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Facts and Figures 2004

Immigration Overview:
Permanent Residents

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Canada - Permanent Residents 15 Years of Age or Older Intending to Work by Category and Language Ability

Language ability 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number
English 18,938 17,920 15,556 13,713 15,407 16,417 17,884 13,572 15,627 18,520
French 1,041 1,484 1,341 1,090 1,278 1,312 1,249 948 915 1,121
Both French and English 647 727 698 620 780 1,022 1,191 860 1,186 1,660
Neither 13,192 11,349 9,818 8,512 8,888 9,376 10,311 10,597 9,363 6,830
Family class 33,818 31,480 27,413 23,935 26,353 28,127 30,635 25,977 27,091 28,131
English 32,862 40,126 41,007 29,974 34,561 39,388 40,839 35,749 28,218 30,667
French 2,032 1,709 1,698 2,254 2,341 2,656 3,321 3,584 2,527 2,386
Both French and English 3,399 3,480 3,222 3,645 4,305 5,616 7,576 8,287 9,099 12,234
Neither 4,982 5,678 6,103 5,567 5,798 10,155 13,207 10,377 11,293 9,691
Language ability not stated 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economic immigrants - p.a.* 43,277 50,993 52,030 41,440 47,005 57,815 64,943 57,997 51,137 54,978
English 10,496 11,534 10,561 6,172 6,798 7,603 8,029 7,174 6,260 7,137
French 517 535 461 563 509 561 676 827 726 813
Both French and English 739 664 633 551 749 1,028 1,384 1,532 1,864 2,724
Neither 3,257 4,041 4,184 3,764 4,883 8,935 10,854 8,279 8,727 7,760
Economic immigrants - s.d.** 15,009 16,774 15,839 11,050 12,939 18,127 20,943 17,812 17,577 18,434
English 10,476 8,915 7,520 6,766 7,076 9,108 8,018 6,794 7,924 11,091
French 1,355 2,363 1,601 1,298 1,795 1,664 1,353 1,090 1,190 1,468
Both French and English 270 533 385 457 562 641 565 616 678 1,049
Neither 5,125 4,771 4,368 4,193 4,326 4,935 4,822 4,674 4,695 4,252
Language ability not stated 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Refugees 17,227 16,582 13,874 12,714 13,759 16,348 14,758 13,174 14,487 17,860
English 410 2,077 1,671 1,129 361 215 97 2,583 5,940 4,025
French 1 120 117 58 32 10 2 161 526 647
Both French and English 4 42 69 29 11 12 4 197 376 213
Neither 73 583 319 253 97 20 11 81 213 154
Other immigrants 488 2,822 2,176 1,469 501 257 114 3,022 7,055 5,039
English 73,182 80,572 76,315 57,754 64,203 72,731 74,867 65,872 63,969 71,440
French 4,946 6,211 5,218 5,263 5,955 6,203 6,601 6,610 5,884 6,435
Both French and English 5,059 5,446 5,007 5,302 6,407 8,319 10,720 11,492 13,203 17,880
Neither 26,629 26,422 24,792 22,289 23,992 33,421 39,205 34,008 34,291 28,687
Language ability not stated 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 109,819 118,651 111,332 90,608 100,557 120,674 131,394 117,982 117,348 124,442
*p.a. = principal applicants; **s.d. = spouses and dependants
Canada - Permanent Residents 15 Years of Age or Older Intending to Work by Category and Language Ability, 2004 (Showing Percentage Distribution)

Chart of Canada - Permanent Residents 15 Years of Age or Older Intending to Work by Category and Language Ability, 2003 (Showing Percentage Distribution)
 

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