Migration trends in Canada
North America
8.8M people from around the world have made Canada their home. That's 21.3% of the country population, arriving from 129 different countries
41.3M
Population
8.8M
Immigrants
1.3M
Emigrants
+7.5M
Inflow
Every 5th person in Canada was born abroad
The #4 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Canada
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
4.2M immigrants · 1.1M emigrants
2000
- The foreign-born population passed 5M residents
2010
- China overtook United Kingdom as the largest source of new arrivals
- Roughly 1 in 5 residents was now foreign-born
2020
- India overtook China as the largest source of new arrivals
Today
- Since 1990: 4.6M more foreign-born residents and 232.9K more citizens living abroad