798 51,269 59,930 76,245 60,997

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 61,587 55,686 53,791 61,260 63,961 76,511 64,317 68,227 64,740 78,094

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 54,174 47,821 44,870 50,873 51,948 62,283 51,865 52,456 47,309 51,018

Refugees 27,110 24,381 20,614 15,803 16,850 18,375 20,893 17,078 18,024 17,314

Other immigrants 5,847 9,154 10,045 9,595 9,642 8,053 7,536 8,067 4,332 4,459

Category not stated 1 1 1 1 0 7 3 5 0 1

Total 204,652 200,320 188,474 196,954 201,877 220,027 195,883 205,763 210,650 211,883

Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Family class 40.1 41.3 40.5 38.4 36.2 31.4 31.1 31.8 34.3 32.6

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 2.7 3.2 4.5 4.7 5.2 5.2 5.1 6.5 7.0 9.2

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 36.7 34.2 34.3 39.5 41.3 46.3 43.2 42.8 40.1 40.6

Refugees 18.1 17.5 16.3 13.0 13.3 13.8 16.9 14.8 16.1 14.9

Other immigrants 2.4 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.3 3.8 4.1 2.5 2.6

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

15 to 24 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 20.9 23.1 24.4 23.5 22.9 19.3 20.7 21.1 25.3 22.3

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 39.3 38.0 38.0 40.9 41.8 44.5 42.5 43.7 42.7 46.6

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 25.6 23.5 22.8 24.1 23.7 26.2 24.6 24.6 23.0 22.9

Refugees 11.6 10.8 9.4 6.7 6.7 6.6 8.6 6.8 7.3 6.5

Other immigrants 2.6 4.6 5.5 4.8 4.8 3.4 3.6 3.7 1.8 1.7

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

25 to 44 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 32.6 40.0 36.4 34.4 34.5 28.9 30.2 38.2 49.4 37.2

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 30.7 26.6 28.6 31.4 30.5 33.6 30.8 28.5 23.0 30.6

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 19.8 17.3 19.3 21.7 21.5 23.3 22.2 20.1 16.2 19.5

Refugees 13.6 11.5 10.6 7.8 8.7 9.6 12.4 8.7 8.8 9.4

Other immigrants 3.4 4.6 5.1 4.7 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.4 2.6 3.2

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

45 to 64 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 70.8 82.6 80.8 82.3 82.1 81.8 81.1 89.0 93.2 86.9

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 1.7 1.4 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.9 0.5 1.3

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 1.1 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.9

Refugees 14.2 7.4 7.9 6.1 8.8 9.8 11.1 5.4 3.9 7.4

Other immigrants 12.3 7.9 8.5 8.7 6.5 5.9 5.3 4.1 2.1 3.5

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

65 years of age or more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 27.3 31.6 31.4 30.2 29.5 24.9 26.2 29.1 36.2 28.8

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 30.1 27.8 28.5 31.1 31.7 34.8 32.8 33.2 30.7 36.9

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 26.5 23.9 23.8 25.8 25.7 28.3 26.5 25.5 22.5 24.1

Refugees 13.2 12.2 10.9 8.0 8.3 8.4 10.7 8.3 8.6 8.2

Other immigrants 2.9 4.6 5.3 4.9 4.8 3.7 3.8 3.9 2.1 2.1

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

*Principal applicants **Spouses and dependants

Number

Percentage distribution

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Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Family class 5,523 6,061 5,218 4,924 4,635 4,038 3,666 3,766 3,880 3,628

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 553 710 880 884 1,021 1,068 912 1,156 1,242 1,672

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 7,409 6,960 6,638 7,495 7,801 8,652 7,169 7,072 6,090 6,241

Refugees 3,805 3,734 3,240 2,512 2,556 2,670 2,913 2,481 2,523 2,407

Other immigrants 487 732 790 775 693 601 584 668 356 402

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15 to 24 years of age 17,777 18,197 16,766 16,590 16,706 17,029 15,244 15,143 14,091 14,350

Family class 10,759 11,015 11,103 11,759 12,168 11,588 11,075 11,764 14,103 13,552

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 34,918 30,372 27,949 29,742 30,968 36,718 30,950 33,267 31,461 35,902

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 7,785 6,963 6,845 8,260 8,795 11,853 10,722 11,081 9,744 10,597

Refugees 8,090 6,694 5,495 4,043 4,305 4,815 5,454 4,354 4,793 4,656

Other immigrants 1,770 2,841 3,115 2,948 3,061 2,586 2,314 2,693 953 1,002

Category not stated 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 5 0 0

25 to 44 years of age 63,322 57,885 54,508 56,752 59,297 67,562 60,516 63,164 61,054 65,709

Family class 3,919 5,161 4,277 4,288 4,433 3,906 3,615 4,711 6,876 4,549

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 6,712 6,402 6,241 7,199 6,971 7,888 6,131 6,022 5,510 5,587

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 2,077 2,079 2,155 2,704 3,002 3,614 3,154 3,133 2,748 2,899

Refugees 1,973 1,817 1,520 1,172 1,323 1,568 1,746 1,457 1,521 1,394

Other immigrants 417 658 660 718 775 746 641 646 400 462

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

45 to 64 years of age 15,098 16,117 14,853 16,081 16,504 17,722 15,287 15,969 17,055 14,891

Family class 1,452 2,759 2,503 2,678 2,845 2,644 2,749 4,676 7,290 3,727

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 54 79 97 90 84 87 82 74 71 90

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 34 30 27 52 43 42 47 44 35 46

Refugees 217 197 213 170 275 294 353 236 273 254

Other immigrants 130 163 164 148 155 147 106 130 107 81

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

65 years of age or more 1,887 3,228 3,004 3,138 3,402 3,215 3,337 5,160 7,776 4,198

Family class 21,653 24,996 23,101 23,649 24,081 22,176 21,105 24,917 32,149 25,456

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 42,237 37,563 35,167 37,915 39,044 45,761 38,075 40,519 38,284 43,251

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 17,305 16,032 15,665 18,511 19,641 24,161 21,092 21,330 18,617 19,783

Refugees 14,085 12,442 10,468 7,897 8,459 9,347 10,466 8,528 9,110 8,711

Other immigrants 2,804 4,394 4,729 4,589 4,684 4,080 3,645 4,137 1,816 1,947

Category not stated 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 0 0

Males 98,084 95,427 89,131 92,561 95,909 105,528 94,384 99,436 99,976 99,148

Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Family class 31.1 33.3 31.1 29.7 27.7 23.7 24.0 24.9 27.5 25.3

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 3.1 3.9 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.3 6.0 7.6 8.8 11.7

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 41.7 38.2 39.6 45.2 46.7 50.8 47.0 46.7 43.2 43.5

Refugees 21.4 20.5 19.3 15.1 15.3 15.7 19.1 16.4 17.9 16.8

Other immigrants 2.7 4.0 4.7 4.7 4.1 3.5 3.8 4.4 2.5 2.8

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

15 to 24 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 17.0 19.0 20.4 20.7 20.5 17.2 18.3 18.6 23.1 20.6

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 55.1 52.5 51.3 52.4 52.2 54.3 51.1 52.7 51.5 54.6

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 12.3 12.0 12.6 14.6 14.8 17.5 17.7 17.5 16.0 16.1

Refugees 12.8 11.6 10.1 7.1 7.3 7.1 9.0 6.9 7.9 7.1

Other immigrants 2.8 4.9 5.7 5.2 5.2 3.8 3.8 4.3 1.6 1.5

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

25 to 44 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 26.0 32.0 28.8 26.7 26.9 22.0 23.6 29.5 40.3 30.5

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 44.5 39.7 42.0 44.8 42.2 44.5 40.1 37.7 32.3 37.5

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 13.8 12.9 14.5 16.8 18.2 20.4 20.6 19.6 16.1 19.5

Refugees 13.1 11.3 10.2 7.3 8.0 8.8 11.4 9.1 8.9 9.4

Other immigrants 2.8 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.0 2.3 3.1

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

45 to 64 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 76.9 85.5 83.3 85.3 83.6 82.2 82.4 90.6 93.8 88.8

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 2.9 2.4 3.2 2.9 2.5 2.7 2.5 1.4 0.9 2.1

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 1.8 0.9 0.9 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.5 1.1

Refugees 11.5 6.1 7.1 5.4 8.1 9.1 10.6 4.6 3.5 6.1

Other immigrants 6.9 5.0 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.6 3.2 2.5 1.4 1.9

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

65 years of age or more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 22.1 26.2 25.9 25.5 25.1 21.0 22.4 25.1 32.2 25.7

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 43.1 39.4 39.5 41.0 40.7 43.4 40.3 40.7 38.3 43.6

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 17.6 16.8 17.6 20.0 20.5 22.9 22.3 21.5 18.6 20.0

Refugees 14.4 13.0 11.7 8.5 8.8 8.9 11.1 8.6 9.1 8.8

Other immigrants 2.9 4.6 5.3 5.0 4.9 3.9 3.9 4.2 1.8 2.0

Category 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

*Principal applicants **Spouses and dependants

Number

Percentage distribution

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Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Family class 10,760 10,745 10,111 9,440 8,867 7,601 6,649 6,523 6,598 6,461

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 524 574 808 883 906 862 763 948 897 1,177

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 7,477 6,951 6,353 7,283 7,610 8,511 7,133 6,783 6,145 6,314

Refugees 3,556 3,366 2,920 2,347 2,400 2,430 2,680 2,321 2,386 2,209

Other immigrants 487 837 919 889 855 620 660 648 410 406

Category not stated 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

15 to 24 years of age 22,804 22,473 21,111 20,843 20,638 20,024 17,885 17,223 16,436 16,567

Family class 16,637 16,837 16,831 16,645 16,262 15,641 14,865 15,617 18,012 17,925

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 16,695 15,362 15,584 19,662 20,919 26,112 22,378 23,495 22,739 29,767

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 25,760 21,303 19,273 20,860 20,573 25,119 20,144 20,920 19,429 21,749

Refugees 7,172 6,360 5,332 4,013 4,051 4,444 5,336 4,487 4,487 4,456

Other immigrants 1,638 2,705 3,171 2,870 2,943 2,257 2,260 2,162 1,330 1,340

Category not stated 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0

25 to 44 years of age 67,903 62,568 60,191 64,050 64,748 73,577 64,985 66,681 65,997 75,237

Family class 5,456 7,752 6,478 6,648 6,919 6,109 5,395 7,679 10,960 6,944

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 2,117 2,172 2,214 2,780 3,062 3,754 3,070 3,243 2,810 3,869

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 3,621 3,521 3,548 4,178 4,084 4,460 3,466 3,402 3,095 3,138

Refugees 1,936 1,897 1,604 1,293 1,553 1,739 1,943 1,377 1,656 1,519

Other immigrants 549 832 850 788 823 817 688 795 522 524

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

45 to 64 years of age 13,679 16,174 14,694 15,687 16,441 16,879 14,562 16,496 19,043 15,995

Family class 1,427 2,947 2,629 3,040 3,347 3,270 3,253 5,194 8,526 4,210

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 14 15 18 20 30 22 31 22 10 30

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 11 14 31 38 40 32 29 21 22 34

Refugees 360 316 290 253 387 415 468 365 385 419

Other immigrants 369 386 376 459 337 279 283 325 254 242

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

65 years of age or more 2,181 3,678 3,344 3,810 4,141 4,018 4,064 5,927 9,197 4,935

Family class 34,280 38,281 36,049 35,773 35,395 32,621 30,162 35,013 44,096 35,540

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 19,350 18,123 18,624 23,345 24,917 30,750 26,242 27,708 26,456 34,843

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 36,869 31,789 29,205 32,359 32,307 38,122 30,772 31,126 28,691 31,235

Refugees 13,024 11,939 10,146 7,906 8,391 9,028 10,427 8,550 8,914 8,603

Other immigrants 3,043 4,760 5,316 5,006 4,958 3,973 3,891 3,930 2,516 2,512

Category not stated 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 1

Females 106,567 104,893 99,340 104,390 105,968 114,498 101,496 106,327 110,673 112,734

Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Family class 47.2 47.8 47.9 45.3 43.0 38.0 37.2 37.9 40.1 39.0

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 2.3 2.6 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3 5.5 5.5 7.1

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 32.8 30.9 30.1 34.9 36.9 42.5 39.9 39.4 37.4 38.1

Refugees 15.6 15.0 13.8 11.3 11.6 12.1 15.0 13.5 14.5 13.3

Other immigrants 2.1 3.7 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.1 3.7 3.8 2.5 2.5

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

15 to 24 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 24.5 26.9 28.0 26.0 25.1 21.3 22.9 23.4 27.3 23.8

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 24.6 24.6 25.9 30.7 32.3 35.5 34.4 35.2 34.5 39.6

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 37.9 34.0 32.0 32.6 31.8 34.1 31.0 31.4 29.4 28.9

Refugees 10.6 10.2 8.9 6.3 6.3 6.0 8.2 6.7 6.8 5.9

Other immigrants 2.4 4.3 5.3 4.5 4.5 3.1 3.5 3.2 2.0 1.8

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

25 to 44 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 39.9 47.9 44.1 42.4 42.1 36.2 37.0 46.6 57.6 43.4

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 15.5 13.4 15.1 17.7 18.6 22.2 21.1 19.7 14.8 24.2

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 26.5 21.8 24.1 26.6 24.8 26.4 23.8 20.6 16.3 19.6

Refugees 14.2 11.7 10.9 8.2 9.4 10.3 13.3 8.3 8.7 9.5

Other immigrants 4.0 5.1 5.8 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.8 2.7 3.3

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

45 to 64 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 65.4 80.1 78.6 79.8 80.8 81.4 80.0 87.6 92.7 85.3

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.6

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 0.5 0.4 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.7

Refugees 16.5 8.6 8.7 6.6 9.3 10.3 11.5 6.2 4.2 8.5

Other immigrants 16.9 10.5 11.2 12.0 8.1 6.9 7.0 5.5 2.8 4.9

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

65 years of age or more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 32.2 36.5 36.3 34.3 33.4 28.5 29.7 32.9 39.8 31.5

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 18.2 17.3 18.7 22.4 23.5 26.9 25.9 26.1 23.9 30.9

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 34.6 30.3 29.4 31.0 30.5 33.3 30.3 29.3 25.9 27.7

Refugees 12.2 11.4 10.2 7.6 7.9 7.9 10.3 8.0 8.1 7.6

Other immigrants 2.9 4.5 5.4 4.8 4.7 3.5 3.8 3.7 2.3 2.2

Category 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

*Principal applicants **Spouses and dependants

Number

Percentage distribution

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Canada – Permanent residents by gender and source area

Source area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Africa and the Middle East 23,744 25,267 24,164 25,284 28,202 33,851 30,050 29,067 31,318 31,184

Asia and Pacif ic 67,371 61,219 53,894 56,732 57,035 66,341 59,522 63,769 61,881 60,630

Europe and the United Kingdom 20,422 18,544 18,544 18,543 19,099 18,666 15,071 16,362 15,404 15,645

United States 3,991 4,698 4,604 4,950 4,441 4,003 3,790 3,929 4,069 4,219

South and Central America 11,734 11,896 12,410 12,768 12,909 13,757 13,036 13,062 11,979 12,023

Source area not stated 498 502 360 329 280 382 312 285 266 458

Males 127,760 122,126 113,976 118,606 121,966 137,000 121,781 126,474 124,917 124,159

Africa and the Middle East 22,337 23,709 22,726 24,227 26,833 30,929 27,888 27,379 30,910 30,991

Asia and Pacif ic 74,114 69,226 62,491 66,009 65,483 75,100 65,595 70,086 70,253 73,133

Europe and the United Kingdom 20,204 18,463 18,777 19,078 19,111 18,135 14,516 15,674 15,308 14,531

United States 4,403 4,914 4,859 5,240 4,554 4,139 3,886 3,962 4,432 4,277

South and Central America 13,015 12,780 13,601 13,784 13,960 15,062 14,820 14,111 12,971 12,924

Source area not stated 408 421 320 297 262 321 258 216 231 386

Females 134,481 129,513 122,774 128,635 130,203 143,686 126,963 131,428 134,105 136,242

Africa and the Middle East 46,081 48,976 46,890 49,511 55,035 64,780 57,938 56,446 62,228 62,175

Asia and Pacif ic 141,485 130,445 116,385 122,741 122,518 141,441 125,117 133,855 132,134 133,763

Europe and the United Kingdom 40,626 37,007 37,321 37,621 38,210 36,801 29,587 32,036 30,712 30,176

United States 8,394 9,612 9,463 10,190 8,995 8,142 7,676 7,891 8,501 8,496

South and Central America 24,749 24,676 26,011 26,552 26,869 28,819 27,856 27,173 24,950 24,947

Source area not stated 906 923 680 626 542 703 570 501 497 844

Gender not stated 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 3

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

Source area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Africa and the Middle East 18.6 20.7 21.2 21.3 23.1 24.7 24.7 23.0 25.1 25.1

Asia and Pacif ic 52.7 50.1 47.3 47.8 46.8 48.4 48.9 50.4 49.5 48.8

Europe and the United Kingdom 16.0 15.2 16.3 15.6 15.7 13.6 12.4 12.9 12.3 12.6

United States 3.1 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.4

South and Central America 9.2 9.7 10.9 10.8 10.6 10.0 10.7 10.3 9.6 9.7

Source area not stated 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4

Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 16.6 18.3 18.5 18.8 20.6 21.5 22.0 20.8 23.0 22.7

Asia and Pacif ic 55.1 53.5 50.9 51.3 50.3 52.3 51.7 53.3 52.4 53.7

Europe and the United Kingdom 15.0 14.3 15.3 14.8 14.7 12.6 11.4 11.9 11.4 10.7

United States 3.3 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.5 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.1

South and Central America 9.7 9.9 11.1 10.7 10.7 10.5 11.7 10.7 9.7 9.5

Source area not stated 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 17.6 19.5 19.8 20.0 21.8 23.1 23.3 21.9 24.0 23.9

Asia and Pacif ic 54.0 51.8 49.2 49.6 48.6 50.4 50.3 51.9 51.0 51.4

Europe and the United Kingdom 15.5 14.7 15.8 15.2 15.2 13.1 11.9 12.4 11.9 11.6

United States 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3

South and Central America 9.4 9.8 11.0 10.7 10.7 10.3 11.2 10.5 9.6 9.6

Source area not stated 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

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

Note: Source area is based on Country of Citizenship.

