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Facts and Figures 2004

Immigration Overview:
Permanent Residents

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Canada - Permanent Residents by Category

Category 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number
Spouses and partners 30,914 32,099 30,136 28,323 32,831 35,295 37,762 32,767 38,747 43,985
Fiancé(e)s 4,629 3,906 3,077 1,918 1,734 1,521 1,640 1,453 936 213
Sons and daughters 6,402 5,455 4,556 4,013 3,986 3,951 3,933 3,646 3,619 3,037
Parents and grandparents 33,137 24,625 20,220 14,202 14,487 17,769 21,340 22,228 19,384 12,732
Others 2,304 2,274 1,990 2,442 2,239 2,078 2,119 2,205 2,438 2,279
Family class 77,386 68,359 59,979 50,898 55,277 60,614 66,794 62,299 65,124 62,246
Skilled workers - principal applicants 34,553 42,151 44,969 35,958 41,548 52,126 58,907 52,970 45,378 47,889
Skilled workers - spouses and dependants 47,182 55,764 60,679 45,310 50,957 66,473 78,324 69,757 59,850 65,553
Entrepreneurs - principal applicants 2,991 3,208 2,805 1,770 1,668 1,658 1,609 1,177 782 671
Entrepreneurs - spouses and dependants 8,438 8,703 7,599 4,848 4,486 4,529 4,482 3,302 2,199 1,806
Self-employed - principal applicants 952 1,392 1,258 823 833 795 707 636 445 366
Self-employed - spouses and dependants 1,902 2,984 2,669 1,802 1,766 1,732 1,451 1,271 979 824
Investors - principal applicants 1,338 1,607 1,522 1,225 1,138 1,390 1,767 1,234 972 1,671
Investors - spouses and dependants 3,822 4,569 4,073 3,309 3,127 3,561 4,572 3,401 2,723 4,426
Provincial/territorial nominees 0 233 47 0 477 1,252 1,275 2,127 4,418 6,248
Live-in caregivers - principal applicants 3,905 2,924 1,831 1,976 1,959 1,760 1,874 1,521 2,230 2,496
Live-in caregivers - spouses and dependants 1,552 1,835 899 892 1,302 1,023 751 464 1,074 1,796
Economic immigrants 106,635 125,370 128,351 97,913 109,261 136,299 155,719 137,860 121,050 133,746
Government-assisted refugees 8,201 7,869 7,711 7,432 7,444 10,671 8,697 7,505 7,505 7,411
Privately sponsored refugees 3,546 3,189 2,742 2,267 2,348 2,933 3,576 3,047 3,253 3,116
Refugees landed in Canada 12,811 13,462 10,634 10,181 11,796 12,993 11,897 10,547 11,267 15,901
Refugee dependants 3,529 3,958 3,221 2,962 2,809 3,495 3,749 4,021 3,959 6,258
Refugees 28,087 28,478 24,308 22,842 24,397 30,092 27,919 25,120 25,984 32,686
Retirees - principal applicants 90 44 12 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
Retirees - spouses and dependants 214 103 34 5 7 0 0 0 0 0
DROC and PDRCC* - principal applicants 383 2,608 2,038 1,467 559 260 108 75 50 34
DROC and PDRCC* - spouses and dependants 74 1,110 1,316 1,072 463 200 97 50 29 19
Temporary resident permit holders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 97 148
Sponsored H and C** cases outside the family class 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 624 2377 2,987
Other H and C** cases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,002 6,643 3,958
Other immigrants 761 3,865 3,400 2,547 1,031 460 205 3,761 9,196 7,146
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
* Deferred removal orders and post-determination refugee claimants
**Humanitarian and Compassionate
***Note: The figures for "Humanitarian and compassionate grounds" have been adjusted since the publication of the Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration as the manner in which final numbers for these cases are calculated has been further refined for increased accuracy. This newer method has been applied to previous years, resulting in a modification of these numbers. As a result, numbers reported for certain categories of immigrants in Facts and Figures 2003: Immigration Overview - Permanent and Temporary Residents have been revised in this edition.
Canada - Permanent Residents by Category (Showing Percentage Distribution)

Chart of Canada - Permanent Residents by Category (Showing Percentage Distribution)

Canada - Male Permanent Residents by Category
Category 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number
Spouses and partners 12,519 13,025 11,816 10,735 12,285 13,019 13,952 11,875 13,774 16,018
Fiancé(e)s 1,087 976 717 425 376 278 392 314 222 58
Sons and daughters 3,403 2,874 2,412 2,062 2,146 2,002 2,045 1,888 1,915 1,606
Parents and grandparents 14,483 10,512 8,451 5,982 5,904 7,297 8,928 9,551 8,287 5,364
Others 757 737 699 694 752 697 726 676 682 666
Family class 32,249 28,124 24,095 19,898 21,463 23,293 26,043 24,304 24,880 23,712
Skilled workers - principal applicants 23,616 29,436 31,852 26,059 31,013 39,602 44,441 39,639 33,508 34,375
Skilled workers - spouses and dependants 19,054 22,327 24,261 17,590 19,029 24,636 29,316 26,809 23,106 26,107
Entrepreneurs - principal applicants 2,555 2,723 2,381 1,533 1,428 1,428 1,386 1,038 694 579
Entrepreneurs - spouses and dependants 3,324 3,382 2,942 1,910 1,742 1,771 1,780 1,310 857 714
Self-employed - principal applicants 736 1,084 964 663 654 642 575 502 354 292
Self-employed - spouses and dependants 717 1,164 1,039 713 672 682 574 513 373 328
Investors - principal applicants 1,102 1,347 1,264 1,021 953 1,193 1,489 1,062 828 1,451
Investors - spouses and dependants 1,557 1,725 1,514 1,303 1,212 1,380 1,771 1,329 1,069 1,712
Provincial/territorial nominees 0 83 17 0 253 642 642 1,110 2,353 3,254
Live-in caregivers - principal applicants 66 54 33 32 39 39 52 43 60 70
Live-in caregivers - spouses and dependants 1,000 1,176 564 579 840 668 505 307 753 1,191
Economic immigrants 53,727 64,501 66,831 51,403 57,835 72,683 82,531 73,662 63,955 70,073
Government-assisted refugees 4,452 4,168 4,408 3,980 3,915 5,536 4,521 3,960 3,909 3,858
Privately sponsored refugees 1,920 1,657 1,451 1,176 1,243 1,581 1,864 1,511 1,686 1,642
Refugees landed in Canada 7,593 7,920 6,292 5,877 6,860 7,512 6,895 6,059 6,429 8,716
Refugee dependants 1,472 1,705 1,338 1,305 1,187 1,491 1,647 1,709 1,771 2,762
Refugees 15,437 15,450 13,489 12,338 13,205 16,120 14,927 13,239 13,795 16,978
Retirees - principal applicants 72 35 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Retirees - spouses and dependants 80 38 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
DROC and PDRCC* - principal applicants 303 1,820 1,306 858 317 164 60 48 31 21
DROC and PDRCC* - spouses and dependants 22 426 568 492 218 96 46 26 8 10
Temporary resident permit holders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 41 77
Sponsored H and C** cases outside the family class 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 296 1,085 1,503
Other H and C** cases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,176 2,720 1,781
Other immigrants 477 2,319 1,900 1,353 539 260 106 1,549 3,885 3,392
Category not stated 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Males 101,890 110,395 106,315 84,992 93,042 112,356 123,608 112,754 106,515 114,155
* Deferred removal orders and post-determination refugee claimants
**Humanitarian and Compassionate
***Note: The figures for "Humanitarian and compassionate grounds" have been adjusted since the publication of the Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration as the manner in which final numbers for these cases are calculated has been further refined for increased accuracy. This newer method has been applied to previous years, resulting in a modification of these numbers. As a result, numbers reported for certain categories of immigrants in Facts and Figures 2003: Immigration Overview - Permanent and Temporary Residents have been revised in this edition.
Canada - Male Permanent Residents by Category (Showing Percentage Distribution)

Chart of Canada - Male Permanent Residents by Category (Showing Percentage Distribution)

