Table 1
Geographic distribution of immigrants and recent immigrants and their proportion within the population of census metropolitan areas, Canada, 2016
Number – Immigrant population | Distribution1 (%) – Immigrant population | Proportion2 (%) – Immigrant population | Number – Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016) | Distribution1 (%) – Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016) | Proportion2 (%) – Recent immigrants (2011 to 2016) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada | 7,540,830 | 100.0 | 21.9 | 1,212,075 | 100.0 | 3.5 |
Toronto | 2,705,550 | 35.9 | 46.1 | 356,930 | 29.4 | 6.1 |
Montréal | 936,305 | 12.4 | 23.4 | 179,270 | 14.8 | 4.5 |
Vancouver | 989,545 | 13.1 | 40.8 | 142,535 | 11.8 | 5.9 |
Calgary | 404,700 | 5.4 | 29.4 | 93,255 | 7.7 | 6.8 |
Ottawa–Gatineau | 255,800 | 3.4 | 19.7 | 37,890 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
Edmonton | 308,610 | 4.1 | 23.8 | 78,520 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
Québec | 44,550 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 13,445 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
Winnipeg | 181,965 | 2.4 | 23.9 | 52,460 | 4.3 | 6.9 |
Hamilton | 177,075 | 2.3 | 24.1 | 17,420 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo | 118,615 | 1.6 | 23.0 | 13,975 | 1.2 | 2.7 |
London | 94,690 | 1.3 | 19.5 | 11,955 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
Halifax | 37,210 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 9,420 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
St. Catharines–Niagara | 67,190 | 0.9 | 16.9 | 4,990 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
Oshawa | 67,570 | 0.9 | 18.0 | 4,545 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
Victoria | 65,610 | 0.9 | 18.3 | 7,690 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
Windsor | 74,495 | 1.0 | 22.9 | 10,105 | 0.8 | 3.1 |
Saskatoon | 45,155 | 0.6 | 15.6 | 18,585 | 1.5 | 6.4 |
Regina | 36,910 | 0.5 | 15.9 | 16,195 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
Sherbrooke | 14,550 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 3,940 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
St. John's | 8,135 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 2,685 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
Barrie | 26,140 | 0.3 | 13.4 | 2,040 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Kelowna | 26,455 | 0.4 | 13.9 | 2,995 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
Abbotsford–Mission | 43,780 | 0.6 | 24.8 | 5,880 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
Greater Sudbury | 9,360 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 1,000 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
Saguenay | 2,040 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 405 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Kingston | 18,400 | 0.2 | 11.8 | 1,725 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
Trois-Rivières | 4,815 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 1,340 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
Guelph | 30,880 | 0.4 | 20.6 | 3,680 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
Moncton | 7,955 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 2,840 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
Brantford | 16,465 | 0.2 | 12.5 | 1,105 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
Saint John | 6,645 | 0.1 | 5.4 | 1,995 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
Thunder Bay | 10,490 | 0.1 | 8.8 | 695 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
Peterborough | 10,060 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 745 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
Lethbridge | 15,365 | 0.2 | 13.5 | 3,405 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
Belleville | 7,365 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 550 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Non-CMA | 670,385 | 8.9 | 6.7 | 105,865 | 8.7 | 1.1 |
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2016.
Table note 1
The distribution shows the percentage breakdown of the immigrant population (or recent immigrants) in Canada by census metropolitan area.
Table note 2
The proportion shows the percentage of immigrants (or recent immigrants) in a given geographical area compared to the total population living in this same geographical area.
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