Annual immigration statistics have existed in Canada prior to confederation in 1867, and continue into the contemporary era. During this period, the highest annual immigration rate to Canada occurred in 1913, when 400,900 new immigrants accounted for 5.3 percent of the total population, while the largest number of immigrants admitted to Canada in single year occurred in 2024, when 483,655 new immigrants accounted for 1.2 percent of the total population.

Following British and French colonization, what is now Canada has seen four major waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-Indigenous Peoples take place over a span of nearly two centuries. Canada is currently undergoing its fifth wave.

Background Since confederation in 1867, the highest annual immigration rate in Canada occurred during the early 20th century, including 1913 (new immigrants accounted for 5.3 percent of the total population), 1912 (5.1 percent), 1911 (4.6 percent), 1907 (4.3 percent) and 1910 (4.1 percent). At this time, immigration from the British Isles increased, supplemented by a rapid increase in immigration flows from continental Europe, especially Germany, Scandinavia, and the Soviet Union.

+Annual immigration statistics1852 to 1897 Year Totalpopulation Number ofimmigrants Immigrationrate 1852 2,414,519 29,300 1853 N/A 29,500 N/A 1854 N/A 37,300 N/A 1855 N/A 25,300 N/A 1856 N/A 22,500 N/A 1857 N/A 33,900 N/A 1858 N/A 12,300 N/A 1859 N/A 6,300 N/A 1860 N/A 6,300 N/A 1861 3,174,442 13,600 1862 N/A 18,300 N/A 1863 N/A 21,000 N/A 1864 N/A 24,800 N/A 1865 N/A 19,000 N/A 1866 N/A 11,400 N/A 1867 3,463,000 10,700 1868 3,511,000 12,800 1869 3,565,000 18,600 1870 3,625,000 24,700 1871 3,689,000 27,800 1872 3,754,000 36,600 1873 3,826,000 50,100 1874 3,895,000 39,400 1875 3,954,000 27,400 1876 4,009,000 25,600 1877 4,064,000 27,100 1878 4,120,000 29,800 1879 4,185,000 40,500 1880 4,255,000 38,500 1881 4,325,000 48,000 1882 4,375,000 112,500 1883 4,430,000 133,600 1884 4,487,000 103,800 1885 4,537,000 79,200 1886 4,580,000 69,200 1887 4,626,000 84,500 1888 4,678,000 88,800 1889 4,729,000 91,600 1890 4,779,000 75,100 1891 4,833,000 82,200 1892 4,883,000 31,000 1893 4,931,000 29,600 1894 4,979,000 20,800 1895 5,026,000 18,800 1896 5,074,000 16,800 1897 5,122,000 21,700

+Annual immigration statistics1898 to 1943 Year Totalpopulation Number ofimmigrants Immigrationrate 1898 5,175,000 31,900 1899 5,235,000 44,500 1900 5,301,000 41,700 1901 5,371,000 55,700 1902 5,494,000 89,100 1903 5,651,000 138,700 1904 5,827,000 131,300 1905 6,002,000 141,500 1906 6,097,000 211,700 1907 6,411,000 272,400 1908 6,625,000 143,300 1909 6,800,000 173,700 1910 6,988,000 286,800 1911 7,207,000 331,300 1912 7,389,000 375,800 1913 7,632,000 400,900 1914 7,879,000 150,500 1915 7,981,000 36,700 1916 8,001,000 55,900 1917 8,060,000 72,900 1918 8,148,000 41,800 1919 8,311,000 107,700 1920 8,556,000 138,800 1921 8,788,000 91,700 1922 8,919,000 64,200 1923 9,010,000 133,700 1924 9,143,000 124,200 1925 9,294,000 84,900 1926 9,451,000 135,100 1927 9,637,000 158,900 1928 9,835,000 166,800 1929 10,029,000 165,000 1930 10,208,000 104,800 1931 10,377,000 27,500 1932 10,510,000 20,600 1933 10,633,000 14,400 1934 10,741,000 12,500 1935 10,845,000 11,300 1936 10,950,000 11,600 1937 11,045,000 15,100 1938 11,152,000 17,200 1939 11,267,000 17,000 1940 11,381,000 11,300 1941 11,507,000 9,300 1942 11,654,000 7,600 1943 11,795,000 8,500

