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Facts and Figures 2004

Immigration Overview:
Permanent Residents

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Canada – Permanent Residents by Province or Territory and Language Ability

Category 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Number
English 2,362 1,872 1,553 978 827 815 952 792 802 1,104
French 24 21 19 19 12 14 9 13 24 21
Both French and English 77 64 43 45 49 50 69 58 111 172
Neither 1,113 1,267 1,218 1,001 708 731 669 556 537 473
Language ability not stated 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Scotia 3,577 3,224 2,833 2,043 1,596 1,610 1,699 1,419 1,474 1,770
English 321 400 383 328 322 342 354 319 350 449
French 35 52 35 41 45 67 69 46 58 38
Both French and English 25 34 30 42 46 56 81 61 66 129
Neither 262 231 216 312 248 295 302 279 191 179
New Brunswick 643 717 664 723 661 760 806 705 665 795
English 447 420 297 271 276 385 284 282 275 506
French / Both French and English 14 12 10 18 19 11 27 23 20 59
Neither 275 301 254 249 264 209 217 209 217 324
Other Atlantic provinces* 736 733 561 538 559 605 528 514 512 889
English 5,893 6,783 5,983 4,691 5,548 6,009 6,011 5,948 6,638 7,838
French 6,919 8,171 6,927 7,143 8,092 8,733 9,549 9,170 8,614 9,732
Both French and English 3,191 3,422 3,013 3,544 4,429 5,968 8,110 9,286 11,487 14,743
Neither 11,212 11,421 12,011 11,243 11,091 11,791 13,923 13,181 12,817 11,926
Language ability not stated 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec 27,215 29,797 27,935 26,621 29,160 32,501 37,593 37,585 39,556 44,239
English 68,435 70,782 68,916 51,658 58,497 71,955 77,714 67,607 62,203 72,337
French 962 1,193 1,047 1,002 1,108 1,207 1,385 1,156 1,019 1,147
Both French and English 2,035 2,277 2,170 2,039 2,305 2,889 3,731 3,326 3,400 5,356
Neither 44,498 45,458 45,597 37,696 42,259 57,459 65,817 61,507 53,101 46,270
Language ability not stated 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ontario 115,935 119,710 117,730 92,395 104,169 133,510 148,647 133,596 119,723 125,110
English 1,830 2,241 2,086 1,477 1,780 2,083 2,117 1,851 2,726 3,788
French 26 46 30 39 41 72 51 42 45 57
Both French and English 57 61 43 49 51 78 96 61 114 180
Neither 1,671 1,587 1,545 1,432 1,853 2,403 2,332 2,665 3,615 3,402
Manitoba 3,584 3,935 3,704 2,997 3,725 4,636 4,596 4,619 6,500 7,427
English 935 915 878 763 916 993 838 795 881 1,155
French / Both French and English 36 60 58 30 37 31 33 45 52 159
Neither 975 841 802 772 774 860 833 828 735 628
Saskatchewan 1,946 1,816 1,738 1,565 1,727 1,884 1,704 1,668 1,668 1,942
English 7,228 7,552 6,933 5,710 6,429 7,524 8,529 7,301 7,743 9,314
French 83 89 71 117 80 110 116 85 99 155
Both French and English 213 202 215 201 244 291 360 329 399 689
Neither 6,859 6,048 5,611 5,161 5,333 6,436 7,400 7,042 7,593 6,310
Alberta 14,383 13,891 12,830 11,189 12,086 14,361 16,405 14,757 15,834 16,468
English 21,410 25,968 24,181 17,693 17,946 17,643 17,955 14,524 15,088 18,116
French 143 187 137 123 137 151 139 100 108 118
Both French and English 524 503 548 485 476 545 542 544 585 1,136
Neither 22,495 25,369 22,973 17,673 17,570 19,091 19,828 18,887 19,456 17,648
British Columbia 44,572 52,027 47,839 35,974 36,129 37,430 38,464 34,055 35,237 37,018
English 114 96 128 78 86 97 125 81 84 94
French / Both French and English 14 10 18 13 13 5 4 6 15 18
Neither 77 89 43 34 50 53 44 35 63 47
Territories** 205 195 189 125 149 155 173 122 162 159
English 108,975 117,029 111,338 83,647 92,627 107,846 114,879 99,500 96,790 114,701
French 8,217 9,799 8,305 8,505 9,539 10,367 11,329 10,633 9,972 11,301
Both French and English 6,161 6,605 6,109 6,445 7,645 9,911 13,042 13,718 16,244 22,608
Neither 89,437 92,612 90,270 75,573 80,150 99,328 111,365 105,189 98,325 87,207