Number

Percentage distribution

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Source area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Africa and the Middle East 7,501 8,296 8,913 9,263 9,639 9,467 8,585 8,903 12,787 11,521

Asia and Pacif ic 36,710 43,107 37,696 34,877 34,720 30,113 29,175 38,060 44,847 33,362

Europe and the United Kingdom 8,017 7,818 8,408 9,226 8,815 7,930 6,933 7,300 10,272 7,963

United States 3,795 4,108 3,694 4,373 4,142 3,578 3,357 3,482 4,495 3,835

South and Central America 7,151 6,995 7,359 7,711 7,743 8,996 8,294 7,159 9,307 9,831

Source area not stated 200 192 172 134 149 142 111 108 135 149

Family class 63,374 70,516 66,242 65,584 65,208 60,226 56,455 65,012 81,843 66,661

Africa and the Middle East 25,635 28,430 26,452 29,264 32,578 42,462 35,121 35,318 35,269 35,915

Asia and Pacif ic 90,797 73,208 65,871 78,374 78,191 102,344 86,587 87,473 81,446 94,911

Europe and the United Kingdom 27,690 24,887 24,856 25,368 26,662 26,540 20,323 22,498 18,691 20,348

United States 3,736 4,400 4,553 4,582 3,654 3,288 2,860 3,073 3,040 3,868

South and Central America 8,048 7,013 9,300 11,277 12,272 12,064 11,048 12,267 9,569 9,984

Source area not stated 406 314 212 204 133 217 176 164 140 63

Economic immigrants 156,312 138,252 131,244 149,069 153,490 186,915 156,115 160,793 148,155 165,089

Africa and the Middle East 11,386 10,324 9,368 9,231 11,061 11,213 12,798 10,737 13,349 13,849

Asia and Pacif ic 12,065 10,635 9,572 6,383 6,617 6,697 7,141 5,704 4,778 4,159

Europe and the United Kingdom 3,760 2,513 1,972 998 792 877 939 897 959 1,206

United States 375 454 418 241 293 664 791 690 450 320

South and Central America 7,915 8,202 6,370 4,838 3,879 4,932 5,941 4,851 4,127 3,429

Source area not stated 274 371 254 168 207 314 263 200 168 323

Refugees 35,775 32,499 27,954 21,859 22,849 24,697 27,873 23,079 23,831 23,286

Africa and the Middle East 1,560 1,924 2,157 1,754 1,757 1,636 1,434 1,488 824 890

Asia and Pacif ic 1,911 3,495 3,247 3,109 2,991 2,286 2,215 2,617 1,063 1,332

Europe and the United Kingdom 1,159 1,789 2,086 2,029 1,940 1,453 1,392 1,339 790 659

United States 488 651 798 994 906 611 668 646 516 473

South and Central America 1,635 2,466 2,982 2,724 2,975 2,826 2,572 2,895 1,947 1,704

Source area not stated 26 46 42 120 53 30 20 29 54 309

Other immigrants 6,779 10,371 11,312 10,730 10,622 8,842 8,301 9,014 5,194 5,367

Africa and the Middle East 46,082 48,974 46,890 49,512 55,035 64,778 57,938 56,446 62,229 62,175

Asia and Pacif ic 141,483 130,445 116,386 122,743 122,519 141,440 125,118 133,854 132,134 133,764

Europe and the United Kingdom 40,626 37,007 37,322 37,621 38,209 36,800 29,587 32,034 30,712 30,176

United States 8,394 9,613 9,463 10,190 8,995 8,141 7,676 7,891 8,501 8,496

South and Central America 24,749 24,676 26,011 26,550 26,869 28,818 27,855 27,172 24,950 24,948

Source area not stated 906 923 680 626 542 703 570 501 497 844

Category not stated 2 2 1 2 1 7 3 5 0 1

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

Note: Source area is based on Country of Citizenship.

Number

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Source area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Africa and the Middle East 11.8 11.8 13.5 14.1 14.8 15.7 15.2 13.7 15.6 17.3

Asia and Pacif ic 57.9 61.1 56.9 53.2 53.2 50.0 51.7 58.5 54.8 50.0

Europe and the United Kingdom 12.7 11.1 12.7 14.1 13.5 13.2 12.3 11.2 12.6 11.9

United States 6.0 5.8 5.6 6.7 6.4 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.8

South and Central America 11.3 9.9 11.1 11.8 11.9 14.9 14.7 11.0 11.4 14.7

Source area not stated 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Family class 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 16.4 20.6 20.2 19.6 21.2 22.7 22.5 22.0 23.8 21.8

Asia and Pacif ic 58.1 53.0 50.2 52.6 50.9 54.8 55.5 54.4 55.0 57.5

Europe and the United Kingdom 17.7 18.0 18.9 17.0 17.4 14.2 13.0 14.0 12.6 12.3

United States 2.4 3.2 3.5 3.1 2.4 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.3

South and Central America 5.1 5.1 7.1 7.6 8.0 6.5 7.1 7.6 6.5 6.0

Source area not stated 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Economic immigrants 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 31.8 31.8 33.5 42.2 48.4 45.4 45.9 46.5 56.0 59.5

Asia and Pacif ic 33.7 32.7 34.2 29.2 29.0 27.1 25.6 24.7 20.0 17.9

Europe and the United Kingdom 10.5 7.7 7.1 4.6 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.9 4.0 5.2

United States 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.1 1.3 2.7 2.8 3.0 1.9 1.4

South and Central America 22.1 25.2 22.8 22.1 17.0 20.0 21.3 21.0 17.3 14.7

Source area not stated 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.4

Refugees 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 23.0 18.6 19.1 16.3 16.5 18.5 17.3 16.5 15.9 16.6

Asia and Pacif ic 28.2 33.7 28.7 29.0 28.2 25.9 26.7 29.0 20.5 24.8

Europe and the United Kingdom 17.1 17.3 18.4 18.9 18.3 16.4 16.8 14.9 15.2 12.3

United States 7.2 6.3 7.1 9.3 8.5 6.9 8.0 7.2 9.9 8.8

South and Central America 24.1 23.8 26.4 25.4 28.0 32.0 31.0 32.1 37.5 31.7

Source area not stated 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.0 5.8

Other immigrants 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 17.6 19.5 19.8 20.0 21.8 23.1 23.3 21.9 24.0 23.9

Asia and Pacif ic 54.0 51.8 49.2 49.6 48.6 50.4 50.3 51.9 51.0 51.4

Europe and the United Kingdom 15.5 14.7 15.8 15.2 15.2 13.1 11.9 12.4 11.9 11.6

United States 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3

South and Central America 9.4 9.8 11.0 10.7 10.7 10.3 11.2 10.5 9.6 9.6

Source area not stated 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

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

Note: Source area is based on Country of Citizenship.

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Source area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Africa and the Middle East 10,581 10,882 10,121 11,337 12,733 15,931 14,091 13,958 14,201 14,146

Asia and Pacif ic 30,033 24,610 22,458 22,989 22,389 29,345 25,192 24,847 22,534 22,445

Europe and the United Kingdom 8,230 7,155 7,201 7,386 7,345 7,091 5,483 5,682 4,598 4,703

United States 3,439 3,543 3,302 3,185 2,739 2,896 2,915 2,699 2,525 2,748

South and Central America 5,092 4,907 5,065 5,262 4,978 5,192 5,051 4,856 4,426 4,301

Source area not stated 215 223 132 131 109 205 132 98 89 178

0 to 14 years of age 57,590 51,320 48,279 50,290 50,293 60,660 52,864 52,140 48,373 48,521

Africa and the Middle East 7,700 7,982 7,440 7,444 7,771 7,975 7,571 6,912 7,837 7,233

Asia and Pacif ic 22,426 22,458 20,317 19,913 19,774 19,813 17,142 17,155 15,132 16,129

Europe and the United Kingdom 5,299 4,706 4,674 4,553 4,615 3,992 3,163 3,121 2,796 2,693

United States 802 938 931 1,093 1,008 848 747 722 854 794

South and Central America 4,175 4,411 4,387 4,320 4,072 4,313 4,411 4,372 3,810 3,909

Source area not stated 179 175 130 112 104 112 95 84 98 159

15 to 24 years of age 40,581 40,670 37,879 37,435 37,344 37,053 33,129 32,366 30,527 30,917

Africa and the Middle East 22,880 24,541 23,520 24,564 27,509 33,784 29,671 29,617 31,336 32,854

Asia and Pacif ic 70,005 59,842 54,034 59,000 58,658 69,221 62,259 64,263 61,558 72,827

Europe and the United Kingdom 22,543 20,302 20,277 19,564 19,964 19,754 16,417 18,487 17,242 18,376

United States 2,703 3,157 3,220 3,770 3,383 2,931 2,720 3,090 3,445 3,366

South and Central America 12,714 12,226 13,359 13,635 14,306 15,182 14,198 14,186 13,263 13,139

Source area not stated 381 385 290 269 225 267 238 202 208 384

25 to 44 years of age 131,226 120,453 114,700 120,802 124,045 141,139 125,503 129,845 127,052 140,946

Africa and the Middle East 4,253 4,694 4,842 5,060 5,623 5,996 5,447 4,990 6,438 6,100

Asia and Pacif ic 16,706 18,933 15,909 17,357 17,819 19,223 16,118 19,257 21,315 16,974

Europe and the United Kingdom 3,967 4,053 4,129 4,579 4,859 4,693 3,720 3,753 4,111 3,450

United States 1,245 1,724 1,767 1,817 1,560 1,233 1,104 1,187 1,359 1,360

South and Central America 2,493 2,789 2,810 2,863 3,003 3,374 3,387 3,198 2,812 2,908

Source area not stated 113 98 90 93 81 82 74 80 63 95

45 to 64 years of age 28,777 32,291 29,547 31,769 32,945 34,601 29,850 32,465 36,098 30,887

Africa and the Middle East 668 877 967 1,107 1,399 1,094 1,159 970 2,417 1,843

Asia and Pacif ic 2,315 4,602 3,669 3,484 3,879 3,840 4,407 8,333 11,595 5,389

Europe and the United Kingdom 587 791 1,041 1,539 1,427 1,271 805 993 1,965 954

United States 205 251 243 325 305 234 190 193 318 228

South and Central America 275 343 390 472 510 758 809 561 639 691

Source area not stated 18 42 38 21 23 37 31 37 39 28

65 years of age or more 4,068 6,906 6,348 6,948 7,543 7,234 7,401 11,087 16,973 9,133

Africa and the Middle East 46,082 48,976 46,890 49,512 55,035 64,780 57,939 56,447 62,229 62,176

Asia and Pacif ic 141,485 130,445 116,387 122,743 122,519 141,442 125,118 133,855 132,134 133,764

Europe and the United Kingdom 40,626 37,007 37,322 37,621 38,210 36,801 29,588 32,036 30,712 30,176

United States 8,394 9,613 9,463 10,190 8,995 8,142 7,676 7,891 8,501 8,496

South and Central America 24,749 24,676 26,011 26,552 26,869 28,819 27,856 27,173 24,950 24,948

Source area not stated 906 923 680 626 542 703 570 501 497 844

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

Note: Source area is based on Country of Citizenship.

Number

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Source area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Africa and the Middle East 18.4 21.2 21.0 22.5 25.3 26.3 26.7 26.8 29.4 29.2

Asia and Pacif ic 52.1 48.0 46.5 45.7 44.5 48.4 47.7 47.7 46.6 46.3

Europe and the United Kingdom 14.3 13.9 14.9 14.7 14.6 11.7 10.4 10.9 9.5 9.7

United States 6.0 6.9 6.8 6.3 5.4 4.8 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.7

South and Central America 8.8 9.6 10.5 10.5 9.9 8.6 9.6 9.3 9.1 8.9

Source area not stated 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4

0 to 14 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 19.0 19.6 19.6 19.9 20.8 21.5 22.9 21.4 25.7 23.4

Asia and Pacif ic 55.3 55.2 53.6 53.2 53.0 53.5 51.7 53.0 49.6 52.2

Europe and the United Kingdom 13.1 11.6 12.3 12.2 12.4 10.8 9.5 9.6 9.2 8.7

United States 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.8 2.6

South and Central America 10.3 10.8 11.6 11.5 10.9 11.6 13.3 13.5 12.5 12.6

Source area not stated 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5

15 to 24 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 17.4 20.4 20.5 20.3 22.2 23.9 23.6 22.8 24.7 23.3

Asia and Pacif ic 53.3 49.7 47.1 48.8 47.3 49.0 49.6 49.5 48.5 51.7

Europe and the United Kingdom 17.2 16.9 17.7 16.2 16.1 14.0 13.1 14.2 13.6 13.0

United States 2.1 2.6 2.8 3.1 2.7 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.4

South and Central America 9.7 10.2 11.6 11.3 11.5 10.8 11.3 10.9 10.4 9.3

Source area not stated 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

25 to 44 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 14.8 14.5 16.4 15.9 17.1 17.3 18.2 15.4 17.8 19.7

Asia and Pacif ic 58.1 58.6 53.8 54.6 54.1 55.6 54.0 59.3 59.0 55.0

Europe and the United Kingdom 13.8 12.6 14.0 14.4 14.7 13.6 12.5 11.6 11.4 11.2

United States 4.3 5.3 6.0 5.7 4.7 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 4.4

South and Central America 8.7 8.6 9.5 9.0 9.1 9.8 11.3 9.9 7.8 9.4

Source area not stated 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

45 to 64 years of age 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 16.4 12.7 15.2 15.9 18.5 15.1 15.7 8.7 14.2 20.2

Asia and Pacif ic 56.9 66.6 57.8 50.1 51.4 53.1 59.5 75.2 68.3 59.0

Europe and the United Kingdom 14.4 11.5 16.4 22.2 18.9 17.6 10.9 9.0 11.6 10.4

United States 5.0 3.6 3.8 4.7 4.0 3.2 2.6 1.7 1.9 2.5

South and Central America 6.8 5.0 6.1 6.8 6.8 10.5 10.9 5.1 3.8 7.6

Source area not stated 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3

65 years of age or more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 17.6 19.5 19.8 20.0 21.8 23.1 23.3 21.9 24.0 23.9

Asia and Pacif ic 54.0 51.8 49.2 49.6 48.6 50.4 50.3 51.9 51.0 51.4

Europe and the United Kingdom 15.5 14.7 15.8 15.2 15.2 13.1 11.9 12.4 11.9 11.6

United States 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3

South and Central America 9.4 9.8 11.0 10.7 10.7 10.3 11.2 10.5 9.6 9.6

Source area not stated 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Note: Source area is based on Country of Citizenship.

