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Foreign-Born Population in Canada, 1871 to 2011 British Isles Europe United States

Central and South America, Caribbean, and Bermuda

Africa

Asia and the Middle East

Oceania

3,500,000

3,000,000

2,500,000

2,000,000

1,500,000

1,000,000

500,000

Number of Foreign-Born People in Canada

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1871

1881

1891

1901

1911

1921

1931

1941

1951

1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

2011

Year

Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1871 to 2001. National Household Survey, 2011. *N.B. Pre-1951 statistics for Central and South America, Caribbean, and Bermuda; Africa; Asia and the Middle East; and Oceania are unavailable. See Statistics Canada, 150 years of immigration in Canada, available at http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-630-x/11-630-x2016006-eng.htm