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2001 | 1991 | |
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% | ||
East Asia | 23.1 | 16.7 |
South Asia | 16.1 | 8.8 |
North America, Europe1 and Oceania | 14.2 | 20.3 |
Caribbean, Central and South America | 10.9 | 16.1 |
Southeast Asia | 10.2 | 14.4 |
Eastern Europe | 9.4 | 9.9 |
West Asia | 8.4 | 7.9 |
Africa | 7.7 | 6.0 |
Note: Recent immigrants are
individuals who were born outside of Canada and immigrated here in
the decade preceding the 1991 or 2001 Census. 1. Northern, Western and Southern Europe. Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 89-613-MIE. |