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Table 13.2 Immigrants to Canada, by country of last permanent residence, 1960/1961 to 2010/2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 13.2 immigrants to canada 1960/1961, 1970/1971, 1980/1981, 1990/1991, 2000/2001 and 2010/2011, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  1960/1961 1970/1971 1980/1981 1990/1991 2000/2001 2010/2011
  number
Total immigrants 82,852 136,055 127,238 221,382 252,527 258,906
Europe 62,333 62,831 42,668 48,096 45,701 36,606
Great BritainNote 1 14,617 21,765 20,176 8,566 5,215 8,780
France 2,677 3,864 1,988 2,735 4,592 6,543
Germany 8,252 3,232 1,873 1,541 1,902 2,709
Netherlands 2,543 1,530 1,744 556 881 684
Greece 4,006 5,739 988 512 371 220
Italy 16,370 7,074 1,986 790 531 617
Portugal 3,449 8,164 3,499 6,023 445 494
Other Europe 10,419 11,463 10,415 13,603 30,528 15,924
Poland Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 13,773 1,234 635
Asia 3,521 22,827 53,944 118,198 156,867 150,246
India Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 11,658 29,255 25,928
Hong Kong Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 26,711 803 242
Vietnam Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 8,180 1,793 1,460
Philippines Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 11,257 13,340 35,354
Other Asia Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 60,391 111,676 87,262
Australasia 1,459 3,814 1,335 922 1,045 1,526
United States, West Indies 12,582 37,007 17,351 17,738 14,104 19,902
United States 11,307 24,997 10,484 5,965 6,036 8,829
West Indies 1,275 12,010 6,868 11,775 8,070 11,073
All other countries 2,957 9,576 11,940 1,488 674 403
Africa Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 14,501 23,122 34,285
Other North and Central America Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 10,763 3,233 5,298
South America Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 9,676 7,781 10,640
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Includes England, Lesser British Isles, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 051-0006.
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