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Canada — Immigrant Households

  Non-Immigrant Non-Permanent Resident Immigrant Landed Before 2006 Landed 2006 to 2015 Recent Immigrants (Landed 2016-2021) Total
Canada 10,793,755 330,180 3,855,010 2,635,135 796,895 422,980 14,978,940
Newfoundland and Labrador 214,940 1,845 6,470 3,645 1,485 1,345 223,255
Prince Edward Island 57,645 1,905 5,015 2,340 1,045 1,635 64,570
Nova Scotia 386,515 8,450 33,260 19,815 6,425 7,015 428,225
New Brunswick 314,170 4,105 19,380 10,580 3,775 5,020 337,650
Quebec 3,058,105 91,565 599,365 372,300 155,415 71,660 3,749,035
Ontario 3,419,780 124,575 1,946,850 1,436,905 327,745 182,200 5,491,200
Manitoba 399,670 11,330 107,055 56,095 33,515 17,445 518,055
Saskatchewan 391,620 5,560 52,400 18,900 20,810 12,695 449,580
Alberta 1,198,885 21,445 412,890 238,520 118,560 55,805 1,633,220
British Columbia 1,315,585 58,945 667,310 473,160 126,715 67,435 2,041,835
Yukon Territories 14,415 295 2,470 1,470 610 395 17,180
Northwest Territories 13,180 125 1,900 1,090 570 240 15,205
Nunavut 9,255 30 640 310 225 100 9,930
Notes:
  • Where band housing is present, total dwelling counts are larger than the sum of owned and rented dwellings.
  • An immigrant household is a household with a primary household maintainer who is an immigrant. An immigrant is a person who is or has ever been a landed immigrant/permanent resident, that is, someone who has been granted the right to live permanently in Canada by immigration authorities.
  • A non-permanent resident is a person from another country who has a work or study permit, or who is a refugee claimant, and any non-Canadian-born family member living in Canada with him or her.
  • Recent immigrants are immigrants who landed in Canada between Jan 1, 2016 and May 10, 2021.
  • The primary household maintainer is the person or one of the people in the household responsible for major household payments such as the rent or mortgage. In households with more than one maintainer, the primary maintainer is the first person listed as a maintainer.
Source: CMHC, adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Canada and National Household Survey) (opens in new window)