Facts and Figures 2006

Immigration Overview:
Temporary Residents

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Canada – Annual Flow of Foreign Workers by Top Source Countries

Source countries	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	Number
United States	24,642	24,949	24,969	27,903	24,868	21,312	16,567	16,623	17,174	16,841
Mexico	6,133	6,998	8,147	10,084	11,326	11,660	11,332	11,575	12,805	13,933
France	4,265	4,342	4,870	5,615	5,309	4,989	5,034	6,607	7,665	8,681
Philippines	2,072	2,218	2,213	2,272	4,134	4,776	4,958	5,757	6,102	8,529
Australia	3,661	3,720	3,676	4,254	4,881	5,648	5,907	7,202	7,105	7,442
United Kingdom	5,207	5,400	6,428	7,029	7,374	6,645	6,180	7,659	7,607	7,162
Jamaica	5,253	5,074	5,409	5,337	5,781	5,557	5,943	5,953	6,155	6,313
Japan	4,517	4,569	5,061	4,339	4,479	5,415	5,426	5,439	5,812	5,601
Germany	1,863	2,133	2,314	2,511	2,593	2,212	1,947	2,386	2,684	4,008
India	1,063	1,403	1,555	2,431	2,290	2,459	2,772	3,066	3,705	3,821
China, People's Republic of	1,002	1,228	1,779	2,325	3,069	2,864	2,138	1,735	1,523	1,569
Trinidad and Tobago	1,733	1,733	1,648	1,774	1,839	1,678	1,627	1,659	1,606	1,479
Top 10 source countries	59,346	61,136	64,866	71,828	73,814	71,325	66,257	72,267	76,814	82,331
Other countries	16,214	18,919	22,146	25,224	26,807	24,065	22,247	22,956	25,794	30,327
Total	75,560	80,055	87,012	97,052	100,621	95,390	88,504	95,223	102,608	112,658

Source countries	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	Percentage distribution
United States	32.6	31.2	28.7	28.8	24.7	22.3	18.7	17.5	16.7	15.0
Mexico	8.1	8.7	9.4	10.4	11.3	12.2	12.8	12.2	12.5	12.4
France	5.6	5.4	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.2	5.7	6.9	7.5	7.7
Philippines	2.7	2.8	2.5	2.3	4.1	5.0	5.6	6.1	6.0	7.6
Australia	4.9	4.7	4.2	4.4	4.9	5.9	6.7	7.6	6.9	6.6
United Kingdom	6.9	6.8	7.4	7.2	7.3	7.0	7.0	8.0	7.4	6.4
Jamaica	7.0	6.3	6.2	5.5	5.8	5.8	6.7	6.3	6.0	5.6
Japan	6.0	5.7	5.8	4.5	4.5	5.7	6.1	5.7	5.7	5.0
Germany	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.6	3.6
India	1.4	1.8	1.8	2.5	2.3	2.6	3.1	3.2	3.6	3.4
China, People's Republic of	1.3	1.5	2.0	2.4	3.1	3.0	2.4	1.8	1.5	1.4
Trinidad and Tobago	2.3	2.2	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.3
Top 10 source countries	78.5	76.4	74.6	74.0	73.4	74.8	74.9	75.9	74.9	73.1
Other countries	21.5	23.6	25.5	26.0	26.6	25.2	25.1	24.1	25.1	26.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source countries	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	Rank
United States	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mexico	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
France	6	6	6	4	5	7	7	5	3	3
Philippines	8	8	9	11	8	8	8	7	7	4
Australia	7	7	7	7	6	4	5	4	5	5
United Kingdom	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6
Jamaica	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	6	6	7
Japan	5	5	5	6	7	6	6	8	8	8
Germany	9	9	8	8	10	11	11	10	10	9
India	11	11	12	9	11	10	9	9	9	10
China, People's Republic of	12	12	10	10	9	9	10	11	14	13
Trinidad and Tobago	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	15

Canada – Annual Flow of Male Foreign Workers by Top Source Countries

Source countries	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	Number
Mexico	5,876	6,649	7,728	9,492	10,601	10,961	10,674	10,860	12,074	13,138
United States	19,579	19,711	19,414	21,546	19,269	16,216	12,565	12,554	13,137	13,045
Jamaica	4,977	4,874	5,230	5,133	5,572	5,407	5,800	5,823	6,023	6,116
France	2,803	2,871	3,189	3,693	3,290	2,953	2,897	3,821	4,473	4,903
United Kingdom	3,559	3,640	4,515	4,882	4,968	4,342	3,952	4,847	4,865	4,682
Australia	1,996	2,046	2,018	2,335	2,683	3,035	3,081	3,900	3,892	4,197
India	842	1,152	1,269	1,946	1,789	1,928	2,068	2,144	2,660	2,881
Germany	1,397	1,649	1,731	1,914	1,913	1,504	1,142	1,421	1,566	2,425
Philippines	225	249	289	216	487	779	901	724	896	1,825
Japan	2,079	2,261	2,013	1,873	2,009	2,231	1,949	1,933	1,938	1,819
Trinidad and Tobago	1,589	1,653	1,570	1,686	1,741	1,629	1,562	1,586	1,550	1,366
Top 10 source countries	44,697	46,506	48,677	54,500	53,835	50,206	45,690	48,889	52,178	55,031
Other countries	10,261	12,205	14,713	15,770	17,441	15,345	13,560	13,676	15,882	19,883
Males	54,958	58,711	63,390	70,270	71,276	65,551	59,250	62,565	68,060	74,914

