In Demographics

COMPARATIVE CANADIAN IMMIGRATION STATISTICS

(Courtesy of IRCC and BC Statistics)

A) PERMANENT RESIDENTS PER YEAR (260,000 – 300,000)
1) BY TOP SOURCE COUNTRIES (rounded to nearest ‘000)

2014
Philippines 40,000
India 38,000
China 25,000
Iran 17,000
Pakistan 9,000
USA 8,000
UK 6,000
France 5,000
Mexico 5,000

2) BY REGIONS – HISTORICALLY

2005 2014
Region To Canada To BC To Canada To BC
Africa 46,000 3,000 62,000 4,500
Asia & Pacific 141,000 33,000 133,000 23,000
Europe & UK 40,000 5,000 30,000 4,500
USA 8,000 2,000 8,000 1,600
South & Central America 25,000 1,500 25,000 1,600

3) TO VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER

2005/2006 2014/2015
Victoria 1,100 900
Vancouver 39,000 27,000

B) INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
1) BY DESTINATION

2005/2006 2014/2015
Canada 234,000 435,000
British Columbia 69,000 129,000

2) BY TOP SOURCE COUNTRIES

2005 2014
China 48,000 129,000
India 9,000 52,000
Korea 40,000 28,000
France 11,000 25,000
Saudi Arabia 2,000 18,000
USA 17,000 16,000
Brazil 2,000 15,000
Japan 14,000 11,000

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