Table A1
Number of immigrants by continent and selected countries of birth, Canada, 2004 to 2014

Table A1
Number of immigrants by continent and selected countries of birth, Canada, 2004 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number of immigrants by continent and selected countries of birth. The information is grouped by Continent and country of birth (appearing as row headers), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Continent and country of birth 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
number
Europe 41,508 40,093 37,403 37,983 38,367 38,855 37,401 29,691 31,969 30,672 30,148
Bulgaria 2,049 1,747 1,434 1,187 1,024 810 581 379 454 534 455
France 4,043 4,077 3,696 4,026 4,257 4,821 4,454 3,899 5,895 5,218 4,407
Germany 1,723 1,924 2,222 2,007 2,998 3,162 2,587 1,922 1,663 1,220 1,285
Republic of Ireland 240 236 277 307 398 405 546 549 690 973 1,868
Republic of Moldova 705 732 882 1,167 1,177 1,620 2,138 1,431 1,532 1,321 1,054
Romania 5,817 5,070 4,499 3,864 2,852 2,098 1,947 1,772 1,604 1,553 1,566
Russian Federation 4,454 4,259 3,870 3,713 3,444 3,632 2,978 2,380 2,417 2,736 2,055
Turkey 1,739 2,033 1,610 1,428 1,128 1,229 1,497 1,265 1,065 742 740
Ukraine 3,027 2,963 2,516 2,717 2,521 2,838 3,563 2,816 2,627 2,891 2,864
United KingdomNote 1 5,352 5,196 5,928 7,317 8,199 8,078 7,636 5,180 5,234 4,836 4,992
Others 12,358 11,856 10,469 10,251 10,369 10,161 9,475 8,097 8,788 8,648 8,862
Africa 27,565 26,766 28,546 27,788 28,999 33,378 38,719 33,774 36,972 37,008 32,663
Algeria 3,579 3,630 4,806 3,619 3,977 5,371 4,735 4,309 3,773 4,306 3,649
Cameroon 433 585 688 992 1,232 1,291 1,771 1,610 2,498 2,457 2,103
Côte-d'Ivoire 303 370 515 714 746 757 1,159 702 1,149 1,284 1,655
Egypt 2,180 2,220 1,886 2,185 2,972 3,170 5,287 4,152 5,119 3,757 2,837
Ethiopia 1,641 1,572 1,788 1,571 1,586 1,299 1,870 2,162 1,922 1,696 1,449
Morocco 3,723 2,968 3,340 4,024 4,231 5,524 6,239 4,372 3,903 3,265 2,486
Nigeria 1,514 2,196 2,546 2,358 2,065 3,052 3,746 2,999 3,364 4,025 4,088
Somalia 1,202 1,018 940 1,005 842 905 1,214 1,227 1,263 1,644 1,174
Sudan 1,651 1,264 999 708 698 437 611 578 508 442 771
The Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,442 1,478 1,587 1,473 1,329 1,504 1,150 1,206 1,629 1,820 1,583
Tunisia 754 736 1,038 862 909 1,160 1,261 1,393 1,475 1,620 1,438
Zimbabwe 1,508 667 476 711 670 563 560 482 501 448 386
Others 7,635 8,062 7,937 7,566 7,742 8,345 9,116 8,582 9,868 10,244 9,044
Asia 135,585 160,373 149,961 133,854 141,205 142,109 164,731 147,450 151,703 155,400 162,330
Afghanistan 2,704 2,975 2,629 2,174 1,839 1,569 1,552 1,915 2,371 1,731 1,363
Bangladesh 2,606 4,157 4,016 2,916 2,933 2,116 4,635 2,634 2,571 3,760 2,184
China 38,143 44,079 34,617 28,622 31,082 30,480 31,671 29,860 34,475 35,467 25,691
India 28,172 35,969 33,710 28,509 27,989 29,173 33,513 26,986 30,642 32,828 38,364
Iraq 1,706 2,097 1,725 2,350 3,406 5,375 5,776 6,016 3,836 4,739 3,807
Islamic Republic of Iran 6,494 5,967 7,594 7,196 6,578 6,643 7,546 7,526 7,524 11,234 16,729
Lebanon 3,215 3,577 3,664 3,328 3,363 2,947 3,254 2,901 1,539 2,058 2,175
Nepal 574 725 649 591 674 892 2,014 1,833 1,693 1,521 1,480
Pakistan 13,001 13,967 12,440 9,804 8,489 6,924 6,316 6,971 10,647 12,070 8,558
Philippines 13,900 18,032 18,319 19,721 24,693 28,414 38,301 36,485 34,169 29,347 39,851
