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Historical Overview of Immigration to
Canada
Table 2. Canada: Immigration, 1806 - 2001
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Increase over the
previous decade (%) |
| 1806 |
430,000 |
| 1825 |
917,000 |
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| 1841 |
1,161,000 |
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| 1851 |
2,436,237 |
198.0 |
| 1861 |
3,229,633 |
32.5 |
| 1871 |
3,689,257 |
14.2 |
| 1881 |
4,324,810 |
17.2 |
| 1891 |
4,833,239 |
11.8 |
| 1901 |
5,371,315 |
11.1 |
| 1911 |
7,206,643 |
35.5 |
| 1921 |
8,787,949 |
21.9 |
| 1931 |
10,377,000 |
18.0 |
| 1941 |
11,507,000 |
10.9 |
| 1951 |
14,009,000 |
21.7 |
| 1961 |
18,238,000 |
30.2 |
| 1971 |
21,962,000 |
20.4 |
| 1981 |
24,820,000 |
13.0 |
| 1991 |
28,031,000 |
12.0 |
| 2001 |
31,595,000 |
12.7 |
Sources: D. G. Kerr, ed., A Historical Atlas of Canada
(Toronto: Nelson, 1960), passim; Statistics Canada, Historical
Statistics of Canada (1985),
Census Canada (2001).
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