Table 6
New immigrants in predominantly rural census divisions, Canada, 2006

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Within each province, predominantly rural census divisions whose population has the highest share of new immigrants Number of new immigrants Percent of total population Ranking among all census divisions
Newfoundland and Labrador
1010 Division No. 10 - includes Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador City 70 0.27 203
1005 Division No. 5 - includes Corner Brook 90 0.22 216
1006 Division No. 6 - includes Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor 55 0.15 246
Prince Edward Island
1102 Queens County - includes Charlottetown 580 0.81 81
Nova Scotia
1205 Annapolis County 185 0.87 73
1206 Lunenburg County - includes Bridgewater, Lunenburg 255 0.55 115
1214 Antigonish County 85 0.45 138
New Brunswick
1302 Charlotte County - includes St. Stephen 280 1.05 56
1311 Carleton County - includes Woodstock 185 0.70 91
1307 Westmorland County - includes Moncton 875 0.67 96
Quebec
2420 L'Île-d'Orléans 70 1.03 59
2477 Les Pays-d'en-Haut - includes Sainte-Adele, Saint-Sauveur 340 0.94 70
2411 Les Basques - includes Trois Pistoles 65 0.71 90
Ontario
3534 Elgin County - includes St Thomas 1,320 1.57 33
3522 Dufferin County - includes Orangeville 660 1.22 48
3531 Perth County - includes Stratford 695 0.95 69
Manitoba
4603 Division No. 3 - includes Winkler 2,305 5.19 6
4602 Division No. 2- includes Steinbach 2,095 3.78 11
4607 Division No. 7 - includes Brandon 950 1.63 31
Saskatchewan
4707 Division No. 7- includes Moose Jaw 375 0.85 74
4702 Division No. 2 - includes Weyburn 110 0.55 113
4716 Division No. 16 - includes North Battleford 180 0.49 130
Alberta
4816 Division No. 16 - includes Fort McMurray 1,940 3.66 13
4802 Division No. 2 - includes Lethbridge, Brooks 2,790 1.98 25
4815 Division No. 15 - includes Canmore 670 1.97 26
British Columbia
5931 Squamish-Lillooet Regional District - includes Squamish, Whistler 1,055 3.00 18
5909 Fraser Valley Regional District - includes Abbotsford, Chilliwack 6,860 2.70 20
5935 Central Okanagan Regional District - includes Kelowna 2,280 1.42 36
The Territories (Yukon, Northwest Territorries, Nunuvat)
6106 Fort Smith Region - includes Fort Smith, Hay River 565 1.77 30
6001 Yukon - includes Whitehorse 365 1.28 44
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.