Table A2
Percentage of landed immigrants in Canada by selected countries of birth, 1981 to 2011

Table A2
Percentage of landed immigrants in Canada by selected countries of birth, 1981 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of percentage of landed immigrants in canada by selected countries of birth. The information is grouped by continent and country of birth (appearing as row headers), 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Continent and country of birth 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
percentage
Europe 34.8 23.1 20.2 17.3 17.0 16.8 16.8 17.6 15.3 14.9 16.1 15.5 15.4 13.3 11.9
Bosnia-Hercegovina Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
France 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.6
Germany 1.6 1.4 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.8
Italy 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Poland 3.2 5.3 6.8 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
Portugal 1.4 2.0 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Romania 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.7 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.7
Russia Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 1.4 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.9
The Netherlands 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Ukraine Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2
United Kingdom 14.7 5.1 2.8 2.0 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.4 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.1
Yugoslavia 0.7 0.5 0.8 2.3 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Others 7.2 4.8 3.0 2.9 4.5 4.7 5.0 5.7 5.0 4.5 4.8 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.7
Africa 4.6 5.2 7.1 7.0 9.7 9.9 10.4 11.7 10.2 11.4 11.7 11.7 13.2 13.8 13.6
Algeria 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.6 2.1 1.7 1.7
Democratic Republic of Somalia 0.0 0.1 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5
Egypt 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.9 1.7
Ethiopia 0.1 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9
Morocco 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.7 2.2 2.2 1.8
Nigeria 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.2
Others 3.1 2.7 2.6 3.3 4.4 4.6 5.0 5.8 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.9
Asia 39.5 42.6 53.0 64.4 62.4 62.0 60.3 57.5 61.2 59.6 56.5 57.1 56.4 58.7 59.3
Afghanistan 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8
Bangladesh 0.1 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.5 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.7 1.1
Cambodia 1.2 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
China 10.9 8.7 16.3 22.0 17.5 15.8 17.4 16.4 17.1 14.0 12.2 12.7 12.2 11.3 12.1
India 7.3 7.5 6.1 10.3 12.3 13.8 12.4 11.9 13.7 13.4 12.0 11.3 11.6 11.9 10.8
Iran 1.1 2.1 2.9 2.8 2.5 3.6 2.8 2.8 2.3 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.7 3.0
Iraq 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.4 2.1 2.1 2.4
Lebanon 0.8 2.4 5.3 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2
Pakistan 0.6 0.6 1.2 3.8 6.4 6.4 5.7 5.5 5.3 4.9 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.3 2.8
Philippines 4.6 4.2 5.5 6.0 5.4 5.0 5.7 5.9 6.9 7.3 8.3 10.0 11.3 13.6 14.7
Republic of Korea 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 3.8 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.9 2.3 2.0 1.9
Socialist Republic of Vietnam 6.3 6.3 3.8 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7
Sri Lanka 0.3 1.8 3.1 2.9 2.3 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.3
Taiwan 0.5 0.6 1.8 5.6 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.7
Others 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.1 6.1 5.8
North and Central America 7.9 12.5 8.2 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.5 5.2 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.7 5.0
El Salvador 0.2 3.1 3.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3
Guatemala 0.1 1.3 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mexico 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4
United States 6.8 6.1 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.2 2.7 2.8
Others 0.5 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Caribbean and Bermuda 6.8 8.9 5.6 4.2 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.7 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.9
Haiti 2.9 1.7 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.7 2.6
Jamaica 2.1 4.7 2.2 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2
Others 1.1 1.6 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.2
South America 4.8 6.6 4.5 2.7 3.4 3.9 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.2 5.3 4.5 4.3
Brazil 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.6
Colombia 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.4 2.0 1.9 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.9
Guyana 2.3 4.0 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3
Others 2.0 2.1 2.4 1.2 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.3 2.1 1.9 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.4 1.4
Oceania 1.4 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
Others 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5
Total number of immigrants 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
... not applicable
Notes: In addition to the country of birth, Citizenship and Immigration Canada also collects data on the country of last permanent residence of immigrants. Data available as of November 2012.
Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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