Canada_immigration_statistics

Canada immigration statistics

Historic and contemporary immigration statistics of Canada

Since confederation in 1867 through to the contemporary era, decadal and demi-decadal census reports in Canada have compiled detailed immigration statistics. During this period, the highest annual immigration rate in Canada occurred in 1913, when 400,900 new immigrants accounted for 5.3 percent of the total population,^[1]^[2] while the greatest number of immigrants admitted to Canada in single year occurred in 2023, with 471,550 persons accounting for 1.2 percent of the total population.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

In a linear timeline following initial British and French colonization, what is now Canada has seen four major waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-Indigenous Peoples take place over a span of nearly two centuries. Canada is currently undergoing its fifth wave.

Annual immigration and rate

Since confederation in 1867, the highest annual immigration rate in Canada occurred during the early 20th century, including 1913 (new immigrants accounted for 5.3 percent of the total population), 1912 (5.1 percent), 1911 (4.6 percent), 1907 (4.3 percent) and 1910 (4.1 percent).^[2]^[1] At this time, immigration from the British Isles increased, supplemented by a rapid increase in immigration flows from continental Europe, especially Germany, Scandinavia, and the Soviet Union.

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Annual immigration statistics
1852 to 1897
Year	Total population	Number of immigrants	Immigration rate
1852	2,414,519	29,300	1.21%
1853	N/A	29,500	N/A
1854	N/A	37,300	N/A
1855	N/A	25,300	N/A
1856	N/A	22,500	N/A
1857	N/A	33,900	N/A
1858	N/A	12,300	N/A
1859	N/A	6,300	N/A
1860	N/A	6,300	N/A
1861	3,174,442	13,600	0.43%
1862	N/A	18,300	N/A
1863	N/A	21,000	N/A
1864	N/A	24,800	N/A
1865	N/A	19,000	N/A
1866	N/A	11,400	N/A
1867	3,463,000	10,700	0.31%
1868	3,511,000	12,800	0.36%
1869	3,565,000	18,600	0.52%
1870	3,625,000	24,700	0.68%
1871	3,689,000	27,800	0.75%
1872	3,754,000	36,600	0.97%
1873	3,826,000	50,100	1.31%
1874	3,895,000	39,400	1.01%
1875	3,954,000	27,400	0.69%
1876	4,009,000	25,600	0.64%
1877	4,064,000	27,100	0.67%
1878	4,120,000	29,800	0.72%
1879	4,185,000	40,500	0.97%
1880	4,255,000	38,500	0.9%
1881	4,325,000	48,000	1.11%
1882	4,375,000	112,500	2.57%
1883	4,430,000	133,600	3.02%
1884	4,487,000	103,800	2.31%
1885	4,537,000	79,200	1.75%
1886	4,580,000	69,200	1.51%
1887	4,626,000	84,500	1.83%
1888	4,678,000	88,800	1.9%
1889	4,729,000	91,600	1.94%
1890	4,779,000	75,100	1.57%
1891	4,833,000	82,200	1.7%
1892	4,883,000	31,000	0.63%
1893	4,931,000	29,600	0.6%
1894	4,979,000	20,800	0.42%
1895	5,026,000	18,800	0.37%
1896	5,074,000	16,800	0.33%
1897	5,122,000	21,700	0.42%

Sources:^[1]^[2]

Annual immigration statistics
1898 to 1943
Year	Total population	Number of immigrants	Immigration rate
1898	5,175,000	31,900	0.62%
1899	5,235,000	44,500	0.85%
1900	5,301,000	41,700	0.79%
1901	5,371,000	55,700	1.04%
1902	5,494,000	89,100	1.62%
1903	5,651,000	138,700	2.45%
1904	5,827,000	131,300	2.25%
1905	6,002,000	141,500	2.36%
1906	6,097,000	211,700	3.47%
1907	6,411,000	272,400	4.25%
1908	6,625,000	143,300	2.16%
1909	6,800,000	173,700	2.55%
1910	6,988,000	286,800	4.1%
1911	7,207,000	331,300	4.6%
1912	7,389,000	375,800	5.09%
1913	7,632,000	400,900	5.25%
1914	7,879,000	150,500	1.91%
1915	7,981,000	36,700	0.46%
1916	8,001,000	55,900	0.7%
1917	8,060,000	72,900	0.9%
1918	8,148,000	41,800	0.51%
1919	8,311,000	107,700	1.3%
1920	8,556,000	138,800	1.62%
1921	8,788,000	91,700	1.04%
1922	8,919,000	64,200	0.72%
1923	9,010,000	133,700	1.48%
1924	9,143,000	124,200	1.36%
1925	9,294,000	84,900	0.91%
1926	9,451,000	135,100	1.43%
1927	9,637,000	158,900	1.65%
1928	9,835,000	166,800	1.7%
1929	10,029,000	165,000	1.65%
1930	10,208,000	104,800	1.03%
1931	10,377,000	27,500	0.27%
1932	10,510,000	20,600	0.2%
1933	10,633,000	14,400	0.14%
1934	10,741,000	12,500	0.12%
1935	10,845,000	11,300	0.1%
1936	10,950,000	11,600	0.11%
1937	11,045,000	15,100	0.14%
1938	11,152,000	17,200	0.15%
1939	11,267,000	17,000	0.15%
1940	11,381,000	11,300	0.1%
1941	11,507,000	9,300	0.08%
1942	11,654,000	7,600	0.07%
1943	11,795,000	8,500	0.07%

