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Facts and Figures 2004

Immigration Overview:
Permanent Residents

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Canada - Permanent Residents by Category and Language Ability

Language ability 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number
English 31,958 28,758 24,878 21,199 23,935 26,186 29,304 23,417 28,166 32,845
French 2,105 2,446 2,242 1,832 2,119 2,241 2,226 1,782 1,980 2,385
Both French and English 1,008 1,073 978 880 1,100 1,461 1,784 1,373 1,871 2,509
Neither 42,297 36,076 31,879 26,983 28,123 30,726 33,480 35,727 33,107 24,507
Language ability not stated 18 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Family class 77,386 68,359 59,979 50,898 55,277 60,614 66,794 62,299 65,124 62,246
English 33,093 40,344 41,222 30,182 34,714 39,558 41,048 35,885 28,255 30,735
French 2,067 1,743 1,729 2,283 2,368 2,678 3,349 3,596 2,536 2,391
Both French and English 3,439 3,503 3,244 3,661 4,328 5,631 7,599 8,305 9,126 12,347
Neither 5,137 5,808 6,213 5,626 5,887 10,230 13,279 10,432 11,307 9,706
Language ability not stated 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economic immigrants - p.a.* 43,739 51,398 52,408 41,752 47,297 58,097 65,275 58,218 51,224 55,179
English 29,500 33,350 33,080 21,355 23,682 28,389 32,652 27,258 22,019 29,818
French 2,148 2,084 1,766 2,245 2,329 2,768 3,467 3,336 2,926 3,305
Both French and English 1,341 1,290 1,279 1,299 1,521 1,976 2,854 2,897 3,758 5,713
Neither 29,887 37,230 39,805 31,237 34,432 45,069 51,471 46,151 41,123 39,731
Language ability not stated 20 18 13 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
Economic immigrants - s.d.** 62,896 73,972 75,943 56,161 61,964 78,202 90,444 79,642 69,826 78,567
English 13,888 12,172 10,143 9,506 9,818 13,440 11,751 9,813 10,861 15,807
French 1,894 3,364 2,416 2,057 2,674 2,665 2,284 1,715 1,879 2,364
Both French and English 368 683 520 571 685 830 801 906 1,041 1,776
Neither 11,900 12,258 11,229 10,707 11,220 13,157 13,083 12,686 12,203 12,739
Language ability not stated 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Refugees 28,087 28,478 24,308 22,842 24,397 30,092 27,919 25,120 25,984 32,686
English 537 2,406 2,015 1,405 478 277 143 3,127 7,501 5,502
French 3 163 152 88 49 15 2 204 651 857
Both French and English 5 56 88 34 12 16 4 237 450 263
Neither 216 1,239 1,145 1,020 492 152 56 193 594 524
Language ability not stated 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other immigrants 761 3,865 3,400 2,547 1,031 460 205 3,761 9,196 7,146
English 108,976 117,030 111,338 83,647 92,627 107,850 114,898 99,500 96,802 114,707
French 8,217 9,800 8,305 8,505 9,539 10,367 11,328 10,633 9,972 11,302
Both French and English 6,161 6,605 6,109 6,445 7,646 9,914 13,042 13,718 16,246 22,608
Neither 89,437 92,611 90,271 75,573 80,154 99,334 111,369 105,189 98,334 87,207
Language ability not stated 78 26 15 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
Category not stated 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 212,869 226,073 216,038 174,200 189,966 227,465 250,638 229,040 221,355 235,824
*p.a. = principal applicants
**s.d. = spouses and dependants
Canada - Permanent Residents by Category and Language Ability, 2004 (Showing Percentage Distribution)

Chart of Canada - Permanent Residents by Category and Language Ability, 2003 (Showing Percentage Distribution)

Language ability 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Percentage distribution
English 41.3 42.1 41.5 41.7 43.3 43.2 43.9 37.6 43.3 52.8
French 2.7 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.8
Both French and English 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.2 2.9 4.0
Neither 54.7 52.8 53.2 53.0 50.9 50.7 50.1 57.4 50.8 39.4
Language ability not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Family class 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 75.7 78.5 78.7 72.3 73.4 68.1 62.9 61.6 55.2 55.7
French 4.7 3.4 3.3 5.5 5.0 4.6 5.1 6.2 5.0 4.3
Both French and English 7.9 6.8 6.2 8.8 9.2 9.7 11.6 14.3 17.8 22.4
Neither 11.7 11.3 11.9 13.5 12.5 17.6 20.3 17.9 22.1 17.6
Language ability not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Economic immigrants - p.a.* 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 46.9 45.1 43.6 38.0 38.2 36.3 36.1 34.2 31.5 38.0
French 3.4 2.8 2.3 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.2
Both French and English 2.1 1.7 1.7 2.3 2.5 2.5 3.2 3.6 5.4 7.3
Neither 47.5 50.3 52.4 55.6 55.6 57.6 56.9 58.0 58.9 50.6
Language ability not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Economic immigrants - s.d.** 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 49.5 42.7 41.7 41.6 40.2 44.7 42.1 39.1 41.8 48.4
French 6.7 11.8 9.9 9.0 11.0 8.9 8.2 6.8 7.2 7.2
Both French and English 1.3 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.6 4.0 5.4
Neither 42.4 43.0 46.2 46.9 46.0 43.7 46.9 50.5 47.0 39.0
Language ability not stated 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Refugees 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 70.6 62.3 59.3 55.2 46.4 60.2 69.8 83.1 81.6 77.0
French 0.4 4 4.5 3.5 4.8 3.3 1.0 5 7.1 12.0
Both French and English 0.7 1 2.6 1.3 1.2 3.5 2.0 6 4.9 3.7
Neither 28.4 32.1 33.7 40.1 47.7 33.0 27.3 5.1 6.5 7.3
Language ability not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other immigrants 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 51.2 51.8 51.5 48.0 48.8 47.4 45.8 43.4 43.7 48.6
French 3.9 4.3 3.8 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.8
Both French and English 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.7 4.0 4.4 5.2 6.0 7.3 9.6
Neither 42.0 41.0 41.8 43.4 42.2 43.7 44.4 45.9 44.4 37.0
Language ability not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Category not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
*p.a. = principal applicants
**s.d. = spouses and dependants

 
 

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