Canada - December 1 Stock of Adult Refugee Claimants 18 Years of Age or Older by Top Source Countries Showing Percentage Who Have Ever Been Issued an Employment Authorization
| Source countries |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| |
Percentage |
| Pakistan |
77.8 |
76.2 |
78.1 |
80.6 |
82.6 |
84.8 |
84.7 |
88.1 |
90.8 |
90.6 |
| Mexico |
64.4 |
71.5 |
75.7 |
77.1 |
79.3 |
81.3 |
81.7 |
82.7 |
84.8 |
78.2 |
| China, People's Republic of |
71.9 |
63.0 |
58.6 |
53.0 |
53.5 |
64.2 |
77.5 |
83.0 |
84.2 |
80.0 |
| Colombia |
81.1 |
84.9 |
85.5 |
85.5 |
87.2 |
88.6 |
91.5 |
94.0 |
95.2 |
85.5 |
| Sri Lanka |
89.0 |
85.2 |
84.5 |
85.0 |
85.5 |
85.9 |
85.3 |
86.2 |
89.4 |
87.6 |
| India |
83.1 |
80.5 |
80.9 |
84.7 |
88.7 |
88.3 |
84.5 |
84.1 |
88.1 |
85.6 |
| Costa Rica |
59.6 |
64.3 |
66.8 |
63.8 |
35.6 |
40.7 |
68.6 |
67.6 |
66.3 |
72.6 |
| Hungary |
78.6 |
76.5 |
83.6 |
73.6 |
73.2 |
73.1 |
70.2 |
74.5 |
93.8 |
97.5 |
| Nigeria |
84.9 |
87.8 |
88.9 |
90.4 |
90.9 |
91.9 |
92.8 |
95.5 |
96.5 |
91.7 |
| Turkey |
79.4 |
81.7 |
84.6 |
82.1 |
84.0 |
84.4 |
88.1 |
91.1 |
92.9 |
92.1 |
| Congo,Democratic Republic of |
90.6 |
92.4 |
93.8 |
94.4 |
94.3 |
94.7 |
95.1 |
95.3 |
95.5 |
92.5 |
| Iran |
83.8 |
81.2 |
81.2 |
81.0 |
81.4 |
82.2 |
84.0 |
85.9 |
88.0 |
86.7 |
| Bangladesh |
89.8 |
91.0 |
90.9 |
91.4 |
91.8 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
92.1 |
95.3 |
89.9 |
| Israel |
76.1 |
76.2 |
78.0 |
82.8 |
81.8 |
79.9 |
76.9 |
76.8 |
80.6 |
81.5 |
| Somalia, Democratic Republic of |
75.2 |
75.4 |
76.1 |
74.5 |
73.1 |
70.4 |
68.0 |
70.4 |
76.3 |
75.3 |
| Zimbabwe |
88.9 |
92.6 |
100.0 |
95.0 |
90.6 |
92.4 |
96.1 |
95.9 |
98.5 |
97.6 |
| Russia |
73.8 |
74.3 |
78.1 |
82.7 |
84.0 |
83.7 |
85.9 |
89.1 |
91.7 |
89.4 |
| Algeria |
88.1 |
89.2 |
89.7 |
90.5 |
91.2 |
91.9 |
92.7 |
94.3 |
95.5 |
93.8 |
| Romania |
72.1 |
77.0 |
79.2 |
84.6 |
88.1 |
87.2 |
86.9 |
88.0 |
91.2 |
89.9 |
| Chile |
69.6 |
69.3 |
73.2 |
94.0 |
91.4 |
87.5 |
87.3 |
89.6 |
92.2 |
92.2 |
| Top 10 source countries |
81.6 |
77.9 |
78.1 |
79.7 |
77.9 |
80.5 |
82.9 |
86.0 |
88.3 |
85.3 |
| Other countries |
84.6 |
84.1 |
83.3 |
82.2 |
83.3 |
82.5 |
82.8 |
84.7 |
89.1 |
87.1 |
| Total |
83.7 |
81.6 |
81.0 |
81.1 |
80.9 |
81.6 |
82.8 |
85.3 |
88.7 |
86.2 |
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