Sources:^[1]^[2]

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Annual immigration statistics
1944 to 1985
Year	Total population	Number of immigrants	Immigration rate
1944	11,946,000	12,800	0.11%
1945	12,072,000	22,700	0.19%
1946	12,292,000	71,700	0.58%
1947	12,551,000	64,100	0.51%
1948	12,823,000	125,400	0.98%
1949	13,447,000	95,200	0.71%
1950	13,712,000	73,900	0.54%
1951	14,009,000	194,400	1.39%
1952	14,459,000	164,500	1.14%
1953	14,845,000	168,900	1.14%
1954	15,287,000	154,200	1.01%
1955	15,698,000	109,900	0.7%
1956	16,081,000	164,900	1.03%
1957	16,610,000	282,200	1.7%
1958	17,080,000	124,900	0.73%
1959	17,483,000	106,900	0.61%
1960	17,870,000	104,100	0.58%
1961	18,238,000	71,700	0.39%
1962	18,583,000	74,600	0.4%
1963	18,931,000	93,200	0.49%
1964	19,291,000	112,600	0.58%
1965	19,644,000	146,800	0.75%
1966	20,015,000	194,700	0.97%
1967	20,378,000	222,900	1.09%
1968	20,701,000	184,000	0.89%
1969	21,001,000	161,500	0.77%
1970	21,297,000	147,700	0.69%
1971	21,962,032	121,900	0.56%
1972	22,218,463	122,000	0.55%
1973	22,491,777	184,200	0.82%
1974	22,807,969	218,500	0.96%
1975	23,143,275	187,900	0.81%
1976	23,449,808	149,400	0.64%
1977	23,725,843	114,900	0.48%
1978	23,963,203	86,300	0.36%
1979	24,201,544	112,100	0.46%
1980	24,515,667	143,100	0.58%
1981	24,819,915	128,600	0.52%
1982	25,116,942	121,200	0.48%
1983	25,366,451	89,200	0.35%
1984	25,607,053	88,300	0.34%
1985	25,842,116	84,300	0.33%

Sources:^[1]^[6]^[2]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Annual immigration statistics
1986 to 2022
Year	Total population	Number of immigrants	Immigration rate
1986	26,100,278	99,400	0.38%
1987	26,446,601	152,100	0.58%
1988	26,791,747	161,600	0.6%
1989	27,276,781	191,600	0.7%
1990	27,691,138	216,500	0.78%
1991	28,037,420	232,800	0.83%
1992	28,371,264	254,800	0.9%
1993	28,684,764	256,600	0.89%
1994	29,000,663	224,400	0.77%
1995	29,302,311	212,900	0.73%
1996	29,610,218	226,100	0.76%
1997	29,905,948	216,000	0.72%
1998	30,155,173	174,200	0.58%
1999	30,401,286	190,000	0.62%
2000	30,685,730	227,500	0.74%
2001	31,020,902	250,600	0.81%
2002	31,360,079	229,000	0.73%
2003	31,644,028	221,300	0.7%
2004	31,940,655	235,800	0.74%
2005	32,243,753	262,200	0.81%
2006	32,571,174	251,600	0.77%
2007	32,889,025	236,800	0.72%
2008	33,247,118	247,200	0.74%
2009	33,628,895	252,200	0.75%
2010	34,004,889	280,700	0.83%
2011	34,339,328	248,700	0.72%
2012	34,714,222	257,900	0.74%
2013	35,082,954	259,000	0.74%
2014	35,437,435	260,400	0.73%
2015	35,702,908	271,850	0.76%
2016	36,109,487	296,350	0.82%
2017	36,545,236	286,480	0.78%
2018	37,065,084	321,040	0.87%
2019	37,601,230	341,180	0.91%
2020	38,007,166	184,370	0.49%
2021	38,226,498	405,330	1.06%
2022	38,929,902	437,500	1.12%
2023	40,097,761	471,550	1.18%

Sources:^[1]^[6]^[2]^[8]^[9]^[3]^[4]

Sources of immigration

Canada receives its immigrant population from almost every country in the world. Statistics Canada projects that immigrants will represent between 29.1% and 34.0% of Canada's population in 2041, compared with 23.0% in 2021,^[10] while the Canadian population with at least one foreign born parent (first and second generation persons) could rise to between 49.8% and 54.3%, up from 44.0% in 2021.^[11]^[12]^[13] The number of visible ethno-cultural composition of population will double and make up the minority of the population of cities in Canada.^[14]