Republic of Korea (South Korea) 5,359 5,800 6,204 5,914 7,295 5,860 5,524 4,617 5,311 4,507 4,490
Saudi Arabia 1,004 1,105 1,210 850 1,152 1,029 1,588 1,331 1,260 1,297 1,121
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 1,982 2,014 3,323 2,728 2,016 2,301 2,047 1,805 1,828 2,238 2,597
Sri Lanka 4,383 4,868 4,699 4,068 4,738 4,504 4,384 3,326 3,333 2,426 2,607
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) 1,096 1,488 1,190 1,109 922 958 1,046 1,042 623 982 2,018
Taiwan 1,963 3,051 2,745 2,697 2,920 2,384 2,568 1,684 954 746 674
United Arab Emirates 1,289 1,315 1,326 1,045 1,323 1,335 1,991 1,689 1,440 1,577 1,184
Others 7,994 9,187 9,901 10,232 9,793 9,205 11,005 8,829 7,487 6,872 7,437
North and Central America 9,894 11,920 13,088 13,843 14,271 13,006 13,266 12,544 13,139 13,191 13,872
Mexico 2,249 2,830 2,836 3,227 2,833 3,092 3,819 3,574 4,005 3,956 4,440
United States 6,475 7,866 8,888 8,748 9,348 8,154 7,577 7,062 7,297 7,546 7,544
Others 1,170 1,224 1,364 1,868 2,090 1,760 1,870 1,908 1,837 1,689 1,888
Caribbean and Bermuda 6,683 6,943 6,790 7,974 9,082 9,014 10,769 12,135 12,050 10,700 10,093
Haiti 1,683 1,701 1,637 1,615 2,523 2,121 4,787 6,545 5,891 4,210 3,355
Jamaica 2,159 1,919 1,710 2,134 2,340 2,450 2,341 2,077 2,186 2,518 3,077
Others 2,841 3,323 3,443 4,225 4,219 4,443 3,641 3,513 3,973 3,972 3,661
South America 12,302 14,074 13,959 13,251 12,977 13,356 12,751 10,582 9,648 9,139 9,001
Argentina 1,548 1,085 759 564 515 460 447 301 306 308 233
Brazil 925 987 1,189 1,755 2,151 2,522 2,606 1,519 1,667 1,753 1,949
Colombia 4,598 6,442 6,553 5,382 5,456 4,677 5,242 4,696 3,928 3,643 2,912
Peru 1,463 1,663 1,485 1,502 1,108 1,889 1,294 904 790 701 743
Others 3,768 3,897 3,973 4,048 3,747 3,808 3,162 3,162 2,957 2,734 3,164
Oceania 2,272 2,071 1,881 2,045 2,332 2,433 3,045 2,569 2,416 2,899 2,284
Others 13 Note ...: not applicable 12 15 11 19 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 8 15 20
Total number of immigrants 235,822 262,243 251,640 236,753 247,244 252,170 280,686 248,747 257,905 259,024 260,411
... not applicable
Note 1.

The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Return to note 1 referrer

Notes: Data available as of September 2015. In addition to the country of birth, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada also collects data on the country of last permanent residence of immigrants.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

More information

ISSN: 1707-1739

Note of appreciation

Canada owes the success of its statistical system to a long-standing partnership between Statistics Canada, the citizens of Canada, its businesses, governments and other institutions. Accurate and timely statistical information could not be produced without their continued co-operation and goodwill.

Standards of service to the public

Statistics Canada is committed to serving its clients in a prompt, reliable and courteous manner. To this end, the Agency has developed standards of service which its employees observe in serving its clients.

Copyright

Published by authority of the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada.

© Minister of Industry, 2016

Catalogue no. 13-604-M

Frequency: Occasional

Ottawa

close
Date modified: