Foreign Source Countries for Permanent Residents

Canada – Permanent residents by source country

Source country	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
People's Republic of China	36,620	42,584	33,518	27,642	30,037	29,622	30,391	28,503	33,024	34,126
India	28,235	36,210	33,847	28,742	28,261	29,457	34,235	27,509	30,932	33,085
Philippines	14,004	18,139	18,400	19,837	24,888	28,573	38,617	36,765	34,314	29,539
Pakistan	13,399	14,314	13,127	10,124	8,994	7,217	6,811	7,468	11,227	12,602
Iran	6,348	5,837	7,480	6,974	6,475	6,580	7,477	7,479	7,533	11,291
United States of America	6,990	8,394	9,613	9,463	10,190	8,995	8,142	7,675	7,891	8,495
United Kingdom and Colonies	7,533	7,258	7,140	8,216	8,979	8,876	8,724	6,204	6,195	5,826
France	4,391	4,429	4,002	4,290	4,532	5,051	4,646	4,080	6,280	5,624
Iraq	1,796	2,226	1,788	2,406	3,543	5,450	5,941	6,196	4,041	4,918
Republic of Korea	5,352	5,832	6,215	5,920	7,294	5,874	5,537	4,589	5,315	4,509
Algeria	3,616	3,626	4,807	3,623	4,005	5,393	4,752	4,325	3,774	4,331
Nigeria	1,518	2,236	2,594	2,375	2,109	3,156	3,906	3,103	3,443	4,173
Egypt	2,393	2,496	2,190	2,356	3,347	3,496	5,982	4,663	5,555	4,164
Haiti	1,652	1,682	1,619	1,598	2,491	2,080	4,744	6,504	5,868	4,143
Mexico	2,259	2,837	2,844	3,239	2,856	3,092	3,865	3,948	4,227	3,996
Bangladesh	2,660	4,171	4,014	2,897	2,939	2,104	4,721	2,694	2,640	3,789
Colombia	4,566	6,424	6,535	5,357	5,452	4,652	5,218	4,366	3,739	3,632
Morocco	3,686	2,939	3,322	4,021	4,226	5,532	6,242	4,399	3,876	3,259
Ukraine	2,431	2,270	1,973	2,218	1,937	2,367	3,159	2,516	2,265	2,487
Jamaica	2,237	1,945	1,722	2,141	2,334	2,456	2,321	2,059	2,182	2,477
Russia	3,989	3,972	3,117	2,983	2,690	2,931	2,288	1,963	2,079	2,466
Federal Republic of Cameroon	436	604	697	1,025	1,279	1,344	1,800	1,638	2,507	2,439
Sri Lanka	4,495	4,930	4,714	4,123	4,756	4,547	4,422	3,309	3,338	2,395
Lebanon	3,293	3,709	3,802	3,467	3,566	3,077	3,432	3,072	1,614	2,172
Socialist Republic of Vietnam	1,816	1,852	3,153	2,574	1,784	2,171	1,942	1,723	1,731	2,112
Democratic Republic of Congo	1,465	1,521	1,623	1,466	1,397	1,581	1,239	1,224	1,714	2,050
Democratic Republic of Somalia	1,364	1,198	1,061	1,166	1,015	1,214	1,528	1,535	1,582	2,028
Afghanistan	2,978	3,436	3,009	2,652	2,111	1,746	1,758	2,203	2,635	2,004
Israel	2,788	2,446	2,625	2,401	2,562	2,316	2,755	1,970	2,134	1,945
Eritrea	414	528	700	699	799	904	931	1,182	1,335	1,718
Brazil	917	969	1,181	1,746	2,138	2,509	2,598	1,508	1,642	1,712
Tunisia	764	756	1,065	869	950	1,195	1,299	1,442	1,503	1,627
Ethiopia	1,535	1,506	1,801	1,512	1,613	1,289	1,865	2,163	1,864	1,605
Romania	5,755	5,048	4,468	3,834	2,837	2,076	1,922	1,776	1,588	1,512
Cuba	866	999	1,064	1,350	1,300	1,433	961	962	1,304	1,402
Nepal	404	607	540	511	581	561	1,392	1,129	1,185	1,308
Jordan	1,733	1,940	1,827	1,421	1,581	1,235	1,831	1,635	1,206	1,255
Republic of South Africa	1,175	988	1,111	1,200	1,123	1,188	1,238	959	1,243	1,240
Moldova	628	655	803	1,099	1,127	1,535	1,988	1,367	1,416	1,231
Federal Republic of Germany	2,020	2,226	2,767	2,449	3,833	3,887	2,956	2,053	1,702	1,217
Mauritius	702	696	512	507	714	872	1,455	1,146	799	1,203
Republic of Ivory Coast	256	294	431	619	646	668	1,066	636	1,024	1,170
Australia	930	909	875	1,033	1,018	1,018	933	851	982	1,121
Venezuela	1,224	1,211	1,192	1,335	1,239	1,353	998	1,452	1,373	1,022
Republic of Ireland	244	224	283	300	412	395	548	525	725	1,015
Syria	1,116	1,458	1,145	1,056	919	917	1,039	1,004	650	1,009
Japan	973	1,067	1,212	1,250	1,284	1,194	1,168	1,265	1,214	982
Poland	1,533	1,405	1,263	1,235	1,267	1,013	795	720	779	851
Senegal	210	278	416	433	555	668	765	740	949	818
Hong Kong	536	729	712	674	897	657	623	591	728	774
Taiwan	2,012	3,097	2,818	2,766	2,993	2,472	2,629	1,704	985	773
Turkey	1,736	2,065	1,638	1,463	1,122	1,238	1,492	1,257	1,068	729
Peru	1,460	1,653	1,473	1,490	1,094	1,884	1,283	886	787	682
Kenya	685	693	622	449	453	489	507	585	725	664
Guyana	1,341	1,215	1,286	1,277	1,137	1,181	953	804	676	656
El Salvador	442	436	430	929	1,115	845	787	690	641	639
Portugal	336	338	424	405	665	623	629	528	560	629
Albania	1,450	1,223	856	702	560	716	561	539	620	603
Dominican Republic	270	303	294	311	438	391	479	739	604	589
Italy	334	344	325	320	370	429	434	374	440	545
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	294	343	383	579	434	511	434	451	523	538
Ghana	738	851	710	688	629	659	802	528	531	517
Bulgaria	2,022	1,738	1,419	1,172	994	784	556	365	451	512
Bhutan	--	5	10	--	36	865	1,464	1,879	1,075	487
Burundi	559	626	468	614	448	566	529	604	684	477
Republic of Guinea	281	256	342	415	327	347	395	352	407	463
Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank)	376	453	627	441	481	400	654	555	533	462
Stateless	921	842	845	656	622	542	701	563	487	458
Republic of Trinidad & Tobago	730	857	794	975	1,002	1,134	915	588	586	427
Hungary	671	516	520	425	383	312	354	287	300	424
Ecuador	417	491	525	419	437	373	353	348	282	418
New Zealand	350	370	318	350	480	520	490	375	417	414
Rwanda	299	378	360	420	358	415	396	492	562	409
Zimbabwe	1,450	615	454	663	611	508	494	434	437	407
Thailand	392	575	500	487	519	512	499	396	296	400
Peoples Republic of Benin	112	95	116	183	205	238	290	284	391	397
The Netherlands	749	813	837	615	818	786	759	586	504	395
St. Lucia	110	185	190	255	298	257	249	261	382	390
Republic of Indonesia	552	632	613	657	661	504	712	390	395	386
Belgium	411	400	302	363	335	358	363	332	402	379
Honduras	133	166	164	165	187	169	386	538	436	350
Kazakhstan	545	506	408	436	394	431	377	381	462	348
Guatemala	217	190	230	258	263	264	266	288	358	345
Democratic Republic of Sudan	1,823	1,310	1,039	683	622	422	612	531	444	340
Spain	133	126	124	137	169	195	174	179	262	331
Burkina Faso	97	91	147	136	139	162	186	144	269	322
Republic of Togo	163	157	149	235	351	400	354	261	299	315
Greece	120	100	74	110	107	119	101	102	146	298
Republic of Serbia			--	50	259	365	267	299	395	297
Cambodia	348	370	529	460	354	203	200	196	233	288
Argentina	1,591	1,153	847	620	540	467	459	278	263	282
Chile	383	384	427	530	350	375	340	174	291	273
Saudi Arabia	128	198	252	188	249	246	330	278	286	267
Myanmar (Burma)	191	210	953	1,887	975	1,153	556	368	193	262
Libya	196	196	281	198	306	282	384	352	299	255
Belarus	543	558	439	568	524	454	438	357	277	247
Madagascar	79	88	96	115	118	169	178	148	165	229
Fiji	495	298	277	304	321	311	398	316	270	228
Republic of Yemen	124	161	140	122	133	128	211	160	174	217
Latvia	94	77	69	88	67	85	70	103	202	213
Armenia	147	224	218	198	205	267	252	236	258	207
Uganda	160	239	201	170	204	185	216	213	222	206
Malaysia	401	593	580	600	658	640	802	409	358	204
Switzerland	337	270	258	308	357	328	285	266	243	201
Republic of Djibouti	67	93	68	50	47	70	123	127	164	194
Republic of Mali	87	87	114	143	154	164	170	155	191	190
United Republic of Tanzania	310	274	291	195	230	136	200	215	224	182
Czech Republic	191	193	146	137	104	159	168	128	173	173
Republic of Kosovo					6	113	233	215	152	171
Grenada	296	283	363	360	284	325	208	173	142	170
Central Africa Republic	13	49	18	30	28	19	26	18	45	169
Uzbekistan	175	330	262	284	215	288	289	162	235	167
Lithuania	220	167	113	108	109	63	57	52	77	145
Singapore	311	392	298	690	734	366	805	219	146	141
Sweden	129	205	139	193	165	167	159	134	140	140
Croatia	151	128	102	102	131	92	91	135	112	125
Georgia	106	114	125	132	112	128	126	139	147	125
Kyrgyzstan	245	173	161	135	168	173	157	159	278	123
Costa Rica	165	188	279	281	246	217	190	149	183	122
Bosnia-Herzegovina	188	211	217	209	182	156	168	140	121	119
People's Republic of the Congo	142	136	143	87	72	70	75	81	91	114
Macedonia	443	285	256	211	191	198	188	130	126	112
Bolivia	85	134	139	107	143	214	180	86	83	107
Republic of the Niger	38	59	57	75	75	82	80	90	95	105
Slovak Republic	597	369	241	215	125	128	135	134	136	105
People's Republic of Mongolia	34	59	64	82	59	118	169	103	68	99
Barbados	90	111	97	130	134	125	121	97	132	97
Nicaragua	67	79	96	76	124	116	94	123	106	96
Austria	118	122	102	98	91	109	124	84	102	90
Gabon Republic	33	67	68	101	86	86	64	63	74	90
Republic of Chad	92	126	96	131	95	87	98	79	97	86
Namibia	9	6	19	13	26	14	16	23	24	82
Denmark	89	62	101	97	108	81	92	93	94	81
Republic of Botswana	9	7	11	8	28	15	42	53	64	76
Finland	54	67	51	62	89	63	63	72	62	76
Iceland	23	10	--	15	13	15	30	38	42	72
Paraguay	74	75	88	98	95	88	89	83	55	66
Sierra Leone	347	191	138	92	103	70	63	96	72	61
Norway	73	57	53	73	66	75	46	49	53	59
Zambia	56	91	77	71	64	60	102	69	46	59
Uruguay	130	217	175	147	160	99	93	81	47	58
Azerbaijan	230	359	236	203	125	165	209	138	161	57
Mauritania	60	86	124	96	112	83	74	54	77	57
The Bahama Islands	13	14	18	23	30	27	25	40	60	55
Belize	25	37	24	28	48	38	39	36	34	53
Dominica	50	59	72	79	60	59	43	36	43	48
Kuwait	74	66	35	62	53	68	67	58	73	48
United Arab Emirates	41	31	42	37	33	37	86	60	54	46
Angola	268	295	184	106	76	62	61	39	70	45
Estonia	27	26	18	34	34	26	28	15	26	45
Republic of Panama	38	57	73	63	52	73	65	49	34	43
Liberia	409	581	356	153	74	94	162	106	58	39
Tajikistan	14	85	46	44	15	50	52	47	34	39
Serbia and Montenegro	29	441	693	792	456	204	109	39	32	34
Gambia	10	29	38	32	25	10	37	24	18	33
Bahrain	12	12	12	22	9	35	28	21	39	32
Macao	21	21	32	16	12	21	21	13	33	29
Antigua and Barbuda	14	24	32	15	32	38	27	37	51	25
Comoros	--	5	7	11	--	19	22	14	18	22
Slovenia	17	23	11	29	18	27	12	13	36	20
St. Kitts-Nevis	8	11	--	10	25	11	22	12	21	18
People's Democratic Republic of Korea	15	14	10	7	19	11	45	96	66	17
Cyprus	11	7	9	--	7	6	18	6	12	16
Laos	38	42	74	53	32	39	54	22	25	15
Turkmenistan	16	40	26	37	13	20	30	20	20	14
Oman	12	14	18	16	10	7	14	10	13	11
Malawi	17	23	15	13	5	10	28	16	9	10
Republic of Montenegro	0	0	0	7	18	10	14	19	26	9
Luxembourg	9	10	9	9	--	--	8	11	6	7
Yugoslavia	733	329	138	99	95	48	46	17	12	7
Seychelles	15	25	8	9	18	--	10	10	6	5
Country not stated	36	65	80	24	5	0	7	6	13	32
Other countries	104	112	104	92	107	120	120	77	94	112
Total	235,823	262,243	251,640	236,753	247,245	252,172	280,688	248,749	257,895	258,953

Note: Source country is based on Country of Citizenship