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2012 2013 2014

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Source country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Philippines 18,139 18,400 19,837 24,887 28,573 38,617 36,765 34,315 29,545 40,035

India 36,210 33,848 28,742 28,261 29,456 34,235 27,509 30,933 33,087 38,341

People's Republic of China 42,584 33,518 27,642 30,037 29,622 30,391 28,502 33,024 34,130 24,640

Iran 5,837 7,480 6,974 6,475 6,580 7,477 7,479 7,534 11,291 16,781

Pakistan 14,314 13,127 10,124 8,994 7,217 6,811 7,468 11,227 12,603 9,128

United States of America 8,394 9,613 9,463 10,190 8,995 8,142 7,676 7,891 8,501 8,496

United Kingdom and Colonies 7,258 7,140 8,216 8,979 8,876 8,724 6,204 6,195 5,827 5,764

France 4,429 4,002 4,290 4,532 5,051 4,646 4,080 6,280 5,623 4,717

Mexico 2,837 2,844 3,239 2,856 3,092 3,865 3,947 4,227 3,996 4,478

Republic of Korea 5,832 6,215 5,920 7,294 5,874 5,537 4,588 5,316 4,509 4,463

Nigeria 2,236 2,594 2,375 2,109 3,156 3,906 3,103 3,443 4,172 4,161

Iraq 2,226 1,788 2,406 3,543 5,450 5,941 6,196 4,041 4,918 3,897

Algeria 3,626 4,807 3,623 4,005 5,393 4,752 4,325 3,774 4,331 3,660

Haiti 1,682 1,619 1,598 2,491 2,080 4,744 6,503 5,868 4,152 3,315

Egypt 2,496 2,190 2,356 3,347 3,496 5,982 4,663 5,555 4,165 3,159

Jamaica 1,945 1,722 2,141 2,334 2,456 2,321 2,059 2,182 2,479 3,054

Colombia 6,424 6,535 5,357 5,452 4,652 5,218 4,366 3,741 3,631 2,860

Sri Lanka 4,930 4,714 4,123 4,756 4,547 4,422 3,309 3,338 2,394 2,606

Ukraine 2,270 1,973 2,218 1,937 2,367 3,159 2,515 2,265 2,487 2,537

Socialist Republic of Vietnam 1,852 3,153 2,574 1,784 2,171 1,942 1,723 1,731 2,112 2,495

Morocco 2,939 3,322 4,021 4,226 5,532 6,242 4,399 3,878 3,261 2,492

Bangladesh 4,171 4,014 2,897 2,939 2,104 4,721 2,694 2,640 3,789 2,234

Lebanon 3,709 3,802 3,467 3,566 3,077 3,432 3,072 1,614 2,172 2,225

Federal Republic of Cameroon 604 697 1,025 1,279 1,344 1,800 1,638 2,507 2,439 2,113

Syria 1,458 1,145 1,056 919 917 1,039 1,005 650 1,009 2,049

Eritrea 528 700 699 799 904 931 1,182 1,335 1,719 1,977

Republic of Ireland 224 283 300 412 395 547 525 725 1,015 1,977

Brazil 969 1,181 1,746 2,138 2,509 2,598 1,508 1,642 1,714 1,915

Israel 2,446 2,625 2,401 2,562 2,316 2,755 1,970 2,134 1,945 1,896

Russia 3,972 3,117 2,983 2,690 2,931 2,288 1,963 2,079 2,466 1,780

Democratic Republic of Congo 1,521 1,623 1,466 1,397 1,581 1,239 1,224 1,714 2,050 1,749

Romania 5,048 4,468 3,834 2,837 2,076 1,922 1,776 1,588 1,512 1,552

Republic of Ivory Coast 294 431 619 646 668 1,066 636 1,024 1,170 1,532

Democratic Republic of Somalia 1,198 1,061 1,166 1,015 1,214 1,528 1,535 1,582 2,028 1,491

Afghanistan 3,436 3,009 2,652 2,111 1,746 1,758 2,203 2,635 2,004 1,490

Venezuela 1,211 1,192 1,335 1,239 1,353 998 1,452 1,373 1,022 1,483

Tunisia 756 1,065 869 950 1,195 1,299 1,442 1,503 1,627 1,474

Ethiopia 1,506 1,801 1,512 1,613 1,289 1,865 2,163 1,864 1,606 1,340

Australia 909 875 1,033 1,018 1,018 933 850 982 1,121 1,295

Federal Republic of Germany 2,226 2,767 2,449 3,833 3,887 2,956 2,053 1,702 1,217 1,273

Nepal 607 540 511 581 561 1,392 1,129 1,185 1,308 1,220

Jordan 1,940 1,827 1,421 1,581 1,235 1,831 1,635 1,206 1,255 1,158

Japan 1,067 1,212 1,250 1,284 1,194 1,168 1,265 1,214 982 1,127

Cuba 999 1,064 1,350 1,300 1,433 961 962 1,304 1,402 1,080

Republic of South Africa 988 1,111 1,200 1,123 1,188 1,238 959 1,243 1,240 1,001

Moldova 655 803 1,099 1,127 1,535 1,988 1,367 1,416 1,231 941

Stateless 841 845 656 622 542 701 563 487 463 804

Guyana 1,215 1,286 1,277 1,137 1,180 953 804 676 656 784

Poland 1,405 1,263 1,235 1,267 1,013 795 720 779 852 772

Senegal 278 416 433 555 668 765 740 949 818 733

Turkey 2,065 1,638 1,463 1,122 1,238 1,492 1,257 1,068 729 717

Peru 1,653 1,473 1,490 1,094 1,884 1,283 886 787 682 712

El Salvador 436 430 929 1,115 845 787 691 641 639 700

Taiw an 3,097 2,818 2,766 2,993 2,472 2,629 1,704 985 773 691

Italy 344 325 320 370 429 434 374 440 545 652

Portugal 338 424 405 665 623 629 528 560 630 637

St. Vincent and the Grenadines 343 383 579 434 511 434 451 523 538 607

Thailand 575 500 487 519 512 499 396 296 400 607

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Source country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Hong Kong 729 712 674 897 657 623 591 728 774 586

Hungary 516 520 425 383 312 354 287 300 425 536

Albania 1,223 856 702 560 716 561 539 620 603 519

Ghana 851 710 688 629 659 802 528 531 517 518

Burundi 626 468 614 448 566 529 604 684 480 517

St. Lucia 185 190 255 298 257 249 261 382 392 503

Spain 126 124 137 169 195 174 179 262 331 496

Democratic Republic of Sudan 1,310 1,039 683 622 422 612 531 444 343 485

Kenya 693 622 449 453 489 507 585 725 664 455

Bulgaria 1,738 1,419 1,172 994 784 556 365 451 512 452

Dominican Republic 303 295 311 438 391 479 739 604 590 445

Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank) 453 627 441 481 400 654 555 533 462 444

Myanmar (Burma) 210 953 1,887 975 1,153 556 368 193 262 441

Republic of Trinidad & Tobago 857 794 975 1,002 1,134 915 588 586 427 430

The Netherlands 813 837 615 818 786 759 586 504 395 423

Mauritius 696 512 507 714 872 1,455 1,146 799 1,203 419

Republic of Indonesia 632 613 657 661 504 712 390 395 387 416

Honduras 166 164 165 187 169 386 538 436 350 402

New Zealand 370 318 350 480 520 490 375 417 415 396

Greece 100 74 110 107 119 101 102 146 298 374

Republic of Guinea 256 342 415 327 347 395 352 407 463 368

Belgium 400 302 363 335 358 363 332 402 379 356

Bhutan 5 10 7 36 865 1,464 1,879 1,075 487 356

Burkina Faso 91 147 136 139 162 186 144 269 322 339

Malaysia 593 580 600 658 640 802 409 358 204 336

Rw anda 378 360 420 358 415 396 492 562 415 335

Ecuador 491 525 419 437 373 353 348 282 418 334

Zimbabw e 615 454 663 611 508 494 434 437 407 333

Republic of Serbia 3 50 259 365 271 299 395 297 319

Guatemala 190 230 258 263 264 266 288 358 345 317

Chile 384 427 530 350 375 340 174 291 273 299

Libya 196 281 198 306 282 384 352 299 255 298

Kazakhstan 506 408 436 394 431 377 381 462 348 296

Croatia 128 102 102 131 92 91 135 112 125 294

Fiji 298 277 304 321 311 398 316 270 228 254

Republic of Togo 157 149 235 351 400 354 261 299 316 248

Peoples Republic of Benin 95 116 183 205 238 290 284 391 397 243

Cambodia 370 529 460 354 203 200 196 233 288 238

Saudi Arabia 198 252 188 249 246 330 278 286 267 232

Czech Republic 193 146 137 104 159 168 128 173 174 224

Argentina 1,153 847 620 540 467 459 278 263 282 214

Armenia 224 218 198 205 267 252 236 258 207 205

Sw itzerland 270 258 308 357 328 285 266 243 201 203

Republic of Mali 87 114 143 154 164 170 155 191 190 195

Singapore 392 298 690 734 366 805 219 146 141 179

Belarus 558 439 568 524 454 438 357 277 247 175

Uganda 239 201 170 204 185 216 213 222 206 172

Republic of Kosovo 6 113 233 215 152 171 167

Costa Rica 188 279 281 246 217 191 149 183 122 165

Uzbekistan 330 262 284 215 288 289 162 235 167 164

Latvia 77 69 88 67 85 70 103 202 213 163

Slovak Republic 369 241 215 125 128 135 134 136 105 161

Sw eden 205 139 193 165 167 159 134 140 140 157

Lithuania 167 113 108 109 63 57 52 77 145 154

Republic of Yemen 161 140 122 133 128 211 160 174 217 149

Bosnia-Herzegovina 211 217 209 182 156 168 140 121 119 147

Grenada 283 363 360 284 325 208 173 142 170 137

Barbados 111 97 130 134 125 121 97 132 97 133

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United Republic of Tanzania 274 291 195 230 136 200 215 224 182 133

Central Africa Republic 49 18 30 28 19 26 18 45 169 130

Kyrgyzstan 173 161 135 168 173 157 159 278 123 126

Namibia 6 19 13 26 14 16 23 24 83 120

Nicaragua 79 96 76 124 116 94 123 106 96 118

Macedonia 285 256 211 191 198 188 130 126 112 117

Madagascar 88 96 115 118 169 178 148 165 229 112

Republic of Botsw ana 7 11 8 28 15 42 53 64 76 103

Georgia 114 125 132 112 128 126 139 147 125 102

Republic of Djibouti 93 68 50 47 70 123 127 164 201 99

Austria 122 102 98 91 109 124 84 102 90 98

Bolivia 134 139 107 143 214 180 86 83 107 95

People's Republic of Mongolia 59 64 82 59 118 169 103 68 99 93

People's Republic of the Congo 136 143 87 72 70 75 81 91 114 84

Mauritania 86 124 96 112 83 74 54 77 57 84

Republic of Chad 126 96 131 95 87 98 79 97 86 82

Denmark 62 101 97 108 81 92 93 94 81 69

Finland 67 51 62 89 63 63 72 62 76 68

Gabon Republic 67 68 101 86 86 64 63 74 90 68

Republic of the Niger 59 57 75 75 82 80 90 95 105 68

Azerbaijan 359 236 203 125 165 209 138 161 57 63

The Bahama Islands 14 18 23 30 27 25 40 60 55 61

Liberia 581 356 153 74 94 162 106 58 39 60

Sierra Leone 191 138 92 103 70 63 96 72 63 60

Republic of Panama 57 73 63 52 73 65 49 34 43 59

Belize 37 24 28 48 38 39 36 34 53 53

Antigua and Barbuda 24 32 15 32 38 27 37 51 25 50

Kuw ait 66 35 62 53 68 67 58 73 48 49

Norw ay 57 53 73 66 75 46 49 53 59 46

Zambia 91 77 71 64 60 102 69 46 59 46

Uruguay 217 175 147 160 99 93 81 47 58 43

United Arab Emirates 31 42 37 33 37 86 60 54 46 40

Iceland 10 2 15 13 15 30 38 42 72 38

Paraguay 75 88 98 95 88 89 83 55 66 38

Sw aziland 7 7 5 6 10 3 13 17 39 38

Macao 21 32 16 12 21 21 13 33 29 37

Gambia 29 38 32 25 10 37 24 18 33 36

Dominica 59 72 79 60 59 43 36 43 48 34

Estonia 26 18 34 34 26 28 15 26 45 32

Slovenia 23 11 29 18 27 12 13 36 20 30

Cyprus 7 9 4 7 6 18 6 12 16 28

Laos 42 74 53 32 39 54 22 25 15 28

Bahrain 12 12 22 9 35 28 21 39 32 25

St. Kitts-Nevis 11 3 10 25 11 22 12 21 18 24

Tajikistan 85 46 44 15 50 52 47 34 39 24

Angola 295 184 106 76 62 61 39 70 45 21

Malaw i 23 15 13 5 10 28 16 9 10 20

Serbia and Montenegro 441 693 792 456 204 109 39 32 34 17

People's Democratic Republic of Korea 14 10 7 19 11 45 97 66 17 13

Yugoslavia 329 138 99 95 48 46 17 12 7 13

Comoros 5 7 11 3 19 22 14 18 22 8

Luxembourg 10 9 9 3 5 8 11 6 7 8

Oman 14 18 16 10 7 14 10 13 11 8

Republic of Montenegro 0 0 7 19 10 14 19 26 9 7

Turkmenistan 40 26 37 13 20 30 20 20 14 5

Country not stated 65 78 24 4 2 6 13 32 28

Other countries 130 105 96 119 114 127 74 83 77 62

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

Note: Source country is based on Country of Citizenship

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Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and urban area

Urban area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

St. John's 399 397 380 481 454 526 462 434 545 549

Other New foundland and Labrador 98 111 166 135 152 188 220 297 280 347

Newfoundland and Labrador 497 508 546 616 606 714 682 731 825 896

Charlottetow n 233 490 900 1,360 1,631 2,493 1,665 982 851 1,484

Other Prince Edw ard Island 97 75 92 83 92 88 66 106 147 142

Prince Edward Island 330 565 992 1,443 1,723 2,581 1,731 1,088 998 1,626

Halifax 1,490 1,972 2,041 2,058 1,805 1,813 1,583 1,757 1,947 2,065

Other Nova Scotia 439 614 482 593 619 593 555 585 582 605

Nova Scotia 1,929 2,586 2,523 2,651 2,424 2,406 2,138 2,342 2,529 2,670

Moncton 191 262 345 365 479 424 470 528 535 810

Saint John 310 547 523 560 585 655 474 678 438 726

Fredericton 312 486 409 544 493 563 581 657 612 919

Other New Brunsw ick 278 351 366 387 356 483 442 350 434 382

New Brunswick 1,091 1,646 1,643 1,856 1,913 2,125 1,967 2,213 2,019 2,837

Québec 2,092 1,830 2,112 2,058 2,414 2,677 2,316 2,894 2,873 2,728

Sherbrooke 814 1,132 1,074 1,081 1,026 1,176 967 970 999 899

Trois-Rivières 245 344 305 280 376 315 269 269 363 292

Granby 171 156 171 116 196 157 170 148 113 161

Saint-Hyacinthe 157 124 185 111 182 102 187 163 155 233

Montréal 37,153 38,389 38,687 38,883 42,510 46,428 44,849 46,797 43,947 42,899

Ottaw a - Gatineau 1,009 1,020 1,125 1,162 1,199 1,537 1,456 1,534 1,542 1,338

Other Quebec 1,674 1,686 1,541 1,526 1,585 1,591 1,531 2,290 1,994 1,744

Quebec 43,315 44,681 45,200 45,217 49,488 53,983 51,745 55,065 51,986 50,294

Ottaw a - Gatineau 6,377 6,279 5,798 6,286 6,297 7,172 6,412 6,085 6,015 5,238

Kingston 394 415 378 416 396 437 328 289 319 331

Peterborough 177 163 167 155 203 141 133 135 152 140

Oshaw a 839 745 859 734 799 759 768 722 838 798

Toronto 112,832 99,289 87,139 86,898 82,636 92,182 77,759 77,398 81,702 75,821

Hamilton 4,611 4,036 3,680 3,805 3,777 4,003 3,295 4,077 3,214 3,125

St. Catharines - Niagara 1,765 1,598 1,384 1,235 1,114 1,259 1,164 967 984 915

Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 2,964 3,321 3,205 2,914 2,823 3,059 2,517 2,545 2,804 2,378

