RP 3rd highest source of immigrants to Canada
With 77, 880 recent immigrants to Canada, the Philippines ranked third among the top 10 place of births of recent immigrants to Canada. The People's Republic of China was the top placer with 155,105, followed by India with 129, 140 immigrants. Other top sources of immigrants are Pakistan, United States, South Korea, Romania, Iran, United Kingdom and Colombia. Recent immigrants refer to those who arrived in Canada between Jan. 1, 2001 and Census Day May 16, 2006. Meanwhile, since the 1981 census, the Philippines remained among the top five sources of immigrants to Canada. With 6,186,950 foreign-born residents in Canada, they represent 19.8 percent of Canadaâs population or one out of every five residents was were born outside the country. This percentage is the highest in 75 years. Canada's foreign-born population is even much higher than that of the United States of America. According to the American Community Survey in 2006, foreign born residents in the U.S. constituted 12.5% of the U.S. population. According to Statistics Canada, Canada's foreign-born population grew by 13.6 percent between 2001-2006. This rate of increase is four times faster than the Canadian-born population, which increased by only 3.3 percent. Overall, Canada's total population increased by 1.6 million between 2001 and 2006, registering a growth rate of 5.4 percent from 2001. Statistics Canada said that the estimated 1,110,000 newcomers who arrived in the Canada between Jan. 1, 2001 and May 16, 2006 are responsible for more than two-thirds or 69.3 percent of its population growth. The 3,891,800 foreign-born residents are living in Canada's three largest census metropolitan areas â Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver. On the contrary, only 27.1 percent in these three urban areas are from the Canadian-born population. The 2006 Census showed there are 2,320,200 foreign-born residents in Toronto, 831,300 in Vancouver and 740,400 in Montréal, representing 45.7 percent, 39.6 percent, and 20.6 percent respectively, of the population of these areas.
Table 1 | |
155, 105 | Peopleâs Republic of China |
129, 140 | India |
77,880 | Philippines |
57,630 | Pakistan |
38,770 | United states of America |
35,450 | South Korea |
28,080 | Romania |
27,600 | Iran |
25,655 | United Kingdom |
25,310 | Columbia |
Sources: 2006 Census of Canada. Produced by the Geography Division, Statistics Canada, 2007. |
Table 2 | |||||
Order | 2006 Census | 2001 Census | 1996 Census | 1991 Census | 1981 Census |
1 | People's Republic of China | People's Republic of China | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | United Kingdom |
2 | India | India | People's Republic of China | Poland | Viet Nam |
3 | Philippines | Philippines | India | People's Republic of China | United States of America |
4 | Pakistan | Pakistan | Philippines | India | India |
5 | United States of America | Hong Kong | Sri Lanka | Philippines | Philippines |
6 | South Korea | Iran | Poland | United Kingdom | Jamaica |
7 | Romania | Taiwan | Taiwan | Viet Nam | Hong Kong |
8 | Iran | United States of America | Viet Nam | United States of America | Portugal |
9 | United Kingdom | South Korea | United States of America | Lebanon | Taiwan |
10 | Colombia | Sri Lanka | United Kingdom | Portugal | People's Republic of China |
Note: 'Recent immigrants' refers to landed immigrants who arrived in Canada within five years prior to a given census. |