Canada - Female Permanent Residents by Category
Category 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Number
Spouses and partners 18,394 19,052 18,307 17,581 20,543 22,275 23,810 20,892 24,973 27,967
Fiancé(e)s 3,542 2,930 2,356 1,492 1,357 1,243 1,248 1,139 714 155
Sons and daughters 2,999 2,577 2,143 1,951 1,839 1,949 1,888 1,758 1,704 1,431
Parents and grandparents 18,653 14,112 11,761 8,217 8,580 10,472 12,412 12,677 11,097 7,368
Others 1,546 1,534 1,288 1,741 1,484 1,375 1,388 1,526 1,755 1,612
Family class 45,134 40,205 35,855 30,982 33,803 37,314 40,746 37,992 40,243 38,533
Skilled workers - principal applicants 10,936 12,715 13,117 9,899 10,535 12,524 14,466 13,331 11,870 13,514
Skilled workers - spouses and dependants 28,128 33,436 36,418 27,720 31,927 41,836 49,008 42,948 36,744 39,446
Entrepreneurs - principal applicants 436 485 424 237 240 230 223 139 88 92
Entrepreneurs - spouses and dependants 5,114 5,321 4,657 2,938 2,741 2,758 2,702 1,992 1,342 1,092
Self-employed - principal applicants 216 308 294 160 179 153 132 134 91 74
Self-employed - spouses and dependants 1,185 1,820 1,630 1,089 1,094 1,050 877 758 606 496
Investors - principal applicants 236 260 258 204 185 197 278 172 144 220
Investors - spouses and dependants 2,265 2,844 2,559 2,006 1,915 2,181 2,801 2,072 1,654 2,714
Provincial/territorial nominees 0 150 30 0 224 610 633 1,017 2,065 2,994
Live-in caregivers - principal applicants 3,839 2,870 1,798 1,944 1,920 1,721 1,822 1,478 2,170 2,426
Live-in caregivers - spouses and dependants 552 659 335 313 462 355 246 157 321 605
Economic immigrants 52,907 60,868 61,520 46,510 51,422 63,615 73,188 64,198 57,095 63,673
Government-assisted refugees 3,749 3,701 3,302 3,452 3,529 5,135 4,176 3,545 3,596 3,553
Privately sponsored refugees 1,625 1,529 1,291 1,091 1,105 1,352 1,712 1,536 1,567 1,474
Refugees landed in Canada 5,218 5,542 4,342 4,304 4,936 5,481 5,002 4,488 4,838 7,185
Refugee dependants 2,057 2,253 1,883 1,657 1,622 2,004 2,102 2,312 2,188 3,496
Refugees 12,649 13,025 10,818 10,504 11,192 13,972 12,992 11,881 12,189 15,708
Retirees - principal applicants 18 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Retirees - spouses and dependants 134 65 19 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
DROC and PDRCC* - principal applicants 80 788 732 609 242 96 48 27 19 13
DROC and PDRCC* - spouses and dependants 52 684 748 580 245 104 51 24 21 9
Temporary resident permit holders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 56 71
Sponsored H and C** cases outside the family class 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 328 1292 1,484
Other H and C** cases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,826 3,923 2,177
Other immigrants 284 1,546 1,500 1,194 492 200 99 2,212 5,311 3,754
Category not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Females 110,974 115,644 109,693 89,190 96,909 115,101 127,025 116,283 114,839 121,668
* Deferred removal orders and post-determination refugee claimants
**Humanitarian and Compassionate
***Note: The figures for "Humanitarian and compassionate grounds" have been adjusted since the publication of the Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration as the manner in which final numbers for these cases are calculated has been further refined for increased accuracy. This newer method has been applied to previous years, resulting in a modification of these numbers. As a result, numbers reported for certain categories of immigrants in Facts and Figures 2003: Immigration Overview - Permanent and Temporary Residents have been revised in this edition.
Canada - Female Permanent Residents by Category (Showing Percentage Distribution)

Chart of Canada - Female Permanent Residents by Category (Showing Percentage Distribution)
 

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