Brantford 226 269 217 229 166 247 195 170 195 190

Guelph 826 776 708 758 634 617 523 614 622 599

London 3,235 2,981 2,459 2,334 2,467 2,936 2,278 1,867 2,057 1,999

Windsor 2,981 2,781 2,215 1,951 1,892 1,835 1,662 1,210 1,673 1,440

Barrie 371 427 404 357 418 358 312 275 374 351

Greater Sudbury 131 134 138 138 146 116 144 150 173 291

Other Ontario 2,796 2,677 2,565 2,666 3,090 2,989 1,970 2,649 2,430 2,198

Ontario 140,525 125,891 111,316 110,876 106,858 118,110 99,460 99,153 103,552 95,814

Winnipeg 6,191 7,721 8,486 8,153 9,974 12,345 13,403 11,076 11,117 13,850

Steinbach 369 398 369 488 409 313 315 206 181 158

Brandon 181 173 642 668 1,149 1,433 702 580 457 536

Other Manitoba 1,355 1,756 1,457 1,909 1,989 1,717 1,542 1,450 1,348 1,679

Manitoba 8,096 10,048 10,954 11,218 13,521 15,808 15,962 13,312 13,103 16,223

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Urban area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Regina 629 821 910 1,406 2,058 2,567 3,202 3,932 3,655 3,758

Saskatoon 844 1,164 1,618 2,061 2,564 3,176 3,796 4,457 3,739 4,461

Other Saskatchew an 646 739 988 1,368 2,268 1,872 1,957 2,790 3,286 3,604

Saskatchewan 2,119 2,724 3,516 4,835 6,890 7,615 8,955 11,179 10,680 11,823

Medicine Hat 149 171 163 181 169 207 189 220 190 273

Lethbridge 252 288 310 361 514 625 560 613 555 651

Calgary 11,186 11,823 11,246 13,039 13,708 16,106 15,059 16,816 17,605 19,520

Red Deer 322 293 567 676 537 586 759 1,066 718 923

Edmonton 6,016 6,444 6,543 7,520 8,510 11,011 10,461 11,987 12,859 15,465

Wood Buffalo 247 320 431 478 681 691 731 852 954 1,291

Other Alberta 1,233 1,377 1,600 1,946 2,898 3,424 3,202 4,542 3,758 4,407

Alberta 19,405 20,716 20,860 24,201 27,017 32,650 30,961 36,096 36,639 42,530

Kelow na 367 403 531 603 605 592 463 549 557 569

Kamloops 124 183 174 225 267 234 212 263 219 219

Chilliw ack 185 185 209 216 237 184 182 258 235 236

Abbotsford - Mission 1,317 1,387 1,306 1,397 1,368 1,360 1,118 1,125 1,220 1,093

Vancouver 39,499 36,299 32,956 37,466 34,626 37,339 28,969 29,492 29,509 28,406

Victoria 1,204 1,267 1,270 1,491 1,482 1,517 1,277 1,379 1,192 1,365

Nanaimo 220 211 284 245 284 258 226 205 205 256

Prince George 150 152 142 148 180 175 149 177 189 248

Other British Columbia 1,704 1,997 2,089 2,201 2,390 2,528 2,190 2,794 2,886 2,778

British Columbia 44,770 42,084 38,961 43,992 41,439 44,187 34,786 36,242 36,212 35,170

Whitehorse 52 56 69 100 156 323 218 250 278 260

Other Yukon 13 9 14 10 18 27 19 29 38 45

Yukon 65 65 83 110 174 350 237 279 316 305

Yellow knife 73 93 71 110 87 108 65 139 113 147

Other Northw est Territories 11 5 17 17 20 29 20 27 37 20

Northwest Territories 84 98 88 127 107 137 85 166 150 167

Nunavut 12 12 19 50 10 19 24 20 11 23

Province or territory not stated 4 16 52 52 0 2 14 17 3 26

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

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Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and urban area (cont’d)

Urban area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

St. John's 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other New foundland and Labrador 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Newfoundland and Labrador 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Charlottetow n 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.6

Other Prince Edw ard Island 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1

Prince Edward Island 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.6

Halifax 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8

Other Nova Scotia 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nova Scotia 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0

Moncton 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Saint John 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3

Fredericton 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4

Other New Brunsw ick 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

New Brunswick 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.1

Québec 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.0

Sherbrooke 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3

Trois-Rivières 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Granby 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1

Saint-Hyacinthe 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Montréal 14.2 15.3 16.3 15.7 16.9 16.5 18.0 18.1 17.0 16.5

Ottaw a - Gatineau 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5

Other Quebec 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.7

Quebec 16.5 17.8 19.1 18.3 19.6 19.2 20.8 21.4 20.1 19.3

Ottaw a - Gatineau 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.0

Kingston 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Peterborough 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Oshaw a 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Toronto 43.0 39.5 36.8 35.1 32.8 32.8 31.3 30.0 31.5 29.1

Hamilton 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.2

St. Catharines - Niagara 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4

Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.9

Brantford 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Guelph 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

London 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8

Windsor 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6

Barrie 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Greater Sudbury 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Other Ontario 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8

Ontario 53.6 50.0 47.0 44.8 42.4 42.1 40.0 38.4 40.0 36.8

Winnipeg 2.4 3.1 3.6 3.3 4.0 4.4 5.4 4.3 4.3 5.3

Steinbach 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Brandon 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other Manitoba 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6

Manitoba 3.1 4.0 4.6 4.5 5.4 5.6 6.4 5.2 5.1 6.2

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Regina 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4

Saskatoon 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.4 1.7

Other Saskatchew an 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.4

Saskatchewan 0.8 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.7 2.7 3.6 4.3 4.1 4.5

Medicine Hat 0.1 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 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Calgary 4.3 4.7 4.8 5.3 5.4 5.7 6.1 6.5 6.8 7.5

Red Deer 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4

Edmonton 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.4 3.9 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.9

Wood Buffalo 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5

Other Alberta 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.8 1.5 1.7

Alberta 7.4 8.2 8.8 9.8 10.7 11.6 12.4 14.0 14.1 16.3

Kelow na 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Kamloops 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Chilliw ack 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Abbotsford - Mission 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4

Vancouver 15.1 14.4 13.9 15.2 13.7 13.3 11.6 11.4 11.4 10.9

Victoria 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Nanaimo 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Prince George 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Other British Columbia 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1

British Columbia 17.1 16.7 16.5 17.8 16.4 15.7 14.0 14.1 14.0 13.5

Whitehorse 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 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 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Yellow knife 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1

Other Northw est 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

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

Percentage distribution

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Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Family class 462 510 436 532 479 449 432 468 609 456

Economic immigrants 1,223 1,774 1,790 1,829 1,690 1,684 1,411 1,624 1,680 1,952

Refugees 202 217 180 193 166 218 225 195 202 235

Other immigrants 42 85 117 97 89 55 70 55 38 27

Nova Scotia 1,929 2,586 2,523 2,651 2,424 2,406 2,138 2,342 2,529 2,670

Family class 244 249 256 291 251 211 284 238 312 244

Economic immigrants 649 1,191 1,171 1,355 1,498 1,727 1,473 1,799 1,529 2,376

Refugees 181 178 174 165 132 157 179 155 164 199

Other immigrants 17 28 42 45 32 30 31 21 14 18

New Brunswick 1,091 1,646 1,643 1,856 1,913 2,125 1,967 2,213 2,019 2,837

Family class 126 156 162 220 186 161 173 190 261 178

Economic immigrants 461 695 1,093 1,588 1,892 2,896 1,993 1,456 1,377 2,105

Refugees 217 204 256 208 224 216 225 153 165 224

Other immigrants 23 18 27 43 27 22 22 20 20 15

Other Atlantic provinces* 827 1,073 1,538 2,059 2,329 3,295 2,413 1,819 1,823 2,522

Family class 8,358 9,225 8,524 9,143 8,869 9,630 9,048 9,190 12,007 11,121

Economic immigrants 26,294 25,953 28,026 29,380 34,509 37,917 36,100 39,630 34,818 33,437

Refugees 7,165 7,104 5,933 4,522 4,057 4,711 5,020 4,591 4,038 4,728

Other immigrants 1,498 2,399 2,716 2,171 2,053 1,723 1,577 1,654 1,123 1,007

Category not stated 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1

Quebec 43,315 44,681 45,200 45,217 49,488 53,983 51,745 55,065 51,986 50,294

Family class 35,034 38,351 35,540 33,807 33,136 29,343 27,374 31,973 40,380 30,657

Economic immigrants 79,559 62,616 53,685 59,117 54,831 69,497 51,404 49,172 47,605 50,888

Refugees 21,892 18,704 15,516 11,858 12,653 13,914 15,921 12,592 12,697 11,468

Other immigrants 4,038 6,218 6,575 6,093 6,237 5,352 4,758 5,411 2,870 2,801

Category not stated 2 2 0 1 1 4 3 5 0 0

Ontario 140,525 125,891 111,316 110,876 106,858 118,110 99,460 99,153 103,552 95,814

Family class 1,192 1,333 1,322 1,385 1,359 1,377 1,400 1,739 1,962 1,831

Economic immigrants 5,724 7,376 8,328 8,694 10,905 13,276 13,151 10,337 9,602 12,850

Refugees 1,094 1,238 1,170 972 1,098 1,032 1,303 1,140 1,460 1,495

Other immigrants 86 101 134 167 159 123 108 96 79 47

Manitoba 8,096 10,048 10,954 11,218 13,521 15,808 15,962 13,312 13,103 16,223

Family class 456 477 514 552 628 726 689 827 1,232 1,233

Economic immigrants 1,018 1,582 2,346 3,665 5,538 6,243 7,658 9,736 8,812 9,889

Refugees 614 626 617 552 646 574 547 549 590 660

Other immigrants 31 39 39 66 78 72 61 67 46 41

Saskatchewan 2,119 2,724 3,516 4,835 6,890 7,615 8,955 11,179 10,680 11,823

Family class 5,673 6,679 6,790 7,135 7,599 7,372 6,845 8,436 10,630 9,284

Economic immigrants 11,130 11,219 11,275 14,503 16,532 22,404 20,757 24,571 22,640 29,591

Refugees 2,247 2,334 2,216 1,845 2,237 2,205 2,638 2,250 2,750 2,722

Other immigrants 355 484 579 718 649 669 721 839 619 933

Alberta 19,405 20,716 20,860 24,201 27,017 32,650 30,961 36,096 36,639 42,530

Family class 11,726 13,460 12,613 12,424 12,613 10,868 10,130 11,855 14,347 11,547

Economic immigrants 30,199 25,740 23,395 28,718 25,916 30,875 21,902 22,114 19,736 21,625

Refugees 2,159 1,891 1,883 1,533 1,634 1,667 1,810 1,438 1,752 1,528

Other immigrants 686 993 1,070 1,317 1,276 776 944 835 377 470

Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

British Columbia 44,770 42,084 38,961 43,992 41,439 44,187 34,786 36,242 36,212 35,170

Family class 103 76 83 91 88 89 76 94 103 110

Economic immigrants 51 90 85 177 179 396 258 349 355 376

Refugees 4 3 9 6 2 2 4 6 11 6

Other immigrants 3 6 13 13 22 19 8 16 8 3

Territories** 161 175 190 287 291 506 346 465 477 495

Family class 63,374 70,516 66,240 65,580 65,208 60,226 56,451 65,010 81,843 66,661

Economic immigrants 156,308 138,236 131,194 149,026 153,490 186,915 156,107 160,788 148,154 165,089

Refugees 35,775 32,499 27,954 21,854 22,849 24,696 27,872 23,069 23,829 23,265

Other immigrants 6,779 10,371 11,312 10,730 10,622 8,841 8,300 9,014 5,194 5,362

Category not stated 2 2 1 2 1 7 3 5 0 1

Province or territory not stated 4 16 52 52 0 2 14 17 3 26

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

*New foundland and Labrador and Prince Edw ard Island **Yukon, Northw est Territories, and Nunavut

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Category 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Family class 24.0 19.7 17.3 20.1 19.8 18.7 20.2 20.0 24.1 17.1

Economic immigrants 63.4 68.6 70.9 69.0 69.7 70.0 66.0 69.3 66.4 73.1

Refugees 10.5 8.4 7.1 7.3 6.8 9.1 10.5 8.3 8.0 8.8

Other immigrants 2.2 3.3 4.6 3.7 3.7 2.3 3.3 2.3 1.5 1.0

Nova Scotia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 22.4 15.1 15.6 15.7 13.1 9.9 14.4 10.8 15.5 8.6

Economic immigrants 59.5 72.4 71.3 73.0 78.3 81.3 74.9 81.3 75.7 83.8

Refugees 16.6 10.8 10.6 8.9 6.9 7.4 9.1 7.0 8.1 7.0

Other immigrants 1.6 1.7 2.6 2.4 1.7 1.4 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.6

New Brunswick 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 15.2 14.5 10.5 10.7 8.0 4.9 7.2 10.4 14.3 7.1

Economic immigrants 55.7 64.8 71.1 77.1 81.2 87.9 82.6 80.0 75.5 83.5

Refugees 26.2 19.0 16.6 10.1 9.6 6.6 9.3 8.4 9.1 8.9

Other immigrants 2.8 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.2 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.6

Other Atlantic provinces* 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 19.3 20.6 18.9 20.2 17.9 17.8 17.5 16.7 23.1 22.1

Economic immigrants 60.7 58.1 62.0 65.0 69.7 70.2 69.8 72.0 67.0 66.5

Refugees 16.5 15.9 13.1 10.0 8.2 8.7 9.7 8.3 7.8 9.4

Other immigrants 3.5 5.4 6.0 4.8 4.1 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.2 2.0

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Quebec 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 24.9 30.5 31.9 30.5 31.0 24.8 27.5 32.2 39.0 32.0

Economic immigrants 56.6 49.7 48.2 53.3 51.3 58.8 51.7 49.6 46.0 53.1

Refugees 15.6 14.9 13.9 10.7 11.8 11.8 16.0 12.7 12.3 12.0

Other immigrants 2.9 4.9 5.9 5.5 5.8 4.5 4.8 5.5 2.8 2.9

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Ontario 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 14.7 13.3 12.1 12.3 10.1 8.7 8.8 13.1 15.0 11.3

Economic immigrants 70.7 73.4 76.0 77.5 80.7 84.0 82.4 77.7 73.3 79.2

Refugees 13.5 12.3 10.7 8.7 8.1 6.5 8.2 8.6 11.1 9.2

Other immigrants 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.3

Manitoba 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 21.5 17.5 14.6 11.4 9.1 9.5 7.7 7.4 11.5 10.4

Economic immigrants 48.0 58.1 66.7 75.8 80.4 82.0 85.5 87.1 82.5 83.6

Refugees 29.0 23.0 17.5 11.4 9.4 7.5 6.1 4.9 5.5 5.6

Other immigrants 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3

Saskatchewan 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 29.2 32.2 32.6 29.5 28.1 22.6 22.1 23.4 29.0 21.8

Economic immigrants 57.4 54.2 54.1 59.9 61.2 68.6 67.0 68.1 61.8 69.6

Refugees 11.6 11.3 10.6 7.6 8.3 6.8 8.5 6.2 7.5 6.4

Other immigrants 1.8 2.3 2.8 3.0 2.4 2.0 2.3 2.3 1.7 2.2

Alberta 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 26.2 32.0 32.4 28.2 30.4 24.6 29.1 32.7 39.6 32.8

Economic immigrants 67.5 61.2 60.0 65.3 62.5 69.9 63.0 61.0 54.5 61.5

Refugees 4.8 4.5 4.8 3.5 3.9 3.8 5.2 4.0 4.8 4.3

Other immigrants 1.5 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.1 1.8 2.7 2.3 1.0 1.3

Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

British Columbia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 64.0 43.4 43.7 31.7 30.2 17.6 22.0 20.2 21.6 22.2

Economic immigrants 31.7 51.4 44.7 61.7 61.5 78.3 74.6 75.1 74.4 76.0

Refugees 2.5 1.7 4.7 2.1 0.7 0.4 1.2 1.3 2.3 1.2

Other immigrants 1.9 3.4 6.8 4.5 7.6 3.8 2.3 3.4 1.7 0.6

Territories** 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 24.2 28.0 28.0 26.5 25.9 21.5 22.7 25.2 31.6 25.6

Economic immigrants 59.6 54.9 55.4 60.3 60.9 66.6 62.8 62.3 57.2 63.4

Refugees 13.6 12.9 11.8 8.8 9.1 8.8 11.2 8.9 9.2 8.9

Other immigrants 2.6 4.1 4.8 4.3 4.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 2.0 2.1

Category not stated 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

*New foundland and Labrador and Prince Edw ard Island **Yukon, Northw est Territories, and Nunavut

Percentage distribution

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Language ability 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

English 1,301 1,763 1,777 1,953 1,821 1,818 1,551 1,658 1,793 1,943

French 13 22 19 27 22 18 26 13 18 18

Both French and English 192 162 138 202 132 139 132 115 120 97

Neither 423 639 589 469 449 431 429 556 598 612

Nova Scotia 1,929 2,586 2,523 2,651 2,424 2,406 2,138 2,342 2,529 2,670

English 604 1,014 951 1,099 1,066 1,164 1,161 1,390 1,252 1,885

French 58 58 64 90 80 65 109 110 85 90

Both French and English 142 110 129 131 198 167 174 144 138 163

Neither 287 464 499 536 569 729 523 569 544 699

New Brunswick 1,091 1,646 1,643 1,856 1,913 2,125 1,967 2,213 2,019 2,837

English 459 608 725 943 951 1,100 1,057 1,014 1,254 1,675

French 10 11 3 7 11 10 18 11 29 12

Both French and English 33 30 32 58 57 48 59 60 48 45

Neither 325 424 778 1,051 1,310 2,137 1,279 734 492 790

Other Atlantic provinces* 827 1,073 1,538 2,059 2,329 3,295 2,413 1,819 1,823 2,522

English 8,049 8,793 8,283 8,473 7,977 7,832 8,665 8,810 7,385 7,663

French 10,239 10,698 10,758 10,590 11,632 14,337 13,895 14,248 13,090 12,257

Both French and English 14,601 15,097 16,513 16,709 20,079 20,813 18,926 19,670 16,718 17,221

Neither 10,426 10,093 9,646 9,445 9,800 11,001 10,259 12,337 14,793 13,152

Quebec 43,315 44,681 45,200 45,217 49,488 53,983 51,745 55,065 51,986 50,293

English 84,372 78,632 71,414 74,358 73,562 81,454 68,673 65,305 60,679 62,461

French 1,274 1,198 1,350 1,402 1,313 1,771 1,733 1,509 1,324 833

Both French and English 5,562 4,748 4,719 4,887 4,668 5,011 4,260 3,276 3,035 2,939

Neither 49,317 41,313 33,833 30,229 27,315 29,874 24,794 29,063 38,514 29,581

Ontario 140,525 125,891 111,316 110,876 106,858 118,110 99,460 99,153 103,552 95,814

English 4,078 5,277 5,809 6,354 8,331 10,065 10,722 8,832 8,835 11,684

French 144 100 182 98 135 126 181 185 193 137

Both French and English 201 164 152 166 214 305 284 322 269 270

Neither 3,673 4,507 4,811 4,600 4,841 5,312 4,775 3,973 3,806 4,132

Manitoba 8,096 10,048 10,954 11,218 13,521 15,808 15,962 13,312 13,103 16,223

English 1,198 1,637 1,973 2,855 4,299 5,048 6,399 7,629 7,673 9,208

French 24 25 32 29 20 36 32 90 36 39

Both French and English 108 65 73 96 135 109 150 174 129 134

Neither 789 997 1,438 1,855 2,436 2,422 2,374 3,286 2,842 2,442

Saskatchewan 2,119 2,724 3,516 4,835 6,890 7,615 8,955 11,179 10,680 11,823

English 10,878 12,354 13,178 16,834 19,052 23,804 22,826 25,730 24,745 32,509

French 177 273 269 285 310 318 320 368 324 283

Both French and English 798 876 904 862 1,041 1,027 936 959 752 902

Neither 7,552 7,213 6,509 6,220 6,614 7,501 6,879 9,039 10,818 8,836

Alberta 19,405 20,716 20,860 24,201 27,017 32,650 30,961 36,096 36,639 42,530

English 21,995 22,917 22,924 26,920 25,621 27,651 23,205 23,802 21,294 23,085

French 125 176 145 159 168 153 103 129 85 61

Both French and English 1,367 1,376 1,427 1,488 1,383 1,306 1,035 1,059 901 837

Neither 21,283 17,615 14,465 15,425 14,267 15,077 10,443 11,252 13,932 11,187

British Columbia 44,770 42,084 38,961 43,992 41,439 44,187 34,786 36,242 36,212 35,170

English 103 117 139 215 224 408 286 362 367 397

French 2 1 1 5 5 5 3 1 2 2

Both French and English 6 28 12 25 25 24 16 16 22 20

Neither 50 29 38 42 37 69 41 86 86 76

Territories** 161 175 190 287 291 506 346 465 477 495

English 133,037 133,112 127,173 140,004 142,904 160,344 144,545 144,532 135,277 152,510

French 12,066 12,562 12,823 12,692 13,696 16,839 16,420 16,664 15,186 13,732

Both French and English 23,010 22,656 24,099 24,624 27,932 28,949 25,972 25,795 22,132 22,628

Neither 94,125 83,294 72,606 69,872 67,638 74,553 61,796 70,895 86,425 71,507

Language ability not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Province or territory not stated 4 16 52 52 0 2 14 17 3 26

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

*New foundland and Labrador and Prince Edw ard Island **Yukon, Northw est Territories, and Nunavut

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Language ability 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

English 67.4 68.2 70.4 73.7 75.1 75.6 72.5 70.8 70.9 72.8

French 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.7 0.7

Both French and English 10.0 6.3 5.5 7.6 5.4 5.8 6.2 4.9 4.7 3.6

Neither 21.9 24.7 23.3 17.7 18.5 17.9 20.1 23.7 23.6 22.9

Nova Scotia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 55.4 61.6 57.9 59.2 55.7 54.8 59.0 62.8 62.0 66.4

French 5.3 3.5 3.9 4.8 4.2 3.1 5.5 5.0 4.2 3.2

Both French and English 13.0 6.7 7.9 7.1 10.4 7.9 8.8 6.5 6.8 5.7

Neither 26.3 28.2 30.4 28.9 29.7 34.3 26.6 25.7 26.9 24.6

New Brunswick 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 55.5 56.7 47.1 45.8 40.8 33.4 43.8 55.7 68.8 66.4

French 1.2 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.6 1.6 0.5

Both French and English 4.0 2.8 2.1 2.8 2.4 1.5 2.4 3.3 2.6 1.8

Neither 39.3 39.5 50.6 51.0 56.2 64.9 53.0 40.4 27.0 31.3

Other Atlantic provinces* 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 18.6 19.7 18.3 18.7 16.1 14.5 16.7 16.0 14.2 15.2

French 23.6 23.9 23.8 23.4 23.5 26.6 26.9 25.9 25.2 24.4

Both French and English 33.7 33.8 36.5 37.0 40.6 38.6 36.6 35.7 32.2 34.2

Neither 24.1 22.6 21.3 20.9 19.8 20.4 19.8 22.4 28.5 26.2

Quebec 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 60.0 62.5 64.2 67.1 68.8 69.0 69.0 65.9 58.6 65.2

French 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.3 0.9

Both French and English 4.0 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.3 3.3 2.9 3.1

Neither 35.1 32.8 30.4 27.3 25.6 25.3 24.9 29.3 37.2 30.9

Ontario 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 50.4 52.5 53.0 56.6 61.6 63.7 67.2 66.3 67.4 72.0

French 1.8 1.0 1.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.8

Both French and English 2.5 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.1 1.7

Neither 45.4 44.9 43.9 41.0 35.8 33.6 29.9 29.8 29.0 25.5

Manitoba 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 56.5 60.1 56.1 59.0 62.4 66.3 71.5 68.2 71.8 77.9

French 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.3

Both French and English 5.1 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.2 1.1

Neither 37.2 36.6 40.9 38.4 35.4 31.8 26.5 29.4 26.6 20.7

Saskatchewan 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 56.1 59.6 63.2 69.6 70.5 72.9 73.7 71.3 67.5 76.4

French 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.7

Both French and English 4.1 4.2 4.3 3.6 3.9 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.1 2.1

Neither 38.9 34.8 31.2 25.7 24.5 23.0 22.2 25.0 29.5 20.8

Alberta 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 49.1 54.5 58.8 61.2 61.8 62.6 66.7 65.7 58.8 65.6

French 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2

Both French and English 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.4

Neither 47.5 41.9 37.1 35.1 34.4 34.1 30.0 31.0 38.5 31.8

British Columbia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 64.0 66.9 73.2 74.9 77.0 80.6 82.7 77.8 76.9 80.2

French 1.2 0.6 0.5 1.7 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.4

Both French and English 3.7 16.0 6.3 8.7 8.6 4.7 4.6 3.4 4.6 4.0

Neither 31.1 16.6 20.0 14.6 12.7 13.6 11.8 18.5 18.0 15.4

Territories** 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 50.7 52.9 53.7 56.6 56.7 57.1 58.1 56.0 52.2 58.6

French 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.1 5.4 6.0 6.6 6.5 5.9 5.3

Both French and English 8.8 9.0 10.2 10.0 11.1 10.3 10.4 10.0 8.5 8.7

Neither 35.9 33.1 30.7 28.3 26.8 26.6 24.8 27.5 33.4 27.5

Language ability not stated 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

*New foundland and Labrador and Prince Edw ard Island **Yukon, Northw est Territories, and Nunavut

Percentage distribution

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Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and source area

Source area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Africa and the Middle East 663 763 746 848 790 709 572 596 677 746

Asia and Pacif ic 589 936 941 762 633 706 833 912 1,050 1,145

Europe and the United Kingdom 404 502 547 595 662 694 518 547 488 421

United States 167 240 206 290 210 151 131 183 157 151

South and Central America 89 126 81 146 113 127 82 98 147 198

Source area not stated 17 19 2 10 16 19 2 6 10 9

Nova Scotia 1,929 2,586 2,523 2,651 2,424 2,406 2,138 2,342 2,529 2,670

Africa and the Middle East 231 281 270 277 373 359 351 632 470 534

Asia and Pacif ic 505 883 838 1,014 967 1,148 972 1,053 971 1,780

Europe and the United Kingdom 189 260 326 309 341 440 443 360 387 356

United States 95 122 122 132 123 81 97 79 106 88

South and Central America 65 87 85 117 108 93 103 86 80 70

Source area not stated 6 13 2 7 1 4 1 3 5 9

New Brunswick 1,091 1,646 1,643 1,856 1,913 2,125 1,967 2,213 2,019 2,837

Africa and the Middle East 161 165 263 257 342 521 573 408 455 448

Asia and Pacif ic 314 562 881 1,335 1,601 2,412 1,531 1,021 957 1,650

Europe and the United Kingdom 184 161 264 277 231 219 192 243 237 283

United States 72 95 62 101 91 80 55 69 86 73

South and Central America 96 73 58 87 62 51 59 63 87 66

Source area not stated 0 17 10 2 2 12 3 15 1 2

Other Atlantic provinces* 827 1,073 1,538 2,059 2,329 3,295 2,413 1,819 1,823 2,522

Africa and the Middle East 14,890 17,087 17,558 18,072 21,933 24,475 22,150 21,447 22,175 24,317

Asia and Pacif ic 9,033 8,854 7,416 8,000 7,809 8,414 8,917 9,892 9,361 7,659

Europe and the United Kingdom 10,415 9,566 10,082 8,883 9,577 9,716 8,525 11,229 9,346 7,946

United States 618 906 891 973 976 820 877 923 1,089 1,034

South and Central America 8,241 8,164 9,149 9,234 9,123 10,490 11,203 11,521 9,946 9,248

Source area not stated 118 104 104 55 70 68 73 53 69 90

Quebec 43,315 44,681 45,200 45,217 49,488 53,983 51,745 55,065 51,986 50,294

Africa and the Middle East 21,979 20,952 19,273 20,061 20,364 25,166 21,889 20,570 23,112 20,073

Asia and Pacif ic 82,101 71,839 60,216 59,721 56,313 63,639 52,107 55,340 56,679 52,445

Europe and the United Kingdom 18,557 15,163 14,501 13,868 13,172 12,425 9,978 9,535 9,999 9,626

United States 4,517 4,688 4,477 4,632 4,159 4,027 3,720 3,490 3,819 3,769

South and Central America 12,728 12,594 12,390 12,200 12,495 12,410 11,417 9,908 9,641 9,514

Source area not stated 643 655 459 394 355 443 349 310 302 387

Ontario 140,525 125,891 111,316 110,876 106,858 118,110 99,460 99,153 103,552 95,814

Africa and the Middle East 1,545 1,859 1,705 1,790 1,893 2,256 2,534 2,500 3,060 3,187

Asia and Pacif ic 3,874 5,176 5,973 5,935 8,335 10,496 11,044 8,635 8,110 10,869

Europe and the United Kingdom 1,926 2,399 2,286 2,535 2,298 1,888 1,404 1,252 1,116 1,285

United States 189 180 179 216 226 192 215 262 254 252

South and Central America 551 424 807 733 754 954 749 646 549 601

Source area not stated 11 10 4 9 15 22 16 17 14 29

Manitoba 8,096 10,048 10,954 11,218 13,521 15,808 15,962 13,312 13,103 16,223

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Source area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Africa and the Middle East 557 620 636 896 1,046 1,201 1,133 1,327 1,150 1,330

Asia and Pacif ic 867 1,055 1,723 2,475 4,191 4,710 6,590 8,336 7,802 8,544

Europe and the United Kingdom 440 701 843 1,081 1,293 1,290 791 994 1,177 1,351

United States 115 142 133 162 184 176 131 151 208 172

South and Central America 138 201 173 215 170 233 296 365 334 413

Source area not stated 2 5 8 6 6 5 14 6 9 13

Saskatchewan 2,119 2,724 3,516 4,835 6,890 7,615 8,955 11,179 10,680 11,823

Africa and the Middle East 2,846 3,561 3,338 3,831 4,702 5,864 5,275 5,527 6,628 7,075

Asia and Pacif ic 11,191 11,499 11,510 12,796 14,362 18,904 19,096 23,325 22,626 26,571

Europe and the United Kingdom 3,259 3,188 3,334 4,185 4,523 4,345 3,285 3,368 3,486 4,205

United States 734 891 859 1,141 1,011 955 1,028 1,105 1,265 1,310

South and Central America 1,342 1,546 1,794 2,188 2,379 2,533 2,231 2,730 2,595 3,188

Source area not stated 33 31 25 60 40 49 46 41 39 181

Alberta 19,405 20,716 20,860 24,201 27,017 32,650 30,961 36,096 36,639 42,530

Africa and the Middle East 3,186 3,658 3,080 3,443 3,576 4,201 3,440 3,398 4,461 4,404

Asia and Pacif ic 32,931 29,548 26,763 30,543 28,132 30,645 23,784 24,992 24,237 22,752

Europe and the United Kingdom 5,214 5,021 5,085 5,796 6,046 5,715 4,392 4,442 4,404 4,641

United States 1,877 2,334 2,510 2,516 2,000 1,631 1,405 1,615 1,504 1,633

South and Central America 1,486 1,456 1,457 1,612 1,648 1,914 1,699 1,745 1,558 1,618

Source area not stated 76 67 66 82 37 81 66 50 48 122

British Columbia 44,770 42,084 38,961 43,992 41,439 44,187 34,786 36,242 36,212 35,170

Africa and the Middle East 24 29 20 29 16 28 18 33 41 41

Asia and Pacif ic 76 84 94 140 176 367 241 344 340 349

Europe and the United Kingdom 38 44 42 81 67 69 60 65 72 62

United States 10 11 17 18 15 29 17 14 13 13

South and Central America 13 5 17 19 17 13 10 9 11 30

Source area not stated 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Territories** 161 175 190 287 291 506 346 465 477 495

Africa and the Middle East 46,082 48,975 46,889 49,504 55,035 64,780 57,935 56,438 62,229 62,155

Asia and Pacif ic 141,481 130,436 116,355 122,721 122,519 141,441 125,115 133,850 132,133 133,764

Europe and the United Kingdom 40,626 37,005 37,310 37,610 38,210 36,801 29,588 32,035 30,712 30,176

United States 8,394 9,609 9,456 10,181 8,995 8,142 7,676 7,891 8,501 8,495

South and Central America 24,749 24,676 26,011 26,551 26,869 28,818 27,849 27,171 24,948 24,946

Source area not stated 906 923 680 626 542 703 570 501 497 844

Province or territory not stated 4 16 52 52 0 2 14 17 3 26

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

*New foundland and Labrador andPrince Edw ard Island **Yukon, Northw est Territories, and Nunavut

Note: Source area is based on Country of Citizenship.