+Annual immigration statistics1944 to 1985 Year Totalpopulation Number ofimmigrants Immigrationrate 1944 11,946,000 12,800 1945 12,072,000 22,700 1946 12,292,000 71,700 1947 12,551,000 64,100 1948 12,823,000 125,400 1949 13,447,000 95,200 1950 13,712,000 73,900 1951 14,009,000 194,400 1952 14,459,000 164,500 1953 14,845,000 168,900 1954 15,287,000 154,200 1955 15,698,000 109,900 1956 16,081,000 164,900 1957 16,610,000 282,200 1958 17,080,000 124,900 1959 17,483,000 106,900 1960 17,870,000 104,100 1961 18,238,000 71,700 1962 18,583,000 74,600 1963 18,931,000 93,200 1964 19,291,000 112,600 1965 19,644,000 146,800 1966 20,015,000 194,700 1967 20,378,000 222,900 1968 20,701,000 184,000 1969 21,001,000 161,500 1970 21,297,000 147,700 1971 21,962,032 121,900 1972 22,218,463 122,000 1973 22,491,777 184,200 1974 22,807,969 218,500 1975 23,143,275 187,900 1976 23,449,808 149,400 1977 23,725,843 114,900 1978 23,963,203 86,300 1979 24,201,544 112,100 1980 24,515,667 143,100 1981 24,819,915 128,600 1982 25,116,942 121,200 1983 25,366,451 89,200 1984 25,607,053 88,300 1985 25,842,116 84,300

+Annual immigration statistics1986 to 2025 Year Totalpopulation Number ofimmigrants Immigrationrate 1986 26,100,278 99,400 1987 26,446,601 152,100 1988 26,791,747 161,600 1989 27,276,781 191,600 1990 27,691,138 216,500 1991 28,037,420 232,800 1992 28,371,264 254,800 1993 28,684,764 256,600 1994 29,000,663 224,400 1995 29,302,311 212,900 1996 29,610,218 226,100 1997 29,905,948 216,000 1998 30,155,173 174,200 1999 30,401,286 190,000 2000 30,685,730 227,500 2001 31,020,855 250,600 2002 31,359,199 229,000 2003 31,642,461 221,300 2004 31,938,807 235,800 2005 32,242,732 262,200 2006 32,571,193 251,600 2007 32,888,886 236,800 2008 33,247,298 247,200 2009 33,630,069 252,200 2010 34,005,902 280,700 2011 34,339,221 248,700 2012 34,713,395 257,900 2013 35,080,992 259,000 2014 35,434,066 260,400 2015 35,704,498 271,850 2016 36,110,803 296,350 2017 36,545,075 286,480 2018 37,072,620 321,040 2019 37,618,495 341,180 2020 38,028,638 184,605 2021 38,239,864 406,055 2022 38,950,132 437,635 2023 40,049,088 471,820 2024 41,262,329 483,655 2025 41,651,653 393,530

2020s During the 2020s (up to March 2026/Q1), 2,460,360 immigrants have arrived in Canada. Furthermore, the top ten source countries for immigrants to Canada during the 2020s include India (676,615 persons or 27.5 percent), China (166,960 persons or 6.79 percent), Philippines (141,825 persons or 5.76 percent), Nigeria (102,570 persons or 4.17 percent), Afghanistan (75,705 persons or 3.08 percent), Cameroon (70,090 persons or 2.85 percent), France (65,670 persons or 2.67 percent), Pakistan (60,845 persons or 2.47 percent), United States (57,955 persons or 2.36 percent), and Iran (57,140 persons or 2.32 percent).

Between March 17, 2022 and April 1, 2024, 298,128 Ukrainians arrived in Canada, the vast majority of whom were not counted in the official immigration statistics for each calendar year, instead arriving under temporary resident visas.

