Annual estimates of international migration components by age and gender, provinces and territories: Interactive dashboard

Additional information

Notes

The data contained in this interactive dashboard comes from the Estimates of the components of international migration, by age and gender, annual. These estimates are based on 2021 Census counts adjusted for census net undercoverage and incompletely enumerated reserves and settlements, to which are added data from the demographic growth estimates for the period from May 11, 2021, to the date of the estimate. The data presented cover the period from 1971 to the most recent year.

Please note that the table Estimates of the components of international migration, by age and gender, annual includes estimates for age -1, whereas this notion is absent in this dashboard. Age -1 represents people born after July 1 of a given period and not included in the estimate of 0-year-olds. For simplification purposes, estimates for age -1 have been included in the estimates for age 0 in this dashboard.

The components of demographic growth are illustrated based on their contribution to the population size to facilitate their interpretation.

This dashboard is designed to visualize the components of international migration by age and gender at the provincial, territorial and Canadian levels. To view Canada's population estimates by age and gender, the product Demographic estimates by age and gender, provinces and territories: Interactive dashboard should be consulted. To learn more about trends in international migration and non-permanent residents, the following products can be viewed: Quarterly estimates of international migration components, provinces and territories: Interactive dashboard and Quarterly estimates of the number of non-permanent residents by type, provinces and territories: Interactive dashboard.

Definitions

Age

Age refers to the age of a person as of July 1.

Emigrant

Emigrant refers to a Canadian citizen or immigrant who has left Canada to establish a residence in another country, involving a change in usual place of residence. Emigrant may be either long-term or short-term.

Gender

Gender refers to an individual's personal and social identity as a man, woman or non-binary person (a person who is not exclusively a man or a woman). Gender includes the following concepts:

• Gender identity, which refers to the gender that a person feels internally and individually;
• Gender expression, which refers to the way a person presents their gender, regardless of their gender identity, through body language, aesthetic choices or accessories (e.g., clothes, hairstyle and makeup), which may have traditionally been associated with a specific gender.

A person's gender may differ from their sex at birth, and from what is indicated on their current identification or legal documents such as their birth certificate, passport or driver's licence. A person's gender may change over time. Some people may not identify with a specific gender.

Immigrant

Immigrant refers to a person who is a permanent resident or a landed immigrant. Such a person has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Persons who are born abroad to a Canadian parent are not immigrants but are included in the returning emigrant component.

International migration

International migration represents movement of population between Canada and a foreign country which involves a change in the usual place of residence. A distinction is made with regard to immigrants, emigrants, returning emigrants and net non-permanent residents.

Men+

Men+ refers to the gender category which includes men (and/or boys), as well as some non-binary persons.

Net emigration

Net emigration represents the result of the following formula: Emigrants - Returning emigrants. For estimates from 1991 to June 2016, net emigration represents the result of the following formula: Emigrants + Net temporary emigration - Returning emigrants.

Net international migration

Net international migration represents the result of the following formula: Immigrants + Net non-permanent residents – Net emigration.

Net non-permanent residents

Net non-permanent residents represents the variation in the number of non-permanent residents between two dates. It is calculated by taking the difference between the inflows and outflows of non-permanent residents between two dates for a given region.

Net temporary emigration

Net temporary emigration represents the variation in the number of temporary emigrants between two dates for demographic estimates from 1991 to June 2016. Temporary emigration includes Canadian citizens and immigrants living temporarily abroad who have not maintained a usual place of residence in Canada. From July 2016, net temporary emigration is distributed among emigrants and returning emigrants.

Non-permanent resident

Non-permanent resident refers to a person from another country with a usual place of residence in Canada and who has a work or study permit or who has claimed refugee status (asylum claimants, protected persons and related groups). Family members living with work or study permit holders are also included unless these family members are already Canadian citizens, landed immigrants (permanent residents), or non-permanent residents themselves.

Non-permanent residents, inflows

Non-permanent residents, inflow refers to the number of people claiming asylum or entering as work or study permit holders in Canada. This number also includes the family members living with permit holders who are not Canadian citizens, landed immigrants (permanent residents) or non-permanent residents themselves.

Non-permanent residents, outflows

Non-permanent residents, outflow refers to the number of work and study permit holders leaving Canada, along with their family members who are not Canadian citizens, landed immigrants (permanent residents) or non-permanent residents themselves. This also includes permit holders and asylum claimants, protected persons and related groups staying in Canada who have been granted permanent resident status. In this case, these persons will be added to the immigrant component. Asylum claimants and related groups who have been deported are also counted as outflows.

Women+

Women+ refers to the gender category which includes women (and/or girls), as well as some non-binary persons.

Reference period

Reference period refers to the selected year.

Returning emigrant

Returning emigrant refers to a Canadian citizen or immigrant who has previously emigrated from Canada and subsequently returned to the country. Returning emigrant may be either long-term or short-term.

Year

Year refers to the period beginning July 1 of a given year and ending June 30 of the following year.