Source Countries - Applications Received for Temporary Residents (in Persons)

CALENDAR YEAR YEAR TO DATE

Country of Citizenship 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016(Jan-Mar) 2017(Jan-Mar) % Change
Afghanistan 1,884 1,803 1,860 2,172 2,909 700 800 14%
Albania 2,908 2,532 2,434 2,846 3,358 643 826 28%
Algeria 14,380 14,982 16,520 20,492 27,449 5,512 6,175 12%
Andorra 13 7 23 11 7 3
Angola 567 595 501 677 948 141 263 87%
Antigua and Barbuda 217 199 238 304 399 76 102 34%
Argentina 13,284 13,092 13,081 15,058 15,060 3,256 3,635 12%
Armenia 842 908 939 925 1,082 211 279 32%
Australia 12,636 13,101 16,204 14,121 15,767 3,741 2,807 -25%
Austria 691 526 507 491 480 111 151 36%
Azerbaijan 763 709 716 852 1,673 272 540 99%
Bahama Islands, The 597 665 746 843 1,229 136 232 71%
Bahrain 579 549 523 661 645 134 130 -3%
Bangladesh 11,572 12,234 15,809 14,849 17,585 3,574 4,574 28%
Barbados 853 792 713 798 875 245 238 -3%
Belarus 1,868 1,913 1,745 1,812 1,902 431 499 16%
Belgium 2,046 1,940 2,108 1,903 2,337 625 748 20%
Belize 663 779 560 620 710 149 126 -15%
Benin, Peoples Republic of 1,718 1,613 1,835 1,923 2,274 354 475 34%
Bhutan 173 158 133 118 132 27 28 4%
Bolivia 1,118 1,198 1,193 1,385 1,364 248 337 36%
Bosnia-Hercegovina 1,552 1,565 1,391 1,444 1,338 343 364 6%
Botswana, Republic of 665 624 704 577 626 129 112 -13%
Brazil 86,673 86,176 96,473 104,728 117,266 22,685 27,453 21%
Brunei 55 26 35 23 20 3 19 533%
Bulgaria 3,610 3,351 3,304 3,362 3,417 846 762 -10%
Burkina-Faso 1,883 1,770 2,045 2,116 2,817 425 536 26%
Burundi 1,061 974 1,151 1,305 2,191 388 557 44%
Cambodia 1,422 1,354 1,354 1,463 1,728 405 427 5%
Cameroon, Federal Republic of 5,839 6,087 8,648 11,006 11,960 2,129 2,487 17%
Cape Verde Islands 43 59 40 36 69 11 21 91%
Central African Republic 128 155 196 206 213 50 35 -30%
Chad, Republic of 442 414 532 606 749 147 190 29%
Chile 13,834 13,365 12,512 2,534 2,881 773 970 25%
China, People's Republic of 370,683 409,010 526,206 591,021 656,344 125,214 144,838 16%
Colombia 26,831 26,012 27,333 29,328 31,459 6,356 8,197 29%
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 5 2 1 2 1 4 300%
Comoros 117 91 105 74 103 31 17 -45%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4,220 3,750 4,749 6,014 8,154 1,283 1,407 10%
Congo, People's Republic of the 1,613 1,131 1,247 1,373 1,647 246 317 29%
Costa Rica 3,701 3,716 4,189 4,681 6,622 990 1,760 78%
Croatia 1,600 1,959 1,926 2,106 1,790 573 591 3%
Cuba 6,102 8,929 11,811 11,244 9,647 1,968 1,643 -17%
Cyprus 41 64 71 60 48 9 23 156%
Czech Republic 10,030 9,508 2,390 2,452 2,280 914 1,224 34%
Czechoslovakia 34 27 4 3
Denmark 648 602 664 659 774 161 241 50%
Djibouti, Republic of 446 421 391 478 628 111 191 72%
Dominica 484 488 530 561 570 137 159 16%
Dominican Republic 6,447 6,490 6,262 6,746 9,713 1,748 2,438 39%
East Timor, Democratic Republic of 12 16 10 8 12 1 4 300%
Ecuador 4,668 4,354 4,985 5,831 6,531 1,271 1,500 18%
Egypt 13,799 13,568 12,979 13,965 17,267 3,772 4,327 15%
El Salvador 3,927 3,108 3,555 4,062 4,791 878 1,237 41%
Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 93 62 56 46 70 11 12 9%
Eritrea 864 768 805 1,044 1,374 239 584 144%
Estonia 236 232 281 264 265 109 113 4%
Ethiopia 2,923 2,560 2,983 3,753 5,254 994 1,463 47%
Fiji 2,248 2,015 1,781 1,763 1,666 429 432 1%
Finland 464 400 370 370 405 81 150 85%
France 36,685 33,621 42,197 36,540 39,200 8,412 11,087 32%
Gabon Republic 745 763 736 701 767 126 134 6%
Gambia 418 478 423 504 757 137 149 9%
Georgia 760 592 721 899 1,676 392 406 4%
Germany, Federal Republic of 10,838 10,338 10,453 10,334 11,358 2,524 3,991 58%
Ghana 6,480 6,758 9,864 8,090 10,630 1,858 2,114 14%
Greece 1,065 1,307 1,460 1,501 1,547 403 556 38%
Grenada 1,187 1,178 1,216 1,472 1,245 181 278 54%
Guatemala 8,604 8,837 9,733 9,565 10,685 2,996 3,781 26%