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Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and source area (cont’d)

Source area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Africa and the Middle East 34.4 29.5 29.6 32.0 32.6 29.5 26.8 25.4 26.8 27.9

Asia and Pacif ic 30.5 36.2 37.3 28.7 26.1 29.3 39.0 38.9 41.5 42.9

Europe and the United Kingdom 20.9 19.4 21.7 22.4 27.3 28.8 24.2 23.4 19.3 15.8

United States 8.7 9.3 8.2 10.9 8.7 6.3 6.1 7.8 6.2 5.7

South and Central America 4.6 4.9 3.2 5.5 4.7 5.3 3.8 4.2 5.8 7.4

Source area not stated 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3

Nova Scotia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 21.2 17.1 16.4 14.9 19.5 16.9 17.8 28.6 23.3 18.8

Asia and Pacif ic 46.3 53.6 51.0 54.6 50.5 54.0 49.4 47.6 48.1 62.7

Europe and the United Kingdom 17.3 15.8 19.8 16.6 17.8 20.7 22.5 16.3 19.2 12.5

United States 8.7 7.4 7.4 7.1 6.4 3.8 4.9 3.6 5.3 3.1

South and Central America 6.0 5.3 5.2 6.3 5.6 4.4 5.2 3.9 4.0 2.5

Source area not stated 0.5 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3

New Brunswick 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 19.5 15.4 17.1 12.5 14.7 15.8 23.7 22.4 25.0 17.8

Asia and Pacif ic 38.0 52.4 57.3 64.8 68.7 73.2 63.4 56.1 52.5 65.4

Europe and the United Kingdom 22.2 15.0 17.2 13.5 9.9 6.6 8.0 13.4 13.0 11.2

United States 8.7 8.9 4.0 4.9 3.9 2.4 2.3 3.8 4.7 2.9

South and Central America 11.6 6.8 3.8 4.2 2.7 1.5 2.4 3.5 4.8 2.6

Source area not stated 0.0 1.6 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.1

Other Atlantic provinces* 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 34.4 38.2 38.8 40.0 44.3 45.3 42.8 38.9 42.7 48.3

Asia and Pacif ic 20.9 19.8 16.4 17.7 15.8 15.6 17.2 18.0 18.0 15.2

Europe and the United Kingdom 24.0 21.4 22.3 19.6 19.4 18.0 16.5 20.4 18.0 15.8

United States 1.4 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.5 1.7 1.7 2.1 2.1

South and Central America 19.0 18.3 20.2 20.4 18.4 19.4 21.7 20.9 19.1 18.4

Source area not stated 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Quebec 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 15.6 16.6 17.3 18.1 19.1 21.3 22.0 20.7 22.3 20.9

Asia and Pacif ic 58.4 57.1 54.1 53.9 52.7 53.9 52.4 55.8 54.7 54.7

Europe and the United Kingdom 13.2 12.0 13.0 12.5 12.3 10.5 10.0 9.6 9.7 10.0

United States 3.2 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.9

South and Central America 9.1 10.0 11.1 11.0 11.7 10.5 11.5 10.0 9.3 9.9

Source area not stated 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4

Ontario 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 19.1 18.5 15.6 16.0 14.0 14.3 15.9 18.8 23.4 19.6

Asia and Pacif ic 47.9 51.5 54.5 52.9 61.6 66.4 69.2 64.9 61.9 67.0

Europe and the United Kingdom 23.8 23.9 20.9 22.6 17.0 11.9 8.8 9.4 8.5 7.9

United States 2.3 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.2 1.3 2.0 1.9 1.6

South and Central America 6.8 4.2 7.4 6.5 5.6 6.0 4.7 4.9 4.2 3.7

Source area not stated 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Manitoba 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Percentage distribution

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Source area 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Africa and the Middle East 26.3 22.8 18.1 18.5 15.2 15.8 12.7 11.9 10.8 11.2

Asia and Pacif ic 40.9 38.7 49.0 51.2 60.8 61.9 73.6 74.6 73.1 72.3

Europe and the United Kingdom 20.8 25.7 24.0 22.4 18.8 16.9 8.8 8.9 11.0 11.4

United States 5.4 5.2 3.8 3.4 2.7 2.3 1.5 1.4 1.9 1.5

South and Central America 6.5 7.4 4.9 4.4 2.5 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.5

Source area not stated 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Saskatchewan 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 14.7 17.2 16.0 15.8 17.4 18.0 17.0 15.3 18.1 16.6

Asia and Pacif ic 57.7 55.5 55.2 52.9 53.2 57.9 61.7 64.6 61.8 62.5

Europe and the United Kingdom 16.8 15.4 16.0 17.3 16.7 13.3 10.6 9.3 9.5 9.9

United States 3.8 4.3 4.1 4.7 3.7 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.1

South and Central America 6.9 7.5 8.6 9.0 8.8 7.8 7.2 7.6 7.1 7.5

Source area not stated 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4

Alberta 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 7.1 8.7 7.9 7.8 8.6 9.5 9.9 9.4 12.3 12.5

Asia and Pacif ic 73.6 70.2 68.7 69.4 67.9 69.4 68.4 69.0 66.9 64.7

Europe and the United Kingdom 11.6 11.9 13.1 13.2 14.6 12.9 12.6 12.3 12.2 13.2

United States 4.2 5.5 6.4 5.7 4.8 3.7 4.0 4.5 4.2 4.6

South and Central America 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.9 4.8 4.3 4.6

Source area not stated 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3

British Columbia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 14.9 16.6 10.5 10.1 5.5 5.5 5.2 7.1 8.6 8.3

Asia and Pacif ic 47.2 48.0 49.5 48.8 60.5 72.5 69.7 74.0 71.3 70.5

Europe and the United Kingdom 23.6 25.1 22.1 28.2 23.0 13.6 17.3 14.0 15.1 12.5

United States 6.2 6.3 8.9 6.3 5.2 5.7 4.9 3.0 2.7 2.6

South and Central America 8.1 2.9 8.9 6.6 5.8 2.6 2.9 1.9 2.3 6.1

Source area not stated 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Territories** 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Africa and the Middle East 17.6 19.5 19.8 20.0 21.8 23.1 23.3 21.9 24.0 23.9

Asia and Pacif ic 54.0 51.8 49.1 49.6 48.6 50.4 50.3 51.9 51.0 51.4

Europe and the United Kingdom 15.5 14.7 15.8 15.2 15.2 13.1 11.9 12.4 11.9 11.6

United States 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3

South and Central America 9.4 9.8 11.0 10.7 10.7 10.3 11.2 10.5 9.6 9.6

Source area not stated 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

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

*New foundland and Labrador and Prince Edw ard Island **Yukon, Northw est Territories, and Nunavut

Note: Source area is based on Country of Citizenship.

Percentage distribution

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Canada – Permanent residents by province or territory and source area, 2014

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Canada – Permanent residents 15 years of age or older by gender and marital status, 2014

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Canada – Permanent residents 15 years of age or older by gender and marital status

Marital status 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Single 33,030 32,681 29,876 29,840 31,281 33,815 30,663 33,614 34,842 40,117

Married, common-law partner 63,449 61,049 57,693 61,330 63,138 70,144 62,227 64,134 63,184 57,297

Separated, divorced, w idow ed 1,602 1,671 1,557 1,387 1,485 1,567 1,479 1,677 1,936 1,718

Marital status not stated 3 26 5 4 5 2 15 11 14 16

Males 98,084 95,427 89,131 92,561 95,909 105,528 94,384 99,436 99,976 99,148

Single 24,401 24,052 22,877 25,172 26,475 28,452 26,002 26,860 30,252 38,067

Married, common-law partner 76,799 74,667 70,929 73,617 73,479 79,937 69,994 72,591 71,618 67,982

Separated, divorced, w idow ed 5,363 6,147 5,528 5,599 6,011 6,105 5,490 6,861 8,767 6,656

Marital status not stated 4 27 6 2 3 4 10 15 36 29

Females 106,567 104,893 99,340 104,390 105,968 114,498 101,496 106,327 110,673 112,734

Single 57,431 56,733 52,753 55,012 57,756 62,267 56,665 60,474 65,094 78,184

Married, common-law partner 140,248 135,716 128,622 134,947 136,617 150,081 132,221 136,725 134,802 125,279

Separated, divorced, w idow ed 6,965 7,818 7,085 6,986 7,496 7,672 6,969 8,538 10,703 8,374

Marital status not stated 7 53 11 6 8 6 25 26 50 45

Gender not stated 1 0 3 3 0 1 3 0 1 1

Total 204,652 200,320 188,474 196,954 201,877 220,027 195,883 205,763 210,650 211,883

Marital status 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Single 33.7 34.2 33.5 32.2 32.6 32.0 32.5 33.8 34.9 40.5

Married, common-law partner 64.7 64.0 64.7 66.3 65.8 66.5 65.9 64.5 63.2 57.8

Separated, divorced, w idow ed 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.7

Marital status 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

Single 22.9 22.9 23.0 24.1 25.0 24.8 25.6 25.3 27.3 33.8

Married, common-law partner 72.1 71.2 71.4 70.5 69.3 69.8 69.0 68.3 64.7 60.3

Separated, divorced, w idow ed 5.0 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.7 5.3 5.4 6.5 7.9 5.9

Marital status 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

Single 28.1 28.3 28.0 27.9 28.6 28.3 28.9 29.4 30.9 36.9

Married, common-law partner 68.5 67.7 68.2 68.5 67.7 68.2 67.5 66.4 64.0 59.1

Separated, divorced, w idow ed 3.4 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.6 4.1 5.1 4.0

Marital status 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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Percentage distribution

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Canada – Permanent residents by category and language ability

Language ability 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

English 33,399 35,637 35,857 37,692 37,800 34,560 35,220 31,984 33,136 31,160

French 2,535 2,904 2,639 3,002 2,865 4,358 4,208 3,310 3,931 3,882

Both French and English 2,514 2,727 2,908 2,994 3,093 2,866 2,754 2,496 3,173 3,066

Neither 24,926 29,248 24,838 21,896 21,450 18,442 14,273 27,222 41,603 28,553

Family class 63,374 70,516 66,242 65,584 65,208 60,226 56,455 65,012 81,843 66,661

English 36,215 34,650 33,200 39,334 39,439 49,159 40,682 43,306 42,724 56,815

French 2,493 2,598 2,721 2,757 3,111 3,817 3,570 3,982 3,543 3,221

Both French and English 12,367 12,425 13,510 13,904 16,172 16,645 14,336 14,778 12,518 12,731

Neither 10,543 6,049 4,391 5,308 5,282 6,938 5,768 6,191 5,974 5,340

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 61,618 55,722 53,822 61,303 64,004 76,559 64,356 68,257 64,759 78,107

English 38,386 37,966 36,061 44,759 46,470 57,814 46,877 51,123 45,624 52,899

French 3,602 3,609 3,926 4,381 5,184 5,528 5,238 5,984 5,075 4,596

Both French and English 6,143 5,883 6,308 6,688 7,523 8,271 7,120 7,002 5,341 5,656

Neither 46,563 35,072 31,127 31,938 30,309 38,743 32,524 28,427 27,356 23,830

Language ability not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 94,694 82,530 77,422 87,766 89,486 110,356 91,759 92,536 83,396 86,982

English 19,790 16,968 13,123 9,480 10,329 11,605 14,956 10,859 9,918 8,230

French 2,705 2,634 2,495 1,695 1,626 2,114 2,506 2,525 2,026 1,509

Both French and English 1,622 883 730 609 752 889 1,495 1,207 892 924

Neither 11,658 12,014 11,606 10,075 10,142 10,089 8,916 8,488 10,995 12,623

Refugees 35,775 32,499 27,954 21,859 22,849 24,697 27,873 23,079 23,831 23,286

English 5,248 7,903 8,967 8,784 8,865 7,203 6,812 7,261 3,876 3,420

French 731 817 1,042 857 910 1,021 902 863 612 523

Both French and English 364 738 649 430 392 278 268 313 208 251

Neither 436 913 654 659 455 340 319 577 498 1,173

Other immigrants 6,779 10,371 11,312 10,730 10,622 8,842 8,301 9,014 5,194 5,367

English 133,038 133,124 127,208 140,049 142,903 160,341 144,547 144,533 135,278 152,524

French 12,066 12,562 12,823 12,692 13,696 16,838 16,424 16,664 15,187 13,731

Both French and English 23,010 22,656 24,105 24,625 27,932 28,949 25,973 25,796 22,132 22,628

Neither 94,126 83,296 72,616 69,876 67,638 74,552 61,800 70,905 86,426 71,519

Language ability not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Category not stated 2 2 1 2 1 7 3 5 0 1

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

*Principal applicants **Spouses and dependants

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Language ability 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

English 52.7 50.5 54.1 57.5 58.0 57.4 62.4 49.2 40.5 46.7

French 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.6 4.4 7.2 7.5 5.1 4.8 5.8

Both French and English 4.0 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 3.8 3.9 4.6

Neither 39.3 41.5 37.5 33.4 32.9 30.6 25.3 41.9 50.8 42.8

Family class 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 58.8 62.2 61.7 64.2 61.6 64.2 63.2 63.4 66.0 72.7

French 4.0 4.7 5.1 4.5 4.9 5.0 5.5 5.8 5.5 4.1

Both French and English 20.1 22.3 25.1 22.7 25.3 21.7 22.3 21.7 19.3 16.3

Neither 17.1 10.9 8.2 8.7 8.3 9.1 9.0 9.1 9.2 6.8

Economic immigrants - p.a.* 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 40.5 46.0 46.6 51.0 51.9 52.4 51.1 55.2 54.7 60.8

French 3.8 4.4 5.1 5.0 5.8 5.0 5.7 6.5 6.1 5.3

Both French and English 6.5 7.1 8.1 7.6 8.4 7.5 7.8 7.6 6.4 6.5

Neither 49.2 42.5 40.2 36.4 33.9 35.1 35.4 30.7 32.8 27.4

Language ability not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Economic immigrants - s.d.** 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 55.3 52.2 46.9 43.4 45.2 47.0 53.7 47.1 41.6 35.3

French 7.6 8.1 8.9 7.8 7.1 8.6 9.0 10.9 8.5 6.5

Both French and English 4.5 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.6 5.4 5.2 3.7 4.0

Neither 32.6 37.0 41.5 46.1 44.4 40.9 32.0 36.8 46.1 54.2

Refugees 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 77.4 76.2 79.3 81.9 83.5 81.5 82.1 80.6 74.6 63.7

French 10.8 7.9 9.2 8.0 8.6 11.5 10.9 9.6 11.8 9.7

Both French and English 5.4 7.1 5.7 4.0 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.5 4.0 4.7

Neither 6.4 8.8 5.8 6.1 4.3 3.8 3.8 6.4 9.6 21.9

Other immigrants 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

English 50.7 52.9 53.7 56.6 56.7 57.1 58.1 56.0 52.2 58.6

French 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.1 5.4 6.0 6.6 6.5 5.9 5.3

