Table A2
Percentage of immigrants by continent and selected countries of birth, Canada, 2004 to 2014

Table A2
Percentage of immigrants by continent and selected countries of birth, Canada, 2004 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of immigrants by continent and selected countries of birth. The information is grouped by Continent and country of birth (appearing as row headers), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Continent and country of birth 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
percent
Europe 17.6 15.3 14.9 16.0 15.5 15.4 13.3 11.9 12.4 11.8 11.6
Bulgaria 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
France 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.6 2.3 2.0 1.7
Germany 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Republic of Ireland 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7
Republic of Moldova 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4
Romania 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Russian Federation 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.8
Turkey 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
Ukraine 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1
United KingdomNote 1 2.3 2.0 2.4 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9
Others 5.2 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4
Africa 11.7 10.2 11.3 11.7 11.7 13.2 13.8 13.6 14.3 14.3 12.5
Algeria 1.5 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.6 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.4
Cameroon 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.8
Côte-d'Ivoire 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
Egypt 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.5 1.1
Ethiopia 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6
Morocco 1.6 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.7 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.0
Nigeria 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.6
Somalia 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5
Sudan 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
The Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6
Tunisia 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Zimbabwe 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Others 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.5
Asia 57.5 61.2 59.6 56.5 57.1 56.4 58.7 59.3 58.8 60.0 62.3
Afghanistan 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5
Bangladesh 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.7 1.1 1.0 1.5 0.8
China 16.2 16.8 13.8 12.1 12.6 12.1 11.3 12.0 13.4 13.7 9.9
India 11.9 13.7 13.4 12.0 11.3 11.6 11.9 10.8 11.9 12.7 14.7
Iraq 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.4 2.1 2.1 2.4 1.5 1.8 1.5
Islamic Republic of Iran 2.8 2.3 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.7 3.0 2.9 4.3 6.4
Lebanon 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.8
Nepal 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
Pakistan 5.5 5.3 4.9 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.3 2.8 4.1 4.7 3.3
Philippines 5.9 6.9 7.3 8.3 10.0 11.3 13.6 14.7 13.2 11.3 15.3
Republic of Korea (South Korea) 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.7
Saudi Arabia 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.0
Sri Lanka 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.0
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.8
Taiwan 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3
United Arab Emirates 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
Others 3.4 3.5 3.9 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.9
North and Central America 4.2 4.5 5.2 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.3
Mexico 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.7
United States 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.2 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9
Others 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Caribbean and Bermuda 2.8 2.6 2.7 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.9
Haiti 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.7 2.6 2.3 1.6 1.3
Jamaica 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.2
Others 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4
South America 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.2 5.3 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.5
Argentina 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Brazil 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Colombia 1.9 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.1
Peru 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Others 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2
Oceania 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.9
Others 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.0 0.0 0.0
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
... not applicable
Note 1.

The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Notes: Data available as of September 2015. In addition to the country of birth, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada also collects data on the country of last permanent residence of immigrants.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

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