Source countries	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	Percentage distribution
Mexico	10.7	11.3	12.2	13.5	14.9	16.7	18.0	17.4	17.7	17.5
United States	35.6	33.6	30.6	30.7	27.0	24.7	21.2	20.1	19.3	17.4
Jamaica	9.1	8.3	8.3	7.3	7.8	8.3	9.8	9.3	8.9	8.2
France	5.1	4.9	5.0	5.3	4.6	4.5	4.9	6.1	6.6	6.5
United Kingdom	6.5	6.2	7.1	7.0	7.0	6.6	6.7	7.8	7.2	6.3
Australia	3.6	3.5	3.2	3.3	3.8	4.6	5.2	6.2	5.7	5.6
India	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.8	2.5	2.9	3.5	3.4	3.9	3.9
Germany	2.5	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.3	1.9	2.3	2.3	3.2
Philippines	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.2	1.5	1.2	1.3	2.4
Japan	3.8	3.9	3.2	2.7	2.8	3.4	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.4
Trinidad and Tobago	2.9	2.8	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.3	1.8
Top 10 source countries	81.3	79.2	76.8	77.6	75.5	76.6	77.1	78.1	76.7	73.5
Other countries	18.7	20.8	23.2	22.4	24.5	23.4	22.9	21.9	23.3	26.5
Males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source countries	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	Rank
Mexico	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
United States	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Jamaica	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
France	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	4
United Kingdom	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Australia	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6
India	10	10	10	7	9	8	7	7	7	7
Germany	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	8
Philippines	22	24	23	28	19	12	12	14	12	9
Japan	6	6	7	9	7	7	8	8	8	10
Trinidad and Tobago	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	11

Canada – Annual Flow of Female Foreign Workers by Top Source Countries

Source countries	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	Number
Philippines	1,847	1,969	1,924	2,056	3,647	3,997	4,057	5,033	5,206	6,704
United States	5,061	5,235	5,555	6,355	5,599	5,096	4,002	4,069	4,036	3,796
Japan	2,438	2,308	3,046	2,466	2,470	3,184	3,477	3,506	3,874	3,782
France	1,462	1,471	1,681	1,920	2,017	2,036	2,137	2,786	3,191	3,778
Australia	1,665	1,674	1,658	1,914	2,194	2,613	2,826	3,301	3,213	3,245
United Kingdom	1,648	1,760	1,913	2,147	2,405	2,303	2,228	2,812	2,742	2,479
Germany	466	484	583	597	680	708	805	965	1,118	1,583
India	221	251	286	484	501	531	704	922	1,045	940
Korea, Republic of	334	300	359	526	621	628	658	700	899	857
Ireland, Republic of	274	356	336	433	423	476	487	659	565	852
Mexico	257	349	419	592	725	699	658	715	731	795
China, People's Republic of	399	475	784	1,064	1,553	1,397	1,079	829	692	678
Jamaica	276	200	176	191	208	149	143	130	132	197
Top 10 source countries	15,596	16,081	17,922	19,637	21,911	22,661	21,973	24,938	26,055	28,016
Other countries	4,956	5,194	5,684	7,110	7,419	7,177	7,281	7,719	8,490	9,727
Females	20,552	21,275	23,606	26,747	29,330	29,838	29,254	32,657	34,545	37,743

Source countries	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	Percentage distribution
Philippines	9.0	9.3	8.2	7.7	12.4	13.4	13.9	15.4	15.1	17.8
United States	24.6	24.6	23.5	23.8	19.1	17.1	13.7	12.5	11.7	10.1
Japan	11.9	10.9	12.9	9.2	8.4	10.7	11.9	10.7	11.2	10.0
France	7.1	6.9	7.1	7.2	6.9	6.8	7.3	8.5	9.2	10.0
Australia	8.1	7.9	7.0	7.2	7.5	8.8	9.7	10.1	9.3	8.6
United Kingdom	8.0	8.3	8.1	8.0	8.2	7.7	7.6	8.6	7.9	6.6
Germany	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.8	3.0	3.2	4.2
India	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.8	1.7	1.8	2.4	2.8	3.0	2.5
Korea, Republic of	1.6	1.4	1.5	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.1	2.6	2.3
Ireland, Republic of	1.3	1.7	1.4	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.7	2.0	1.6	2.3
Mexico	1.3	1.6	1.8	2.2	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.1
China, People's Republic of	1.9	2.2	3.3	4.0	5.3	4.7	3.7	2.5	2.0	1.8
Jamaica	1.3	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5
Top 10 source countries	75.9	75.6	75.9	73.4	74.7	76.0	75.1	76.4	75.4	74.2
Other countries	24.1	24.4	24.1	26.6	25.3	24.1	24.9	23.6	24.6	25.8
Females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source countries	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	Rank
Philippines	3	3	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1
United States	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Japan	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
France	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	4
Australia	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5
United Kingdom	5	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	6	6
Germany	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7
India	13	13	13	11	11	11	9	8	8	8
Korea, Republic of	9	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	9
Ireland, Republic of	11	9	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	10
Mexico	12	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	11
China, People's Republic of	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	11	12
Jamaica	10	14	15	17	17	20	20	25	25	23

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