Canada immigration statistics

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Decadal and demi-decadal census reports in Canada have compiled detailed immigration statistics prior to confederation in 1867 through to the contemporary era. During this period, the highest share of immigrants in Canada was recorded during the 1851 census, when 535,153 total immigrants accounted for 26.3 percent of the total population, while the largest number of immigrants in Canada was recorded during the 2021 census, when 8,361,505 total immigrants accounted for 23.0 percent of the total population. Following initial British and French colonization, what is now Canada has seen five major waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-Indigenous Peoples take place over a span of nearly two centuries.

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