Factsheet: Location of Immigrant Arrivals in 2013
Highlights
- At the provincial level in 2013, the highest rates of immigrant arrivals per capita were in the three Prairie Provinces.
- Among census divisions in 2013, the Island of Montreal ranked highest with the number of immigrant arrivals being 1.9% of the resident population.
- There were 8 census divisions (CDs) that ranked in the top 10 in terms of immigrant arrivals per capita in each of 2011, 2012 and 2013: Montreal, Peel, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Vancouver, and Queens County, PEI (includes Charlottetown). All (except Charlotte- town) are relatively larger CDs.
- In terms of the rate of growth in the number of immigrant arrivals, the vast majority of top ranking census divisions were in Quebec. The high rate of growth was typically due to Quebec census divisions having few immigrant arrivals in the earlier years. Thus, the absolute growth was relatively small but the rate of change in arrivals and, consequently, the change in demand for immigrant welcoming services, was large.
