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Facts and Figures 2004

Immigration Overview:
Permanent Residents

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Canada - Permanent Residents from Europe and the United Kingdom by Top Source Countries

Source countries 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number
Romania 6,170 5,593 4,657 3,899 4,479 4,649 5,358 4,724 5,196 6,058
United Kingdom 3,851 3,670 3,916 2,976 3,467 4,431 5,588 5,688 5,465 5,655
France 3,894 3,363 2,858 3,867 3,919 4,345 4,424 3,962 4,127 5,026
Russia 1,726 2,464 3,735 4,304 3,781 3,523 4,074 3,677 3,520 3,683
Ukraine 1,768 2,656 2,476 2,657 2,818 3,323 3,589 3,576 2,781 2,400
Germany 2,365 2,539 2,106 2,067 2,902 2,369 1,846 1,624 2,098 2,386
Turkey 682 739 665 759 757 1,097 1,187 1,474 1,424 1,945
Bulgaria 747 631 662 803 832 1,095 1,223 1,354 1,444 1,796
Poland 59 103 268 547 1,222 1,773 1,613 985 819 1,378
Yugoslavia (former) 2,312 2,062 1,708 1,446 1,298 1,334 1,168 1,117 1,079 1,329
Albania 642 1,051 729 677 914 879 815 686 662 826
Netherlands, The 2,987 1,831 1,384 1,172 1,492 4,747 2,804 1,623 941 708
Portugal 841 728 713 462 348 397 482 319 282 323
Bosnia-Herzegovina 6,295 5,121 3,834 3,689 2,809 987 871 466 265 181
Croatia 770 919 1,222 1,431 1,369 960 517 347 172 121
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (former) 682 444 1,182 1,385 95 57 40 31 13 3
Top 10 source countries 32,209 30,350 27,896 27,721 28,334 31,591 31,706 28,819 28,075 31,656
Other countries 9,142 9,674 10,779 10,820 10,649 11,371 11,581 10,045 9,485 10,192
Total 41,351 40,024 38,675 38,541 38,983 42,962 43,287 38,864 37,560 41,848
Source countries 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Percentage distribution
Romania 14.9 14.0 12.0 10.1 11.5 10.8 12.4 12.2 13.8 14.5
United Kingdom 9.3 9.2 10.1 7.7 8.9 10.3 12.9 14.6 14.6 13.5
France 9.4 8.4 7.4 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.2 11.0 12.0
Russia 4.2 6.2 9.7 11.2 9.7 8.2 9.4 9.5 9.4 8.8
Ukraine 4.3 6.6 6.4 6.9 7.2 7.7 8.3 9.2 7.4 5.7
Germany 5.7 6.3 5.5 5.4 7.4 5.5 4.3 4.2 5.6 5.7
Turkey 1.7 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.6 2.7 3.8 3.8 4.7
Bulgaria 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.8 3.5 3.8 4.3
Poland 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.4 3.1 4.1 3.7 2.5 2.2 3.3
Yugoslavia (former) 5.6 5.2 4.4 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.2
Albania 1.6 2.6 1.9 1.8 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.0
Netherlands, The 7.2 4.6 3.6 3.0 3.8 11.1 6.5 4.2 2.5 1.7
Portugal 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8
Bosnia-Herzegovina 15.2 12.8 9.9 9.6 7.2 2.3 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.4
Croatia 1.9 2.3 3.2 3.7 3.5 2.2 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.3
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (former) 1.7 1.1 3.1 3.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Top 10 source countries 77.9 75.8 72.1 71.9 72.7 73.5 73.3 74.2 74.8 75.7
Other countries 22.1 24.2 27.9 28.1 27.3 26.5 26.8 25.9 25.3 24.4
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
Romania 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1
United Kingdom 4 3 2 5 4 3 1 1 1 2
France 3 4 5 3 2 4 3 3 3 3
Russia 9 7 4 1 3 5 4 4 4 4
Ukraine 8 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
Germany 6 6 7 7 5 7 7 6 6 6
Turkey 14 13 15 14 14 10 10 8 8 7
Bulgaria 13 16 16 13 13 11 9 9 7 8
Poland 39 35 24 18 11 8 8 11 11 9
Yugoslavia (former) 7 8 8 8 10 9 11 10 9 10
Albania 17 10 13 15 12 14 13 12 12 11
Netherlands, The 5 9 9 11 8 1 6 7 10 12
Portugal 10 14 14 19 23 23 22 24 22 22
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 2 3 4 7 12 12 18 23 30
Croatia 12 12 10 9 9 13 21 23 30 36
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (former) 15 18 11 10 34 43 43 43 47 49
 

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Date Published: 2005-07-31 Return to top of page Important Notices