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Foreign-born Population, 2001
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Abstract
As of May 15, 2001, 5.4 million people, or 18.4% of the total population, were born outside the country. This was the highest proportion since 1931, when foreign-born people made up 22.2% of the population. In 1996, the proportion was 17.4%.
Map Source: Adapted from Statistics Canada, Profile of citizenship, immigration, birthplace, generation status, ethnic origin, visible minorities and Aboriginal peoples, for Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions and census subdivisions - 20% sample data, 2001 Census, Catalogue no 95F0489XCB2001001.
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In 2001, about 1.8 million people living in Canada were immigrants (foreign born) who arrived during the previous 10 years, between 1991 and May 15, 2001. These individuals accounted for 6.2% of the total population in 2001. Of the 1.8 million immigrants who arrived between 1991 and 2001, 58% came from Asia, including the Middle East; 20% from Europe; 11% from the Caribbean, Central and South America; 8% from Africa; and 3% from the United States.
In 2001, 94% of immigrants who arrived during the 1990s were living in Canada’s census metropolitan areas, compared with 64% of the total population who lived in these large cities. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of the immigrants who came in the 1990s lived in just three census metropolitan areas: Toronto, Vancouver and Montréal.
The Daily is Statistics Canada's official release bulletin. The Daily for January 21, 2003, marked the public release of this census variable. Highlight tables allowing users to perform simple rank and sort functions with the data at various levels of geography are available for this variable here: Immigration and Citizenship: Highlight Tables, 2001 Census. Technical notes for this variable can be found at 2001 Census Technical Reports and User Guides.
The text was adapted from Statistics Canada, Canada 's ethnocultural portrait: The changing mosaics, Catalogue number 96F0030XIE2001008. Statistics Canada information is used with the permission of Statistics Canada. Information on the availability of the wide range of data from Statistics Canada can be obtained from the Statistics Canada's Regional Offices, its World Wide Web site at: www.statcan.ca , and its toll-free access number 1-800-263-1136.
Please read the following Data and Mapping Notes for information on how the map was derived. |
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