Distribution of foreign-born population, by region of birth, Canada, 1871 to 2036

Graph: Distribution of foreign-born population, by region of birth, Canada, 1871 to 2036
Data table for the graph
Distribution (in percentage) of foreign-born population, by region of birth, Canada, 1871 to 2036
  British Isles Europe (excluding the British Isles) United States Caribbean, Bermuda, Central and South America Africa Asia (including the Middle East) Oceania and others
Observed
1871 83.6 4.8 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
1971 29.5 50.2 9.4 3.2 1.4 5.0 1.3
1981 23.3 43.4 7.8 7.3 2.6 14.1 1.5
1986 21.0 41.6 7.2 8.7 2.9 17.5 1.1
1991 17.2 37.2 5.7 10.4 3.8 24.6 1.1
1996 13.8 33.1 4.9 11.1 4.6 31.4 1.0
2001 11.6 30.4 4.4 11.0 5.2 36.5 1.0
2006 9.7 27.1 4.0 11.3 6.1 40.8 1.0
2011 8.3 23.1 3.9 11.7 7.3 44.9 0.8
2016 7.0 20.7 3.4 11.6 8.5 48.1 0.8
Projected
2021 6.0 17.2 3.4 11.6 9.7 51.3 0.8
2026 5.1 15.1 3.3 11.5 10.5 53.8 0.7
2031 4.5 13.4 3.1 11.4 11.2 55.8 0.7
2036 3.9 12.0 3.0 11.3 11.7 57.4 0.7
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1871 to 2006, 2016; National Household Survey, 2011; Immigration and Diversity: Population Projections for Canada and its Regions, 2011 to 2036 (reference scenario).