Immigrant arrivals during the 2020s (2020–2026) by top 50 countries of citizenshipCountryTotal2020s2020202120222023202420252026 (up to March/Q1)676,61542,875 127,945 118,250 139,790 127,375 98,830 21,550166,96016,525 31,015 31,865 31,78529,970 21,115 4,685141,82510,975 18,020 22,095 26,965 32,320 25,230 6,220102,5706,360 15,595 22,130 17,465 20,395 16,355 4,27075,7051,660 8,570 23,750 20,180 12,285 8,215 1,04570,0901,595 2,565 6,270 11,685 21,205 22,925 3,84565,6704,60512,690 14,150 10,075 9,945 11,970 2,23560,8456,230 8,480 11,600 11,860 11,960 8,890 1,82557,9556,380 11,955 10,415 10,640 9,330 7,520 1,71557,1403,815 11,305 11,110 10,680 11,150 7,435 1,64556,7152,645 5,380 7,660 10,680 16,600 12,350 1,40042,0453,695 11,425 7,335 7,225 5,985 5,110 1,27041,175 4,880 5,590 8,510 9,345 7,750 4,310 79034,595 2,980 2,950 6,390 6,410 7,635 6,925 1,30534,400 2,720 3,080 6,175 5,245 8,255 7,600 1,32532,180 2,610 5,755 5,460 6,605 6,715 4,030 1,00531,830 2,430 5,145 5,220 5,735 6,415 5,420 1,46530,970 1,520 4,055 3,775 4,660 8,865 6,495 1,60029,445 3,285 8,240 5,455 5,205 4,365 2,425 47028,965 1,675 3,190 3,575 3,110 6,780 8,365 2,27027,830 3,410 6,560 4,495 4,990 4,135 3,340 90024,095 1,435 2,640 4,680 3,470 5,710 5,245 91522,985 990 2,870 4,400 3,020 5,180 5,370 1,15522,410 1,010 2,075 2,940 5,170 5,805 4,845 56522,250 1,620 3,000 4,055 5,020 4,535 3,170 85022,060 2,030 4,045 4,245 4,340 3,720 2,980 70020,555 865 1,820 3,250 5,320 4,380 4,275 64518,975 1,100 2,150 2,665 3,820 4,245 4,440 55518,705 1,280 1,830 4,095 4,555 4,330 2,230 38518,435 1,045 2,290 3,695 7,535 3,510 300 6016,250 1,340 2,030 2,510 2,710 3,805 3,090 76516,205 2,120 4,625 2,420 2,070 2,450 1,895 62515,490 1,905 3,220 2,890 2,515 2,620 1,950 39014,925 1,195 1,110 2,990 2,585 3,145 3,305 59514,350 1,950 2,690 3,475 2,335 1,660 1,905 33513,710 845 1,745 1,575 2,010 1,950 4,69589011,430 1,055 2,625 1,545 1,390 3,245 1,275 2959,910 1,390 2,005 1,620 1,770 1,810 1,110 2059,450 1,125 1,620 1,745 2,065 1,590 1,110 1959,415 565 1,020 1,440 1,760 2,005 2,005 6208,390 545 1,055 1,240 1,645 1,610 1,805 490Stateless8,210 525 1,110 915 1,080 2,000 2,400 1807,680 1,180 2,080 1,265 1,260 1,000 725 1707,510 805 1,265 1,580 1,030 1,285 1,230 3157,475 1,030 2,685 945 1,010 830 800 1756,905 420 6901,020 1,155 1,710 1,635 2756,415 760 1,720 1,095 1,210 840 635 1556,215 535 950 1,140 1,265 1,270 890 1656,175 575 1,250 1,035 1,075 1,250 790 2006,070 785 1,445 900 1,155 930 685 170Others202,17519,69536,84034,54036,07035,79032,0907,150Total2,460,360184,605406,055437,635471,820483,655393,53083,060

2010s

During the 2010s, 2,823,572 immigrants arrived in Canada. Furthermore, the top ten source countries for immigrants to Canada during the 2010s included India (450,257 persons or 16.0 percent), Philippines (375,703 persons or 13.3 percent), China (287,084 persons or 10.2 percent), Pakistan (97,801 persons or 3.46 percent), United States (87,623 persons or 3.10 percent), Iran (84,952 persons or 3.01 percent), Syria (84,828 persons or 3 percent), United Kingdom (60,361 persons or 2.14 percent), Nigeria (56,251 persons or 1.99 percent), and France (55,338 persons or 1.96 percent).