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| Immigrant seniors | Non-immigrant seniors | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2001 | 1981 | 2001 | 1981 | 2001 | |
| percent | ||||||
| Canada | 6.8 | 23.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 7.2 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 5.9 | 10.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Prince Edward Island | 1.4 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Nova Scotia | 4.3 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
| New Brunswick | 2.0 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Quebec | 9.3 | 18.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| Ontario | 6.4 | 22.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 9.7 |
| Manitoba | 3.1 | 16.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.8 |
| Saskatchewan | 1.7 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Alberta | 5.5 | 25.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 8.0 |
| British Columbia | 9.6 | 30.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 13.4 |
| Sources: Statistics Canada, Censuses of Canada, 1981 and 2001. | ||||||