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Statistics can help you better understand a population. The links below will provide you with immigration information for Canada. For more statistics, consult the Numeric Data guide.

Canadian Sources

Unless otherwise specified, the data sources listed here come from Immigration and Citizenship Canada

• Annual Reports and Publications
  Including the Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration, the Passport Program, Departmental Plans, Financial Statements, and more.
• Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics Profile Series (Statistics Canada)
  • Immigrants and victimization (2004)
  • Immigrants in Canada
• Citizenship and Immigration Statistics 1966-1996 
  Includes: annual statistics, including port of entry, class of immigrant, country of birth, age groups, country of last permanent residence (detailed), province and city of intended destination, official language, gender, year of landing, intended occupation.
• The contribution of immigration to the size and ethnocultural diversity of future cohorts of seniors
  This article analyzes the impact of immigration on the size and ethnocultural composition of future cohorts of seniors in Canada, using data from the Population Estimates Program, the Population Projections Program and other sources of demographic data.
• Facts and figures: immigration overview: 1998-2011 / 2012-2013
  Includes: historical immigration 1860-[latest], statistics on immigration, family class, refugees, business class, skilled workers and others, showing level, province, CMA, top 10 countries of origin, education, age and gender, marital status, language ability and intention to work. Most tables contain 2 years of historical data plus current year; most issues contain a historical table back to 1860. Note: most of these statistics are also available in Statistics Canada's Data Portal.
• Immigration maps (Toronto Star)
  The maps and charts available here are based upon data, obtained from Citizenship and Immigration Canada, that covers the period 2001-2011. The data contains records of applications to immigrate to Canada, including year, country of birth and immigration category.
• Immigration Statistics in the Sessional Papers -- 1869-1882 / 1883-1894
  Immigration statistics finding aid in Excel Format (.xls) listing Immigration Agent Annual Reports to Parliament published in the Sessional Papers of the Parliament of Canada. URLs to canadiana.org or Internet Archive digital copies of the reports are included.
• National Household Survey (2011) data tables on Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity (Statistics Canada)
• Recent Immigrants in Metropolitan Areas: A Comparative Profile Based on the 2001 Census  (Statistics Canada)
  Read about recent immigrants living in Canada and in selected metropolitan areas at the time of the 2001 Census of Population. A set of comparative profiles is available with information on the origin and background of immigrants, their family and household structures, economic participation, income and housing.

Foreign/International Sources 

• Asylum and managed migration data (Eurostat)
  • Asylum: The tables presented in the Asylum domain cover the following variables: asylum applicants, persons being subject of pending asylum application, asylum applications withdrawn, first instance and final decisions on applications (grants of refugee status, subsidiary protection status and humanitarian status, rejections), resettlement.
  • Residence permits: The tables presented in the residence permit domain cover the following variables: first permits granted to non-EU citizens by reasons, grants of change of immigration status or reason to stay permits, stock of all valid residence permits, and stock of long-term residents.
  • Statistics on the enforcement of immigration legislation (EIL): The tables presented in the EIL domain cover: non-EU citizens refused entry at the EU external borders, apprehension of persons found to be illegally present at the territory of the EU Member State, obligations to leave the territory of the Member State, and removals of non-EU citizens whose presence was unauthorised.
• Facts and Figures: International Migrant Children and Adolescents (0-19 yrs)(United Nations)
• Global Bilateral Migration Database (World Bank)
  Global matrices of bilateral migrant stocks spanning the period 1960-2000, disaggregated by gender and based primarily on the foreign-born concept are presented. Over one thousand census and population register records are combined to construct decennial matrices corresponding to the last five completed census rounds.
• Global Detention Project (GDP)
  The Global Detention Project (GDP) is a nonprofit research centre based in Geneva, Switzerland, that investigates the use of immigration-related detention as a response to global migration. It aims to provide ... a source of accurate information and analysis about detention and other immigration control regimes, with a particular focus on the impact these policies have on the health, human rights, and well being of undocumented migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. It also aims to develop and maintain a measurable and regularly updated database on national detention regimes that can be used to assess the evolution of detention practices and serve as a framework for comparative analysis. The statistics are embedded in the various reports and other publications available on the site.
• Immigration statistics (United States) 
  Includes Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, profiles on legal permanent residents, profiles on naturalized citizens, and maps of U.S. migration data.
• Department of Economic and Social Affairs Migration Publications (United Nations)
• International Migration Statistics (OECD) 
  This database contains data on foreign and immigrant populations, foreign workers, migration flows and naturalisations. It includes the following tables:
  • FDI, Private Transfers and Workers Remittances
  • Population and Labour Force by Duration of Stay
  • Population and Labour Force by Level of Education
  • Flows of Foreigners by Country of Origin
  • GDP and GDP per capita
  • Foreign Trade by Partner Country
  • Employment by Sex and Industry Division
  • Employment by Industry Division
  • Naturalisations by Country of Previous Nationality
  • Employment by Occupation
  • Official Development Assistance by Partner Country
  • Population and Labour Force by Country of Origin
  • Population by Age and Sex
  • Components of Total Population Growth
  • Employment by Professional Status
  • Stocks of Foreign Born Population by Country of Origin
  • Summary Tables
  • Duration of Unemployment
• Levels and Trends of International Migration to Selected Countries in Asia(United Nations)
• Migration/Geographic Mobility (U.S.)
  Historical and detailed tables on Geographical Mobility, a collection of national- and regional-level tables from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey. These detailed tables describe the movement of people in the United States, including type of move, reason for moving and selected characteristics of those who moved within the last year. The historical tables incorporate data from as far back as 1948.
• Migration integration (Eurostat)
  Provides indicators have been identified in the following policy areas: employment, education, social inclusion, and active citizenship.
• Migration Policy Institute
  The Migration Policy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide. TheirData Hub showcases the most current national and state-level demographic, social, and economic facts about immigrants to the United States; as well as stock, flow, citizenship, net migration, and historical data for countries in Europe, North America, and beyond.
• Missing Migrants Project
  Publications and infographics on migrant fatalities worldwide.
• United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) -- statistics and operational data
  Provides data, reports, maps and other information essential for field operations. It also carries statistical reports on the people of concern to UNHCR: refugees, asylum-seekers, returned refugees, the internally displaced and stateless people. Detailed information on country of asylum, place of origin, gender, age, location and legal status of refugees is available. Indicators on the quality of refugee protection and UNHCR operations are increasingly being collected.
• World Bank Open Data
  The data catalog for the World Bank's Open Data portal. Includes data on migration, labour, costs, and more.