Immigrants in Canada

Immigrant Numbers

Of Canada’s 34 million people, over 6 million are immigrants.

Immigrants born in the United Kingdom, numbering 515,135, were the largest immigrant grouping in the last Canadian census in 2006.

The largest numbers of immigrants arriving in Canada currently come from China, India and the Philippines.

In 2006, 155,105 people from China who had arrived since 2001 were in Canada. The corresponding figures for India and the Philippines were 129,140 and 77,880.

3 million immigrants live in Ontario, 1 million in British Columbia and 700,000 in Quebec.

19 percent of Canada’s population are immigrants. 28 percent of Ontrario’s, 27 percent of British Columbia’s and 16 percent of Alberta’s residents are immigrants. The provinces with the lowest proportions of immigrants are Newfoundland and Labrador (2 percent), Prince Edward Island (3 percent) and New Brunswick (3 percent).