Language ability not stated 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Province or territory not stated 73 28 15 30 5 13 23 0 24 7
Total 212,869 226,073 216,038 174,200 189,966 227,465 250,638 229,040 221,355 235,824
*Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island
**Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Category 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Percentage distribution
English 66.0 58.1 54.8 47.9 51.8 50.6 56.0 55.8 54.4 62.4
French 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.9 1.6 1.2
Both French and English 2.2 2.0 1.5 2.2 3.1 3.1 4.1 4.1 7.5 9.7
Neither 31.1 39.3 43.0 49.0 44.4 45.4 39.4 39.2 36.4 26.7
Language ability not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nova Scotia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 49.9 55.8 57.7 45.4 48.7 45.0 43.9 45.3 52.6 56.5
French 5.4 7.3 5.3 5.7 6.8 8.8 8.6 6.5 8.7 4.8
Both French and English 3.9 4.7 4.5 5.8 7.0 7.4 10.1 8.7 9.9 16.2
Neither 40.8 32.2 32.5 43.2 37.5 38.8 37.5 39.6 28.7 22.5
New Brunswick 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 60.7 57.3 52.9 50.4 49.4 63.6 53.8 54.9 53.7 56.9
French / Both French and English 1.9 1.6 1.8 3.4 3.4 1.8 5.1 4.5 3.9 6.6
Neither 37.4 41.1 45.3 46.3 47.2 34.6 41.1 40.7 42.4 36.5
Other Atlantic provinces* 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 21.7 22.8 21.4 17.6 19.0 18.5 16.0 15.8 16.8 17.7
French 25.4 27.4 24.8 26.8 27.8 26.9 25.4 24.4 21.8 22.0
Both French and English 11.7 11.5 10.8 13.3 15.2 18.4 21.6 24.7 29.0 33.3
Neither 41.2 38.3 43.0 42.2 38.0 36.3 37.0 35.1 32.4 27.0
Language ability not stated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Quebec 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 59.0 59.1 58.5 55.9 56.2 53.9 52.3 50.6 52.0 57.8
French 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Both French and English 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.8 4.3
Neither 38.4 38.0 38.7 40.8 40.6 43.0 44.3 46.0 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
Ontario 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 51.1 57.0 56.3 49.3 47.8 44.9 46.1 40.1 41.9 51.0
French 0.7 1.2 0.8 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.8
Both French and English 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.7 2.1 1.3 1.8 2.4
Neither 46.6 40.3 41.7 47.8 49.7 51.8 50.7 57.7 55.6 45.8
Manitoba 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 48.1 50.4 50.5 48.8 53.0 52.7 49.2 47.7 52.8 59.5
French / Both French and English 1.9 3.3 3.3 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.9 2.7 3.1 8.2
Neither 50.1 46.3 46.1 49.3 44.8 45.7 48.9 49.6 44.1 32.3
Saskatchewan 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 50.3 54.4 54.0 51.0 53.2 52.4 52.0 49.5 48.9 56.6
French 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9
Both French and English 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.5 4.2
Neither 47.7 43.5 43.7 46.1 44.1 44.8 45.1 47.7 48.0 38.3
Alberta 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 48.0 49.9 50.6 49.2 49.7 47.1 46.7 42.7 42.8 48.9
French 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Both French and English 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.7 3.1
Neither 50.5 48.8 48.0 49.1 48.6 51.0 51.6 55.5 55.2 47.7
British Columbia 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 55.6 49.2 67.7 62.4 57.7 62.6 72.3 66.4 51.9 59.1
French / Both French and English 6.8 5.1 9.5 10.4 8.7 3.2 2.3 4.9 9.3 11.3
Neither 37.6 45.6 22.8 27.2 33.6 34.2 25.4 28.7 38.9 29.6
Territories** 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
Province or territory 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
*Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island
**Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut

 
 

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