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Do you know, 1 out of 5 people in Canada’s population is foreign-born?
In 2011, foreign-borm population was about 6,775,800 people representaing 20.6% of the total Canadian population.
Some Facts and Figures:
- According to the first data from the 2011 NHS, Canada had a total of about 6,775,800 foreign-born individuals who arrived as immigrants. They represented 20.6% of the total population, compared with 19.8% in the 2006 Census.
- Many of Canada’s foreign-born have lived in the country for many years, while others were relative newcomers.
- Around 1,162,900 foreign-born people immigrated in Canada between 2006 and 2011. These recent immigrants made up 17.2% of the total foreign-born population and 3.5% of the total population in Canada.
- Among the G8 countries, Canada had the highest proportion of foreign-born population (20.6%), well above the shares in Germany (13.0% in 2010) and the United States (12.9% in 2010).
- Outside the G8 member states, Canada’s proportion of foreign-born was behind that of Australia. In 2010, 26.8% of Australia’s total population was born outside the country.
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Blog courtsey: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/