Both French and English 8.8 9.0 10.2 10.0 11.1 10.3 10.4 10.0 8.5 8.7

Neither 35.9 33.1 30.7 28.3 26.8 26.6 24.8 27.5 33.4 27.5

Language ability not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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

*Principal applicants **Spouses and dependants

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Canada – Permanent residents by top languages reported as mother tongue

Mother Tongue 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Tagalog 16,332 16,099 16,540 20,835 25,282 34,622 32,707 29,961 24,891 32,724

English 22,906 24,884 26,614 28,750 27,534 25,924 22,843 30,249 24,557 26,096

Punjabi 17,037 17,714 14,281 14,314 15,682 16,855 12,800 14,324 16,486 17,401

Chinese 5,743 6,114 5,230 5,694 5,770 4,497 4,939 11,156 16,754 15,856

Spanish 17,106 17,059 16,913 16,292 16,306 16,344 15,115 14,192 14,164 14,094

Arabic 19,515 20,008 18,996 21,925 24,351 29,384 24,968 17,782 15,004 12,822

Farsi 4,937 6,117 5,838 5,459 5,269 5,669 5,873 5,430 7,950 10,207

French 7,476 7,429 8,304 8,332 9,275 9,967 8,794 13,055 11,852 10,078

Urdu 12,798 11,231 8,896 7,899 6,456 6,226 6,560 8,883 11,130 8,447

Mandarin 37,321 28,049 23,207 26,085 25,137 28,208 24,869 21,100 15,723 8,266

Persian 1,453 1,565 1,442 1,271 1,374 1,994 1,834 2,160 3,343 6,391

Hindi 6,017 5,220 4,604 4,615 4,983 5,641 4,784 4,915 5,125 6,388

Gujarati 7,363 5,615 5,183 4,193 3,562 3,872 3,199 3,988 4,610 4,865

Russian 8,637 7,299 7,293 6,697 7,268 6,940 5,442 5,041 5,805 4,849

Korean 5,905 6,295 5,983 7,378 5,930 5,615 4,671 5,293 4,525 4,464

Tamil 5,318 5,237 4,292 4,491 4,443 4,716 3,761 3,429 2,999 4,064

Malayalam 1,316 1,358 1,099 1,256 1,440 2,725 2,396 2,949 2,905 2,889

Bengali 4,656 4,411 3,271 3,370 2,499 5,126 2,997 2,859 4,106 2,712

Vietnamese 1,872 3,062 2,540 1,916 2,201 1,967 1,733 1,698 2,100 2,540

Cantonese 5,452 4,677 3,977 3,434 2,936 2,630 2,231 2,905 3,477 2,313

Telugu 1,590 1,311 1,052 1,016 946 1,103 1,251 1,185 1,127 2,016

Creole Haiti 126 2,084 1,963 1,992

Ilocano 36 291 788 1,956

Romanian 5,261 4,877 4,494 3,536 3,096 3,332 2,716 2,404 2,019 1,890

Ukrainian 1,463 1,220 1,379 1,351 1,584 2,261 1,699 1,410 1,789 1,862

Top 25 languages 225,766 214,816 199,638 211,245 214,105 239,209 210,548 214,081 208,405 207,182

Other languages 36,476 36,824 37,115 35,999 38,065 41,478 38,199 43,822 50,618 53,222

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

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Mother Tongue 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Tagalog 6.2 6.4 7.0 8.4 10.0 12.3 13.1 11.6 9.6 12.6

English 8.7 9.9 11.2 11.6 10.9 9.2 9.2 11.7 9.5 10.0

Punjabi 6.5 7.0 6.0 5.8 6.2 6.0 5.1 5.6 6.4 6.7

Chinese 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.3 1.6 2.0 4.3 6.5 6.1

Spanish 6.5 6.8 7.1 6.6 6.5 5.8 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.4

Arabic 7.4 8.0 8.0 8.9 9.7 10.5 10.0 6.9 5.8 4.9

Farsi 1.9 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.1 3.1 3.9

French 2.9 3.0 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.5 5.1 4.6 3.9

Urdu 4.9 4.5 3.8 3.2 2.6 2.2 2.6 3.4 4.3 3.2

Mandarin 14.2 11.1 9.8 10.6 10.0 10.0 10.0 8.2 6.1 3.2

Persian 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.3 2.5

Hindi 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.5

Gujarati 2.8 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.9

Russian 3.3 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.2 1.9

Korean 2.3 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.7

Tamil 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.6

Malayalam 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1

Bengali 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.8 1.2 1.1 1.6 1.0

Vietnamese 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0

Cantonese 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.3 0.9

Telugu 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.8

Creole Haiti 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.8

Ilocano 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.8

Romanian 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7

Ukrainian 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7

Top 25 languages 86.1 85.4 84.3 85.4 84.9 85.2 84.6 83.0 80.5 79.6

Other languages 13.9 14.6 15.7 14.6 15.1 14.8 15.4 17.0 19.5 20.4

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Percentage distribution

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Canada – Permanent residents by labour market intention, occupation and skill level

Occupational skill level 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Senior management occupations 651 729 973 1,478 1,543 1,697 1,226 980 664 558

Management - administration, f inancial, business,

communication 3,559 3,225 3,527 4,107 4,136 4,827 3,687 3,233 2,853 2,638

Management - engineering, architecture, science,

information systems 514 534 619 812 879 2,096 2,015 1,583 1,708 1,407

Management - health care 50 71 83 96 88 171 161 105 150 84

Management - public administration, education,

social services, public protection 177 192 194 280 287 293 252 241 165 128

Management - art, culture, recreation and sport 45 49 59 78 72 69 57 72 53 71

Management - corporate sales, retail and

w holesale trade, food and accommodation,

customer services 773 834 889 1,210 1,198 1,635 1,491 2,001 1,652 1,584

Management - construction and facility operation,

transportation 312 308 343 477 442 703 709 552 614 579

Management - natural resources, f ishing,

agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture 275 214 234 315 451 426 783 711 350 231

Management - manufacturing and utilities 185 228 236 281 292 276 202 187 168 183

CIC Synthetic NOC codes 2,328 2,184 1,664 2,336 2,564 3,078 3,026 2,872 2,164 2,182

Level 0 - Managerial 8,869 8,568 8,821 11,470 11,952 15,271 13,609 12,537 10,541 9,645

Professional occupations in business and

f inance 4,572 3,703 3,519 3,712 3,765 4,427 4,278 4,983 4,453 3,981

Professional occupations in natural and applied

sciences 22,214 15,891 12,888 11,801 10,065 9,314 8,474 10,031 9,374 12,347

Professional occupations in nursing 712 704 857 1,045 1,211 2,572 3,084 2,853 2,571 2,034

Professional occupations in health (except

nursing) 2,462 2,282 2,432 2,787 2,925 4,169 3,655 5,246 3,971 2,926

Professional occupations in education services 4,086 5,072 5,256 6,117 6,021 8,649 6,372 5,370 4,965 4,019

Professional occupations in law and social,

community and government services 2,526 2,185 2,216 2,333 2,228 2,158 2,114 3,241 2,529 2,184

Professional occupations in art and culture 1,660 1,412 1,268 1,290 1,134 1,013 921 856 588 734

Level A - Professional 38,232 31,249 28,436 29,085 27,349 32,302 28,898 32,580 28,451 28,225

Administrative and f inancial supervisors and

administrative occupations 2,707 2,470 2,669 3,078 3,314 3,144 2,607 2,788 2,344 3,038

Finance, insurance and related business

administrative occupations 367 425 470 705 852 781 758 1,015 774 1,000

Technical occupations related to natural and

applied sciences 3,896 3,337 3,700 3,738 3,678 3,531 2,999 2,921 2,567 3,849

Technical occupations in health 1,236 960 939 829 770 900 909 1,418 957 1,155

Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social,

community and education services 539 621 672 725 708 681 711 889 648 822

Occupations in front-line public protection

services 122 125 138 207 213 217 221 182 110 68

Technical occupations in art, culture, recreation

and sport 1,042 1,085 1,066 1,216 1,165 1,011 1,017 1,164 876 1,168

Retail sales supervisors and specialized sales

occupations 1,467 1,282 1,186 1,290 1,256 1,161 1,100 1,101 1,082 1,836

Service supervisors and specialized service

occupations 1,120 1,268 1,268 1,490 1,966 2,485 2,658 4,005 3,870 5,325

Industrial, electrical and construction trades 1,657 1,739 1,818 2,209 2,670 3,044 2,738 2,815 2,400 2,804

Maintenance and equipment operation trades 732 738 837 874 1,044 1,100 989 1,260 1,051 1,024

Supervisors and technical occupations in natural

resources, agriculture and related production 74 104 147 247 387 322 243 362 405 418

Processing, manufacturing and utilities

supervisors and central control operators 151 168 187 233 273 366 304 291 300 340

Level B - Skilled and technical 15,110 14,322 15,097 16,841 18,296 18,743 17,254 20,211 17,384 22,847

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Occupational skill level 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Office support occupations 888 897 1,106 1,177 1,410 1,485 1,492 1,578 1,197 985

Distribution, tracking and scheduling co-

ordination occupations 110 120 142 203 221 262 242 329 310 239

Assisting occupations in support of health

services 204 208 225 289 303 361 433 379 331 312

Care providers and educational, legal and public

protection support occupations 2,645 2,960 2,964 5,025 4,739 4,676 3,608 2,459 2,181 1,654

Sales representatives and salespersons -

w holesale and retail trade 733 652 659 712 806 815 787 892 702 558

Service representatives and other customer and

personal services occupations 970 808 886 983 1,149 1,406 1,600 1,754 1,403 1,157

Other installers, repairers and servicers and

material handlers 52 47 69 77 84 92 79 76 159 202

Transport and heavy equipment operation and

related maintenance occupations 350 452 551 721 918 824 861 780 692 653

Workers in natural resources, agriculture and

related production 140 106 104 102 67 94 165 263 191 122

Processing and manufacturing machine

operators and related production w orkers 174 226 455 479 680 882 767 616 493 521

Assemblers in manufacturing 129 102 126 190 170 179 164 183 143 135

Level C - Intermediate and clerical 6,395 6,578 7,287 9,958 10,547 11,076 10,198 9,309 7,802 6,538

Sales support occupations 153 103 92 121 118 119 197 346 315 250

Service support and other service occupations,

n.e.c. 181 142 125 183 436 943 1,458 2,172 1,873 1,623

Trades helpers, construction labourers and

related occupations 299 231 199 251 213 231 187 189 111 61

Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources

labourers 16 5 7 9 10 10 9 18 26 14

Labourers in processing, manufacturing and

utilities 100 54 192 151 272 418 653 577 235 155

Level D - Elemental and labourers 749 535 615 715 1,049 1,721 2,504 3,302 2,560 2,103

Occupational skill level identified 69,355 61,252 60,256 68,069 69,193 79,113 72,463 77,939 66,738 69,358

New w orkers - 15 years of age or older 67,776 67,848 63,515 61,277 64,299 71,032 62,651 67,539 77,759 90,707

Industrial Codes - 15 years of age or older 507 468 270 117 215 111 154 124 56 159

Intending to work 137,638 129,568 124,041 129,463 133,707 150,256 135,268 145,602 144,553 160,224

Children under 15 years of age 57,567 51,297 48,260 50,263 50,277 60,623 52,813 51,980 48,259 48,440

Students 15 years of age or older 27,428 27,618 24,684 25,745 26,163 27,201 24,927 24,598 22,418 22,860

Retirees 15 years of age or older 3,599 6,421 6,382 6,977 7,796 7,237 6,976 11,962 26,834 14,316

Other non-w orkers 15 years of age or older 35,855 36,498 33,290 34,746 34,154 35,243 28,682 23,657 16,891 14,542

Not intending to work 124,449 121,834 112,616 117,731 118,390 130,304 113,398 112,197 114,402 100,158

Labour market intention not stated 155 238 96 50 73 127 81 104 68 22

Total 262,242 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,687 248,747 257,903 259,023 260,404

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Canada – Skilled workers 15 years of age or older intending to work by gender and occupational skill level (principal applicants)

Occupational skill level 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0 - Managerial 3,355 3,139 3,317 4,201 4,086 6,128 4,553 3,646 3,614 2,230

A - Professionals 24,131 18,838 16,156 15,593 13,347 15,419 11,134 11,924 10,875 9,014

B - Skilled and Technical 7,864 7,110 7,033 7,086 6,583 6,702 4,811 5,366 4,520 3,790

C - Intermediate and Clerical 786 812 864 987 1,181 1,364 959 808 693 512

D - Elemental and Labourers 13 18 12 20 -- 26 23 24 12 7

Skill level not stated* 856 1,069 592 600 999 1,348 913 1,070 999 1,887

Males 37,005 30,986 27,974 28,487 26,230 30,987 22,393 22,838 20,713 17,440

0 - Managerial 1,122 1,021 1,113 1,458 1,421 1,962 1,484 1,319 1,142 715

A - Professionals 9,338 7,726 7,370 7,962 7,559 10,268 8,772 9,376 8,505 6,791

B - Skilled and Technical 3,546 3,153 3,495 4,074 3,799 3,597 2,408 2,933 2,211 2,071

C - Intermediate and Clerical 603 553 750 838 913 1,040 827 703 557 410

D - Elemental and Labourers 6 11 5 12 -- 18 21 24 19 8

Skill level not stated* 538 603 433 433 697 809 746 1,035 812 1,265

Females 15,153 13,067 13,166 14,777 14,392 17,694 14,258 15,390 13,246 11,260

0 - Managerial 4,477 4,160 4,430 5,659 5,507 8,090 6,037 4,965 4,756 2,945

A - Professionals 33,469 26,564 23,526 23,555 20,906 25,687 19,906 21,300 19,380 15,805

B - Skilled and Technical 11,410 10,263 10,528 11,160 10,382 10,299 7,219 8,299 6,731 5,861

C - Intermediate and Clerical 1,389 1,365 1,614 1,825 2,094 2,404 1,786 1,511 1,250 922

D - Elemental and Labourers 19 29 17 32 37 44 44 48 31 15

Skill level not stated* 1,394 1,672 1,025 1,033 1,696 2,157 1,659 2,105 1,811 3,152

Gender not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 52,158 44,053 41,140 43,264 40,622 48,681 36,651 38,228 33,959 28,700

Occupational skill level 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0 - Managerial 9.1 10.1 11.9 14.7 15.6 19.8 20.3 16.0 17.4 12.8

A - Professionals 65.2 60.8 57.8 54.7 50.9 49.8 49.7 52.2 52.5 51.7

B - Skilled and Technical 21.3 22.9 25.1 24.9 25.1 21.6 21.5 23.5 21.8 21.7

C - Intermediate and Clerical 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.5 3.3 2.9

D - Elemental and Labourers 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 -- 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Skill level not stated* 2.3 3.4 2.1 2.1 3.8 4.4 4.1 4.7 4.8 10.8

Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0 - Managerial 7.4 7.8 8.5 9.9 9.9 11.1 10.4 8.6 8.6 6.3

A - Professionals 61.6 59.1 56.0 53.9 52.5 58.0 61.5 60.9 64.2 60.3

B - Skilled and Technical 23.4 24.1 26.5 27.6 26.4 20.3 16.9 19.1 16.7 18.4

C - Intermediate and Clerical 4.0 4.2 5.7 5.7 6.3 5.9 5.8 4.6 4.2 3.6

D - Elemental and Labourers 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 -- 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Skill level not stated* 3.6 4.6 3.3 2.9 4.8 4.6 5.2 6.7 6.1 11.2

Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

0 - Managerial 8.6 9.4 10.8 13.1 13.6 16.6 16.5 13.0 14.0 10.3

A - Professionals 64.2 60.3 57.2 54.4 51.5 52.8 54.3 55.7 57.1 55.1

B - Skilled and Technical 21.9 23.3 25.6 25.8 25.6 21.2 19.7 21.7 19.8 20.4

C - Intermediate and Clerical 2.7 3.1 3.9 4.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.0 3.7 3.2

D - Elemental and Labourers 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Skill level not stated* 2.7 3.8 2.5 2.4 4.2 4.4 4.5 5.5 5.3 11.0

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

* Includes new w orkers and industrial codes

Number

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Glossary of terms and concepts

Age: Five age groups are shown: 0 to 14 years, 15 to 24 years, 25 to 44 years, 45 to 64 years, and 65 years or older. Age refers to age at landing for permanent residents.

Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR): Permanent residents in the refugee category who were identified for resettlement by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and matched with private sponsors in Canada, and who receive resettlement assistance from the federal government. This is a three-way partnership with the Government of Canada, the UNHCR, and private sponsors who are Sponsorship Agreement Holders (SAHs).

Business immigrants: Permanent residents in the economic immigrant category selected on the basis of their ability to establish themselves economically in Canada through entrepreneurial activity, self-employment or direct investment. Business immigrants include entrepreneurs, self-employed people and investors. The spouse or common-law partner and the dependent children of the business immigrant are also included in this category.

Canadian Experience Class (CEC): This immigration category became effective in September 17, 2008. This is a prescribed class of persons who may become permanent residents on the basis of their Canadian experience. They must intend to reside in a province or territory other than Quebec and must have maintained temporary resident status during their qualifying period of work experience as well as during any period of full-time study or training in Canada.

Category: Immigration categories are shown for the three main groups of permanent residents-family class, economic immigrants, and refugees-as well as for "other" immigrants who do not qualify in any of these categories. On an exceptional basis, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act gives Citizenship and Immigration Canada the authority to grant permanent resident status to individuals who would not otherwise qualify in any category-for example, in cases where there are strong humanitarian and compassionate considerations. In reference to labour market characteristics, the economic immigrant category is further divided into two subgroups: principal applicants, and spouse and dependants.

Common-law partner: The family class includes, among others, persons who are the sponsor's common-law partner. Common law partner means, in relation to a person, an individual who is cohabiting with the person in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year. The term refers to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples. Fiancés are no longer designated as a component of the Family class under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. In this publication, the term common-law partner is also used as a designation of marital status for all immigrants regardless of their immigration category.

Conjugal partner: The family class includes, among others, persons who are the sponsor's conjugal partner. A conjugal partner is a person who has maintained a conjugal relationship with the sponsor for at least one year but has been unable to live with the sponsor. The term refers to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples. This category is intended for partners of sponsors who would ordinarily apply as common-law partners but cannot meet the definition, that is, they were not able to live together continuously for at least one year.

Deferred removal orders: Permanent residents determined to be members of the Deferred Removal Orders Class (DROC) who are included with other immigrants. This class was designed to grant relief to individuals who have not been recognized as refugees in Canada, who have cooperated with the authorities, but who have not been removed from Canada within three years of the time they became removable. This category was introduced in 1994 under the Immigration Regulations, of the Immigration Act (1976) but is no longer designated under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

Dependent children: Children are dependent if they are unmarried and under the age of 22, or if they have been full-time students since before the age of 22, attend a post-secondary educational institution and have been substantially dependent on the financial support of a parent since before the age of 22 or, if married or a common-law partner, since becoming a spouse or a common-law partner, or if 22 or older, they have been substantially dependent on the financial support of a parent since before the age of 22 because of a physical or mental condition. The age has been changed to 19 as of August 1, 2014. A dependent child is either a biological child or an adopted child.

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Economic immigrants: Permanent residents selected for their skills and ability to contribute to Canada's economy. The economic immigrant category includes skilled workers, business immigrants, provincial or territorial nominees, live-in caregivers and Canadian Experience Class.

Entrepreneurs: Economic immigrants in the business immigrant category who were selected on the condition that they had managed and controlled a percentage of equity of a qualifying business for at least two years in the period beginning five years before they applied, and that they had a legally obtained net worth of at least CAN$300,000. They must own and manage a qualifying business in Canada for at least one year in the three years following arrival in Canada.

Family class: Permanent residents sponsored by a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident living in Canada who is 18 years of age or over. Family class immigrants include spouses and partners (i.e., spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner); parents and grandparents; and others (i.e., dependent children, children under the age of 18 whom the sponsor intends to adopt in Canada, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, and grandchildren who are orphans under 18 years of age, or any other relative if the sponsor has no relative as described above, either abroad or in Canada). Fiancés are no longer designated as a component of the family class under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

Government-assisted refugees: Permanent residents in the refugee category who are selected abroad for resettlement to Canada as Convention refugees under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act or as members of the Convention Refugees Abroad Class, and who receive resettlement assistance from the federal government.

Humanitarian and Compassionate Cases: Permanent residents included with other immigrants who are sponsored humanitarian and compassionate cases outside the family class, humanitarian and compassionate cases without sponsorship, and cases that take into account public policy. On an exceptional basis, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act gives Citizenship and Immigration Canada the authority to grant permanent resident status to individuals and families who would not otherwise qualify in any category, in cases where there are strong humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) considerations, or for public policy reasons. The purpose of these discretionary provisions is to provide the flexibility to approve deserving cases not anticipated in the legislation.

Immigration Act (1976): Federal legislation respecting immigration to Canada. The Immigration Act of 1976 became law in 1978 and remained in effect until 2002.

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA): Federal legislation respecting immigration to Canada and the granting of refugee protection to people who are displaced, persecuted or in danger. IRPA received royal assent on November 1, 2001 and came into effect on June 28, 2002.

Independent immigrants: The independent immigrant category is a pre-IRPA immigration category that includes skilled workers selected for their labour market skills and business immigrants selected on the basis of their business experience and other related skills.

Investors: Economic immigrants in the business immigrant category who were required to make a substantial investment in Canada that was allocated to participating provinces and territories for economic development and job creation.

Language ability: Four categories of language ability in one of Canada's official languages are shown for permanent residents: English only, French only, both French and English, and neither language. These are self-declared indicators of knowledge of an official language.

Live-in caregivers: Persons granted permanent resident status as economic immigrants after their participation in the Live-in Caregiver Program. This program brings temporary foreign workers to Canada as live-in employees to work without supervision in private households to care for children, seniors or people with disabilities. Participants in this program may apply for permanent resident status within three years of arrival in Canada, once they have completed two years of employment as live-in caregivers. The Live-in Caregiver Program replaced the Foreign Domestic Movement Program on April 27, 1992.

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Marital status: The marital status of an individual upon entering Canada (single, married, common-law, separated, divorced, or widowed).

Mother tongue: The native (first) language of an individual upon entering Canada. In this publication, the top 25 languages reported as mother tongue appear in decreasing order based on the most recent year

National occupational classification (NOC): The National Occupational Classification (NOC) is the nationally accepted categorization of occupations in Canada. It organizes over 40,000 job titles into 500 occupational group descriptions. The NOC provides a standardized framework for organizing the world of work in a coherent system. It is used to manage the collection and reporting of occupational statistics and to provide understandable labour market information www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/noc/english/noc/2011/AboutNOC.aspx

New workers: Permanent residents who are intending to work in Canada but who are without a declared occupation. Occupational skill level cannot be assessed.

Occupational skill level: Five skill levels, based on the National Occupational Classification, are shown for permanent residents 15 years of age or older as well as for temporary foreign workers.

Level O (managerial): management occupations.

Level A (professional): professional occupations in business and finance; natural and applied sciences; health; social science, education, government service, and religion; and art and culture. Educational or training requirements: university degree.

Level B (skilled and technical): skilled or technical occupations in administration and business; natural and applied sciences; health; law, social service, education, and religion; art, culture, recreation and sport; sales and service; as well as trades and skilled transport and equipment operators; skilled occupations in primary industries; and processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and skilled operators. Educational or training requirements: two to three years of post-secondary education, or two to five years of apprenticeship training, or three to four years of secondary school and more than two years of on-the-job training, occupation-specific training courses or specific work experience.

Level C (intermediate and clerical): clerical occupations; assisting occupations in health services; intermediate occupations in sales and services; transport, equipment operations, installation and maintenance; primary industries; as well as processing and manufacturing machine operators and assemblers. Educational or training requirements: one to four years of secondary school education, or up to two years of on-the-job training, training courses or specific work experience.

Level D (elemental and labourers): elemental sales and service occupations and labourers in construction; primary industries; and processing, manufacturing and utilities. Educational or training requirements: no formal educational requirements; short work demonstration or on-the-job training.

Other immigrants: Permanent residents in the other immigrant category include post-determination refugee claimants in Canada, deferred removal orders, retirees (no longer designated under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act), temporary resident permit holders, humanitarian and compassionate cases, sponsored humanitarian and compassionate cases outside the family class, and people granted permanent resident status based on public policy considerations.

Permanent residents: People who have been granted permanent resident status in Canada. Permanent residents must live in Canada for at least 730 days (two years) within a five-year period or risk losing their status. Permanent residents have all the rights guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms such as equality rights, legal rights, and mobility rights, freedom of religion, freedom of expression and freedom of association. They do not, however, have the right to vote in elections.

Post-determination refugee claimants in Canada: Permanent residents determined to be members of the Post-Determination Refugee Claimants in Canada class (PDRCC) who are included with other immigrants. The PDRCC is a prescribed class (no longer designated under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act) where permanent residence is granted to protect a failed refugee claimant from a threat in the country of nationality or origin where there is a risk to life, or a risk of excessive sanctions or inhumane treatment.

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Principal applicants: Permanent residents identified as the principal applicant on their application for a permanent resident visa for themselves and, if applicable, for accompanying spouse and/or dependants when they apply to immigrate to Canada. For individuals or families applying to immigrate to Canada in the skilled worker category, only the principal applicant is assessed on the basis of selection criteria in place at the time of the application.

Privately sponsored refugees: Permanent residents in the refugee category who are selected for resettlement in the Convention refugees abroad class, the source country class or the country of asylum class and who are privately sponsored by organizations, individuals or groups of individuals.

Province or territory: The province or territory of intended destination in Canada. http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Reference/COGG/Index_e.cfm

Provincial or territorial nominees: Economic immigrants selected by a province or territory for specific skills that will contribute to the local economy to meet specific labour market needs. The Regulations establish a provincial or territorial nominee class, allowing provinces and territories that have agreements with Citizenship and Immigration Canada to nominate persons to go to that province. A nominee must meet federal admissibility requirements, such as those related to health and security.

Refugee dependants: Refugee dependants are permanent residents in the refugee category who are family members of a refugee landed in Canada, and who were living abroad or in Canada at the time of application. Their applications for permanent residence are considered concurrently with that of the principal applicant in Canada.

Refugees: Permanent residents in the refugee category include government-assisted refugees, privately sponsored refugees, refugees landed in Canada and refugee dependants (i.e., dependants of refugees landed in Canada, including spouses and partners living abroad or in Canada).

Refugees landed in Canada: Permanent residents in the refugee category who have had their refugee claims accepted and who subsequently applied for and were granted permanent resident status in Canada. With the introduction of IRPA, this group is referred to as "Protected persons in Canada".

Retirees: Permanent residents included with other immigrants who are over the age of 55, who come to Canada with no intention of working and who have sufficient funds to support themselves. This immigration category was phased out in 1991 and is no longer designated under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

Self-employed: Economic immigrants in the business immigrant category selected on the condition that they can, and intend to, create their own employment in Canada and contribute significantly either to the Canadian economy or to the cultural or athletic life of Canada (for example, as farmers, artists, actors, writers or professional athletes).

Skilled workers: Economic immigrants selected for their ability to participate in the labour market and to establish themselves economically in Canada. Skilled workers are assessed on the basis of selection criteria that stress, for example, education, language ability and skilled work experience.

Start-up Visa: Economic immigrants in the business immigrant category who were selected as immigrant entrepreneurs with the skills and potential to build innovative businesses in Canada that can create jobs for Canadians and compete on a global scale.

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Source area: Five major world regions are shown: Africa and the Middle East, Asia and Pacific, South America and Central America, the United States, and Europe and the United Kingdom.

Africa and the Middle East

Africa

Algeria Angola Benin, Peoples Republic of

Botswana, Republic of Burkino-Faso Burundi

Cameroon, Federal Republic of Cape Verde Islands Central Africa Republic

Chad, Republic of Comoros Congo, People's Republic of the

Congo, Democratic Republic of Djibouti, Republic of Egypt

Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Republic

Gambia Ghana Guinea, Equatorial

Guinea, Republic of Ivory Coast, Republic Kenya

Lesotho Liberia Libya

Madagascar Malawi Mali, Republic of

Mauritania Mauritius Morocco

Mozambique Namibia New Caledonia

Niger, Republic of the Nigeria Reunion

Rwanda Senegal Seychelles

Sierra Leone Somalia, Democratic Republic of South Africa, Republic of

Tanzania, United Republic of Togo, Republic of Tunisia

Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Middle East

Bahrain Cyprus Iran

Iraq Israel Jordan

Kuwait Lebanon Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank)

Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria

United Arab Emirates Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Republic of

Asia and Pacific

Asia

Afghanistan Brunei Bangladesh

Bhutan Cambodia China, People's Republic of

Hong Kong India Indonesia, Republic of

Japan Korea, People's Democratic Republic of Korea, Republic of

Laos Malaysia Macao

Mongolia, People's Republic of Myanmar (Burma) Nepal

Oman Pakistan Philippines

Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan

Thailand Tibet Vietnam, Socialist Republic of

Pacific

Australia Fiji French Polynesia

Maldives, Republic of Nauru New Zealand

Pacific Islands, US Trust Territory of the Papau New Guinea Samoa, Western

Tonga Vanuatu

South America and Central America

Antigua And Barbuda Argentina Aruba

Bahama Islands, The Barbados Belize

Bermuda Bolivia Brazil

Cayman Islands Chile Colombia

Costa Rica Cuba Dominica

Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador

Falkland Islands French Guiana Grenada

Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana

Haiti Honduras Jamaica

Martinique Mexico Montserrat

Netherlands Antilles, The Nevis Nicaragua

Panama, Republic of Paraguay Peru

Puerto Rico St. Kitts-Nevis St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Surinam Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands, British

Other America (Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon)

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United States

Europe and the United Kingdom

Albania Andorra Armenia

Austria Azerbaijan Azores

Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Hercegovina

Bulgaria Croatia Canary Islands

Czech Republic Czechoslovakia, Former Denmark

Estonia Finland France

Georgia Germany Gibraltar

Greece Hungary Iceland

Ireland, Republic of Italy Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein

Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia

Madeira Malta Moldova

Monaco Netherlands, The Norway

Poland Portugal Romania

Russia San Marino Slovak Republic

Slovenia Spain Sweden

Switzerland Tajikistan Turkey

Turkmenistan Ukraine Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Former

United Kingdom Uzbekistan Yugoslavia

Source country: Refers to the country of citizenship for all permanent residents unless otherwise indicated.

Spouse and dependants: Permanent residents who are the spouse, common-law or conjugal partner, or dependent children of the principal applicant and listed as such on the application.

Urban area: Refers to selected urban areas in Canada that are the intended destination for permanent and temporary residents. A census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) is formed by one or more adjacent neighbouring municipalities centred on a large urban area (known as the urban core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more must live in the urban core. A CA must have an urban core population of at least 10,000. To be included in the CMA or CA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census place of work data. http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Reference/COGG/Index_e.cfm

The Census Metropolitan Areas (shown by province) are: Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's Nova Scotia

Halifax New Brunswick

Saint John Québec

Montréal Chicoutimi-Jonquière Ottawa-Gatineau (Québec

part) Sherbrooke Trois-Rivières

Ontario Hamilton Kingston Kitchener London Greater Sudbury Oshawa Ottawa-Gatineau (Ontario

part) St. Catharines-Niagara Thunder Bay Toronto Windsor

Manitoba Winnipeg

Saskatchewan Regina Saskatoon

Alberta Calgary Edmonton

British Columbia Abbotsford Vancouver Victoria

Work permit: Authorization that allows a non-Canadian citizen or a non-permanent resident to work in Canada. Some temporary jobs in Canada may not require a work permit—for example: news reporters, public speakers, performing artists, foreign government officers.

Yearly status: For statistical purposes, temporary residents are grouped as foreign workers, foreign students, the humanitarian population, or other temporary residents according to the main reason they have been authorized to enter and stay temporarily in Canada for each year of observation. These four categories are mutually exclusive—any person included in one category is excluded from the others.

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Yearly sub-status: The temporary resident are classified into three sub-status levels; with each level being connected to the main yearly status grouping. Each sub-status describes with precision the main reason for the temporary resident to enter and stay in Canada for each year of observation. All sub-status categories are mutually exclusive—any person included in one category is excluded from the others.

Years of schooling: Number of years of schooling for permanent residents