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Facts and Figures 2004

Immigration Overview:
Permanent Residents

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Canada - Permanent Residents from South and Central America and the United States by Top Source Countries

Source countries 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number
United States 5,195 5,850 5,030 4,776 5,532 5,827 5,911 5,293 5,992 7,494
Colombia 377 362 571 921 1,294 2,228 2,967 3,226 4,273 4,438
Jamaica 763 1,231 1,720 1,392 1,723 1,658 1,939 1,918 1,737 2,242
Haiti 3,608 3,278 2,835 2,235 2,344 2,461 2,774 2,456 1,983 2,130
Argentina 2,008 1,936 1,621 1,283 1,430 1,654 2,483 2,217 1,945 1,658
Mexico 482 545 474 414 406 455 625 845 1,783 1,648
Guyana 831 830 666 472 547 607 852 858 1,020 1,454
Peru 3,870 2,288 1,760 1,193 1,322 1,273 1,665 1,432 1,392 1,321
Cuba 415 548 725 522 486 475 572 554 710 1,259
Brazil 583 592 601 550 645 842 857 759 863 933
Venezuela 445 512 560 526 693 855 971 866 876 859
Trinidad and Tobago 2,607 2,210 1,787 1,199 1,164 896 916 935 693 722
El Salvador 715 711 602 463 413 552 446 469 441 436
Guatemala 653 692 531 373 292 342 255 248 178 217
Top 10 source countries 20,833 19,618 17,347 14,597 16,694 18,301 21,335 20,046 21,864 24,577
Other countries 4,827 5,110 5,109 4,225 4,114 4,532 4,784 4,713 4,469 5,165
Total 25,660 24,728 22,456 18,822 20,808 22,833 26,119 24,759 26,333 29,742
Source countries 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Percentage distribution
United States 20.3 23.7 22.4 25.4 26.6 25.5 22.6 21.4 22.8 25.2
Colombia 1.5 1.5 2.5 4.9 6.2 9.8 11.4 13.0 16.2 14.9
Jamaica 3.0 5.0 7.7 7.4 8.3 7.3 7.4 7.8 6.6 7.5
Haiti 14.1 13.3 12.6 11.9 11.3 10.8 10.6 9.9 7.5 7.2
Argentina 7.8 7.8 7.2 6.8 6.9 7.2 9.5 9.0 7.4 5.6
Mexico 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.4 3.4 6.8 5.5
Guyana 3.2 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.3 3.5 3.9 4.9
Peru 15.1 9.3 7.8 6.3 6.4 5.6 6.4 5.8 5.3 4.4
Cuba 1.6 2.2 3.2 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.7 4.2
Brazil 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.7 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.1
Venezuela 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.8 3.3 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.9
Trinidad and Tobago 10.2 8.9 8.0 6.4 5.6 3.9 3.5 3.8 2.6 2.4
El Salvador 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.0 2.4 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.5
Guatemala 2.5 2.8 2.4 2.0 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7
Top 10 source countries 81.2 79.3 77.3 77.6 80.2 80.2 81.7 81.0 83.0 82.6
Other countries 18.8 20.7 22.8 22.5 19.8 19.9 18.3 19.0 17.0 17.4
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Source countries 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Rank
United States 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Colombia 14 14 11 7 6 3 2 2 2 2
Jamaica 7 6 5 3 3 4 5 5 6 3
Haiti 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4
Argentina 5 5 6 4 4 5 4 4 4 5
Mexico 11 12 14 13 13 13 11 10 5 6
Guyana 6 7 8 11 10 10 10 9 8 7
Peru 2 3 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 8
Cuba 13 11 7 10 11 12 12 12 11 9
Brazil 10 10 10 8 9 9 9 11 10 10
Venezuela 12 13 12 9 8 8 7 8 9 11
Trinidad and Tobago 4 4 3 5 7 7 8 7 12 12
El Salvador 8 8 9 12 12 11 13 13 13 14
Guatemala 9 9 13 15 16 17 19 17 19 19
 

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