Table 3
Nationally, traditional sources of immigrants dominated in the rural zones, 2006

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Place of birth of the immigrant1 Larger urban centres Rural and small town areas All areas
All LUCs2 CMA2 CA2 All RST areas2 Strong MIZ2 Moderate MIZ2 Weak MIZ2 No MIZ2 RST Territories2
immigrants as a percent of the total population
Europe: Western and Northern 3.6 3.6 3.3 2.8 3.9 2.8 2.2 0.9 1.2 3.4
USA 2.1 2.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.6 1.8
Europe: Eastern and Southern 4.6 5.3 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 3.9
Central and South America 1.4 1.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 1.2
Asia: South-East and East 6.2 7.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 5.1
Asia: West and Middle East 3.6 4.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 3.0
Africa 1.4 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 1.2
Oceania and other 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2
1. Sorted by the intensity of immigrants as a percent of total population within rural and small town areas.
2. Larger urban centres (LUCs) comprise Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) and Census Agglomerations (CAs). CMAs have a total population of 100,000 or more with 50,000 or more in the urban core and include all neighbouring towns and municipalities where 50% or more of the workforce commutes to the urban core. CAs have an urban core of 10,000 or more and a total population less than 100,000 and includes all neighbouring towns and municipalities where 50% or more of the workforce commutes to the urban core. Rural and small town (RST) areas are comprised of Metropolitan Influenced Zones (MIZ) which are assigned on the basis of the share of the workforce that commutes to any CMA or CA (Strong MIZ: 30% or more; Moderate MIZ: 5% to 29%; Weak MIZ: 1 to 5%; No MIZ: no commuters).
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.