Components of international migratory increase, quarterly: immigrants, emigrants, returning emigrants, net temporary emigrants, net non-permanent residents.

Of the G7 countries, Canada had the highest crude net migration rate most of the years between 2000 and 2022. In 2022, the net migration ratio of the average population in Canada reached 6.49 per 1,000 inhabitants. On the other hand, the rate in Japan was 0.99 per 1,000 inhabitants. Migration numbers were unusually low in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada’s appeal as an immigration destination has been increasing over the past two decades, with a total of 464,265 people immigrating to the country in 2024. This figure is an increase from 2000-2001, when approximately 252,527 immigrants came to Canada. Immigration to the Great White North Between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023, there were an estimated 199,297 immigrants to Ontario, making it the most popular immigration destination out of any province. While the number of immigrants has been increasing over the years, in 2024 over half of surveyed Canadians believed that there were too many immigrants in the country. However, in 2017, the Canadian government announced its aim to significantly increase the number of permanent residents to Canada in order to combat an aging workforce and the decline of working-age adults. Profiles of immigrants to Canada The gender of immigrants to Canada in 2023 was just about an even split, with 234,279 male immigrants and 234,538 female immigrants. In addition, most foreign-born individuals in Canada came from India, followed by China and the Philippines. The United States was the fifth most common origin country for foreign-born residents in Canada.

This table contains 46 series, with data for years 1871 - 1971 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (12 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...); Estimates (4 items: Migrants by province of residence; Migrants by province of birth; Natural population increase; Net migration).

Annual number of international migrants by 5-year age groups and gender for Canada, provinces and territories.

International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.

The difference between total migration into a region and migration out of the same region. Migration includes both international and inter-provincial migration.

Quarterly number of interprovincial migrants by province of origin and destination, Canada, provinces and territories.

The United States had the highest net migration levels of the G7 countries between 2000 and 2022. This is unsurprising as it also is the country with the highest population of the seven. Moreover, net migration to the United States decreased from 2016 and onwards, following the beginning of the Trump administration. Germany's net migration peaked in 2016 and 2017 after a high number of refugees immigrated to the country, but has been decreasing since. In terms of net migration per 1,000 inhabitants, Canada had the highest ratio in 2022.

This table contains data for years 2000 - 2011, and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions: Geography; Age group; Migration movement.

This table contains data for years 2000 - 2011, and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions: Geography; Migration movement; Migration type; Sex.

Ontario was the province with the most immigrants in 2024, with 197,657 immigrants. Nunavut, Canada’s northernmost territory, had 56 immigrants arrive in the same period. Immigration to Canada Over the past 20 years, the number of immigrants to Canada has held steady and is just about evenly split between men and women. Asian countries dominate the list of leading countries of birth for foreign-born residents of Canada, although the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy all make the list as well. Unemployment among immigrants In 2023, the unemployment rate for immigrants in Canada was highest among those who had been in the country for five years or less. The unemployment rate decreased the longer someone had been in Canada, and unemployment was lowest among those who had been in the country for more than ten years, coming more into line with the average unemployment rate for the whole of Canada.

Canada immigration statistics for 2015 was 7,835,502.00, a 11.76% increase from 2010.

• Canada immigration statistics for 2010 was 7,011,226.00, a 15.34% increase from 2005.
• Canada immigration statistics for 2005 was 6,078,985.00, a 10.29% increase from 2000.
• Canada immigration statistics for 2000 was 5,511,914.00, a 13.3% increase from 1995.

International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.

Annual number of interprovincial migrants by 5-year age groups and gender for Canada, provinces and territories.

This dataset is about countries in Canada, featuring 5 columns: capital city, continent, country, currency, and net migration. The preview is ordered by population (descending).

Between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022, more than 21,300 people left the city of Toronto, in the Canadian province of Ontario, for other provinces than came to Toronto. This is the second time since 2014/2015 that the interprovincial migration balance is negative. However, this balance of migration had remained negative between 2003/2004 and 2014/2015. In 2021/2022, there were 159,679 immigrants arriving in Toronto.

This line chart displays net migration (people) by date using the aggregation sum and is filtered where the country is Canada. The data is about countries per year.

Provincial and international in-, out- and net-migration estimates, by provincial regions

This table contains data for years 2000 - 2011, and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions: Geography of origin; Geography of destination; Migration movement.

Components of interprovincial migratory increase, quarterly: in- and out- interprovincial migrants./Subjects modified by client request - ME 37/2019