Canada - Annual Flow 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 |
| Colombia |
84.2 |
79.1 |
87.5 |
83.9 |
86.6 |
88.9 |
92.0 |
94.7 |
95.1 |
51.5 |
| Mexico |
64.5 |
73.4 |
69.2 |
71.8 |
73.3 |
75.2 |
75.6 |
77.3 |
79.1 |
47.8 |
| China, People's Republic of |
61.0 |
46.6 |
41.6 |
40.7 |
50.3 |
68.0 |
77.7 |
74.0 |
70.7 |
47.7 |
| Sri Lanka |
86.2 |
82.4 |
82.5 |
82.8 |
83.1 |
84.8 |
81.8 |
83.8 |
89.4 |
58.0 |
| India |
79.1 |
68.1 |
74.5 |
78.3 |
85.1 |
75.2 |
69.4 |
72.6 |
78.9 |
48.2 |
| Pakistan |
74.3 |
70.4 |
73.9 |
75.8 |
80.8 |
81.7 |
80.6 |
87.1 |
88.6 |
48.7 |
| Costa Rica |
68.4 |
60.6 |
68.4 |
46.9 |
16.3 |
56.8 |
67.5 |
60.5 |
60.6 |
54.9 |
| Nigeria |
82.4 |
86.5 |
87.2 |
87.6 |
88.7 |
90.2 |
90.7 |
93.3 |
92.9 |
60.3 |
| Peru |
79.3 |
85.8 |
73.8 |
76.1 |
80.3 |
83.5 |
82.6 |
86.6 |
85.3 |
56.8 |
| Congo,Democratic Republic of |
91.3 |
93.1 |
91.3 |
92.0 |
92.6 |
92.9 |
92.9 |
90.5 |
88.8 |
52.3 |
| Iran |
80.9 |
78.6 |
75.7 |
70.9 |
75.7 |
76.6 |
78.3 |
74.4 |
76.6 |
49.8 |
| Somalia, Democratic Republic of |
58.5 |
55.0 |
46.2 |
39.1 |
45.7 |
49.2 |
51.2 |
58.1 |
68.7 |
40.4 |
| Israel |
72.2 |
71.7 |
67.5 |
68.1 |
70.3 |
69.4 |
68.8 |
73.6 |
78.8 |
56.2 |
| Bangladesh |
89.7 |
89.5 |
83.8 |
86.9 |
79.5 |
78.3 |
86.2 |
92.1 |
95.0 |
48.7 |
| Turkey |
80.5 |
79.1 |
81.3 |
77.7 |
85.6 |
82.0 |
90.0 |
88.3 |
85.8 |
47.8 |
| Guyana |
63.8 |
57.5 |
50.5 |
51.3 |
52.1 |
55.5 |
70.5 |
86.5 |
88.7 |
50.8 |
| Venezuela |
85.2 |
87.4 |
61.6 |
70.7 |
74.6 |
91.8 |
87.0 |
94.9 |
95.5 |
59.9 |
| Russia |
67.4 |
69.2 |
75.5 |
79.5 |
78.5 |
80.9 |
82.4 |
84.1 |
81.6 |
54.9 |
| Algeria |
88.9 |
87.7 |
86.8 |
89.4 |
89.2 |
84.6 |
88.6 |
89.5 |
78.8 |
44.8 |
| Zimbabwe |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
81.8 |
87.2 |
96.6 |
96.2 |
86.1 |
95.1 |
61.4 |
| Chile |
69.2 |
68.9 |
57.6 |
62.1 |
69.4 |
73.6 |
86.3 |
87.8 |
86.8 |
66.0 |
| Argentina |
62.5 |
68.6 |
83.9 |
78.1 |
80.7 |
71.5 |
68.3 |
80.6 |
76.3 |
55.1 |
| Hungary |
75.0 |
75.6 |
82.8 |
67.9 |
74.6 |
67.1 |
63.0 |
72.7 |
69.2 |
65.4 |
| Czech Republic |
50.0 |
67.2 |
51.0 |
69.8 |
92.5 |
69.4 |
74.2 |
85.7 |
81.3 |
18.2 |
| Top 10 source countries |
76.4 |
74.1 |
71.5 |
71.2 |
74.4 |
77.6 |
80.2 |
81.6 |
82.7 |
51.1 |
| Other countries |
75.3 |
74.3 |
73.3 |
75.0 |
75.0 |
77.1 |
77.7 |
81.5 |
82.6 |
50.9 |
| Total |
75.9 |
74.2 |
72.3 |
73.0 |
74.7 |
77.4 |
79.0 |
81.5 |
82.6 |
51.0 |
| * For refugee claimants, source country refers to the principal country of alleged persecution (COAP) |
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