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2006 Census: Immigration in Canada: A Portrait of the Foreign-born Population, 2006 Census: Data tables, figures and maps


Data tables

Table 1 Top 10 countries of birth of recent immigrants, 1981 to 2006

Table 2 Distribution of total population, total immigrant population and recent immigrants, Canada, provinces and territories, 2006 Census

Table 3 Distribution of total population, total immigrant population and recent immigrants, Canada and census metropolitan areas, 2006 and 2001 Census

Figures

Figure 1 Number and share of the foreign-born population in Canada, 1901 to 2006

Figure 2 Region of birth of recent immigrants to Canada, 1971 to 2006

Figure 3 Mother tongue of recent immigrants, 1981 to 2006

Figure 4 Foreign-born as a percentage of metropolitan population, 2006

Maps

World. Place of birth of recent immigrants to Canada, 2006

Abbotsford CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Barrie CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Brantford CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Calgary CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Edmonton CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Greater Sudbury CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Guelph CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Halifax CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Hamilton CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Kelowna CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Kingston CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Kitchener CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

London CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Moncton CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Montréal CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs): Map 1 of 2

Montréal CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs): Map 2 of 2

Oshawa CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Ottawa - Gatineau CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Peterborough CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Québec CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Regina CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Saguenay CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Saint John CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Saskatoon CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Sherbrooke CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

St. Catharines - Niagara CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

St. John's CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Thunder Bay CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Toronto CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs): Map 1 of 2

Toronto CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs): Map 2 of 2

Trois-Rivières CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Vancouver CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Victoria CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Windsor CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Winnipeg CMA. Recent immigrants as a percentage of total population by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Animated maps

Canada. Immigrants as a percentage of each province's total population, 1911 to 2006 censuses


Interactive maps

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Montréal CMA. Recent immigrant population in 1981 to 2006 censuses by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Toronto CMA. Recent immigrant population in 1981 to 2006 censuses by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)

Vancouver CMA. Recent immigrant population in 1981 to 2006 censuses by 2006 Census Tracts (CTs)