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Immigration to Canada By Decade
Statistics CanadaWestern Region and Northern Territories November 2007
After June 2006
Immigration to Canada; 1971 - 2005
050000
100000150000200000250000300000350000400000
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
1871 and 1881
Top origins:1. British Isles2. French3. Irish4. English5. Scottish6. German
1901
Top origins:1. British Isles 2. French 3. English4. Irish5. Scottish6. German7. Aboriginal8. Dutch9. Scandinavian10.Russian
(Ethnic) origins of the population 1871, 1881 and 1901
Source: census
1901 – 1910Top countries:1. British Isles2. United States3. Russia4. Austria5. Galicia
(Poland/Ukraine)
~ Settlement of the West
1911 - 1920Top countries:1. British Isles2. United States3. Russia
~ World War I: 1914 - 1918
1921 – 1930Top countries:1. British Isles2. United States3. Poland4. Russia5. Czechoslovakia6. Finland
~ 1928: Pier 21 in Halifax opens
1931 - 1939Top countries:1. United States2. British Isles3. Poland4. Czechoslovakia
~ Great Depression
1941 - 1950Top countries1. British Isles2. Poland3. United States4. Netherlands5. Italy6. U.S.S.R.
~ WW II 1942 – 1945~ Displaced persons/refugees 1947 – 1950~ Dutch farmers welcomed to Canada 1947 - 1949
1951 – 1960Top countries1. British Isles2. Italy3. Germany4. Netherlands5. United States6. Poland7. Hungary
~ Hungarian refugees 1956 - 1957
1961 – 1970Top countries1. British Isles2. Italy3. United States4. Portugal5. Greece6. Germany Federal
Republic7. West Indies8. Yugoslavia
~ Draft-age Americans~ Czechoslovakian refugees 1968 - 1969
1971 – 1980Top countries1. British Isles2. United States3. India4. Portugal5. Philippines6. Jamaica7. People’s Republic
of China8. Hong Kong
~ Refugees from Uganda and Chile 1972 - 1973~ Indochinese Boat people 1975 - 1981
1981 – 1990Top countries1. Hong Kong2. India3. British Isles4. Poland5. People’s Republic
of China6. Philippines7. United States8. Viet Nam
Immigration to Canada; 1971 - 2005
050000
100000150000200000250000300000350000400000
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
1991 – 2001Top countries1. People’s Republic
of China2. India3. Philippines4. Hong Kong5. Sri Lanka6. Pakistan7. Taiwan8. United States
~ 1977: 50th Anniversary of the Citizenship and Immigration Act~ 1999: 7,000 refugees from Kosovo
Immigration to Canada; 1971 - 2005
050000
100000150000200000250000300000350000400000
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
Sources:1. Statistics Canada. Table 075-0001 “Historical statistics, estimated population and immigrant arrivals, annual (persons) *Terminated* (2 series)”. CANSIM (database). Using E-STAT (distributor). Last updated July 2006.http://www.statcan.gc.ca/estat/licence-eng.htm (accessed November, 2007). 2. Statistics Canada. Photos and countries by decade adapted from “100 years of immigration to Canada,” 1901 – 2001,audio-visual presentation, 2001Census. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/kits-trousses/edu06_0005a-eng.htm3. Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Immigration data, 1971 – 2005. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2007/permanent/index.asp#chart0c (accessed June 2009. Counts for recent years are subject to revision).