Table 3
Number and percentage distribution of immigrants by category according to the 10 main countries of birth, Canada, 2012, 2013 and 2014
Year and country of birth | Economic | Family reunification | Refugees | Total | ||||
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number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
2012 | ||||||||
China | 20,998 | 60.4 | 12,043 | 34.6 | 1,730 | 5.0 | 34,771 | 100.0 |
Philippines | 28,371 | 83.0 | 5,496 | 16.1 | 295 | 0.9 | 34,169 | 100.0 |
India | 18,923 | 61.8 | 11,054 | 36.1 | 662 | 2.2 | 30,642 | 100.0 |
Pakistan | 6,738 | 63.3 | 3,052 | 28.7 | 853 | 8.0 | 10,647 | 100.0 |
Islamic Republic of Iran | 5,704 | 75.8 | 949 | 12.6 | 871 | 11.6 | 7,524 | 100.0 |
United States | 3,070 | 42.1 | 2,983 | 40.9 | 1,242 | 17.0 | 7,297 | 100.0 |
France | 5,287 | 89.7 | 523 | 8.9 | 83 | 1.4 | 5,895 | 100.0 |
Haiti | 2,769 | 47.0 | 872 | 14.8 | 2,248 | 38.2 | 5,891 | 100.0 |
South KoreaNote 1 | 4,307 | 81.1 | 832 | 15.7 | 170 | 3.2 | 5,311 | 100.0 |
United KingdomNote 2 | 3,727 | 71.1 | 1,358 | 25.9 | 152 | 2.9 | 5,242 | 100.0 |
2013 | ||||||||
China | 17,252 | 48.1 | 17,162 | 47.9 | 1,415 | 3.9 | 35,831 | 100.0 |
India | 19,384 | 59.0 | 12,895 | 39.3 | 538 | 1.6 | 32,828 | 100.0 |
Philippines | 23,995 | 81.8 | 5,166 | 17.6 | 186 | 0.6 | 29,347 | 100.0 |
Pakistan | 8,691 | 72.0 | 2,285 | 18.9 | 1,092 | 9.0 | 12,070 | 100.0 |
Islamic Republic of Iran | 7,723 | 68.7 | 2,496 | 22.2 | 1,015 | 9.0 | 11,234 | 100.0 |
United States | 2,998 | 39.7 | 3,475 | 46.1 | 1,066 | 14.1 | 7,546 | 100.0 |
France | 4,435 | 85.0 | 688 | 13.2 | 91 | 1.7 | 5,218 | 100.0 |
United KingdomNote 2 | 3,099 | 63.9 | 1,621 | 33.4 | 130 | 2.7 | 4,851 | 100.0 |
Iraq | 1,082 | 22.8 | 234 | 4.9 | 3,423 | 72.2 | 4,739 | 100.0 |
South KoreaNote 1 | 3,635 | 80.7 | 767 | 17.0 | 105 | 2.3 | 4,507 | 100.0 |
2014 | ||||||||
Philippines | 34,521 | 86.6 | 5,128 | 12.9 | 200 | 0.5 | 39,851 | 100.0 |
India | 26,707 | 69.6 | 10,949 | 28.5 | 706 | 1.8 | 38,364 | 100.0 |
China | 16,749 | 64.3 | 8,239 | 31.6 | 1,062 | 4.1 | 26,051 | 100.0 |
Islamic Republic of Iran | 13,349 | 79.8 | 1,903 | 11.4 | 1,477 | 8.8 | 16,729 | 100.0 |
Pakistan | 5,465 | 63.9 | 1,925 | 22.5 | 1,164 | 13.6 | 8,558 | 100.0 |
United States | 3,614 | 47.9 | 3,087 | 40.9 | 841 | 11.1 | 7,544 | 100.0 |
United KingdomNote 2 | 3,594 | 71.7 | 1,304 | 26.0 | 114 | 2.3 | 5,012 | 100.0 |
South KoreaNote 1 | 3,656 | 81.4 | 732 | 16.3 | 102 | 2.3 | 4,490 | 100.0 |
Mexico | 1,902 | 42.8 | 1,382 | 31.1 | 1,154 | 26.0 | 4,440 | 100.0 |
France | 3,691 | 83.8 | 647 | 14.7 | 69 | 1.6 | 4,407 | 100.0 |
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. |
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