Guinea, Republic of 1,965 1,927 1,943 1,201 3,496 467 649 39%
Guinea-Bissau 49 45 52 50 71 8 10 25%
Guyana 5,840 5,778 5,951 6,611 6,875 1,237 1,597 29%
Haiti 16,153 14,652 12,985 12,643 14,327 2,716 3,172 17%
Holy See 3 1 2 2
Honduras 2,741 2,344 2,339 2,604 2,740 588 780 33%
Hong Kong 2,578 4,107 4,338 4,487 4,921 976 1,103 13%
Hungary 4,179 1,722 1,966 2,307 2,019 492 604 23%
Iceland 219 184 220 195 172 32 56 75%
India 261,133 261,922 289,378 323,704 408,947 79,780 110,330 38%
Indonesia, Republic of 18,487 19,659 20,622 20,043 20,690 3,055 3,989 31%
Iran 29,960 25,611 21,115 24,735 36,916 7,345 13,295 81%
Iraq 2,234 2,272 2,542 3,599 5,535 1,331 1,472 11%
Ireland, Republic of 8,094 8,818 10,040 9,334 8,789 2,420 2,754 14%
Israel 2,891 2,615 3,233 3,263 3,078 776 803 3%
Italy 3,746 4,249 4,988 5,100 5,953 1,426 1,732 21%
Ivory Coast, Republic of 2,606 2,985 3,414 3,864 4,924 802 968 21%
Jamaica 30,467 33,135 36,274 38,339 39,622 10,543 10,787 2%
Japan 17,367 17,347 18,631 18,030 19,481 4,836 4,576 -5%
Jordan 5,353 5,374 5,489 5,995 7,249 1,617 2,143 33%
Kazakhstan 3,262 3,461 3,564 3,414 3,867 781 936 20%
Kenya 4,922 4,584 4,800 5,078 6,052 975 1,362 40%
Kiribati 9 19 5 5 11 1 -100%
Korea, People's Democratic Republic of 479 365 261 131 127 23 35 52%
Korea, Republic of 39,576 34,437 36,863 36,872 39,416 7,983 9,991 25%
Kosovo, Republic of 950 992 1,086 1,232 1,255 340 342 1%
Kuwait 1,888 1,696 2,439 2,317 2,039 408 501 23%
Kyrgyzstan 398 425 404 555 683 127 183 44%
Laos 296 340 277 325 340 64 78 22%
Latvia 830 462 413 390 344 87 94 8%
Lebanon 11,437 11,151 11,717 12,302 14,115 3,297 3,652 11%
Lesotho 98 99 116 119 127 30 25 -17%
Liberia 246 289 195 214 295 54 70 30%
Libya 4,010 5,844 8,038 5,710 4,442 1,015 1,286 27%
Liechtenstein 4 1 2 1 3 1
Lithuania 698 609 700 623 533 161 200 24%
Luxembourg 47 46 61 58 72 7 10 43%
Macao SAR 946 1,103 1,541 1,910 1,821 326 400 23%
Macedonia, FYR 1,161 1,186 1,161 1,287 1,190 299 320 7%
Madagascar 1,087 980 1,089 940 1,237 229 280 22%
Malawi 298 285 292 269 324 54 85 57%
Malaysia 12,631 12,156 12,307 11,854 14,440 3,531 3,300 -7%
Maldives, Republic of 48 59 46 33 81 13 6 -54%
Mali, Republic of 1,932 1,841 2,216 2,594 3,244 608 626 3%
Malta 27 23 22 25 23 2 5 150%
Marshall Islands, Republic of the 7 10 8 5 19 4 6 50%
Mauritania 371 316 410 470 640 108 142 31%
Mauritius 2,892 3,160 3,405 3,392 3,885 923 1,013 10%
Mexico 115,872 101,518 120,217 127,635 131,500 32,819 17,142 -48%
Micronesia, Federated States of 19 13 11 17 15 4 -100%
Moldova 2,637 2,584 2,561 2,494 2,465 675 553 -18%
Monaco 13 9 17 11 9 1 -100%
Mongolia, People's Republic of 1,432 1,450 1,723 1,842 2,015 461 476 3%
Montenegro, Republic of 272 251 274 265 304 80 73 -9%
Morocco 15,839 14,777 15,069 15,659 18,118 3,371 4,126 22%
Mozambique 232 241 185 226 238 57 60 5%
Myanmar (Burma) 414 433 455 555 669 152 211 39%
Namibia 703 584 879 786 662 171 166 -3%
Nauru 7 3 2 3 1
Nepal 3,860 3,795 5,507 6,184 7,239 1,421 1,576 11%
Netherlands Antilles, The 2
Netherlands, The 1,978 1,748 1,967 2,011 2,238 657 728 11%
Nevis 4 3 10
New Caledonia 19 3 7 8 10 2 -100%
New Zealand 2,674 2,784 3,202 3,039 3,092 711 863 21%
Nicaragua 1,341 1,139 1,143 1,233 1,397 402 522 30%
Niger, Republic of the 541 514 543 618 696 119 139 17%
Nigeria 31,104 33,691 42,323 50,453 62,683 13,052 15,624 20%
Norway 529 487 527 450 488 94 136 45%
Oman 772 842 962 1,026 842 201 195 -3%
Pakistan 35,394 34,262 34,742 37,470 49,453 10,717 14,080 31%
Palau, Republic of 26 16 16 11 55 10 1 -90%
Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank) 1,461 1,366 1,693 1,730 2,760 550 875 59%
Panama, Republic of 2,139 2,030 1,994 2,876 3,176 534 792 48%
Papua New Guinea 15 17 18 30 16 3 3 0%
Paraguay 741 866 861 844 904 151 198 31%
Peru 9,927 9,721 9,933 11,154 11,459 2,082 2,736 31%
Philippines 128,637 120,249 116,831 107,454 115,956 27,945 30,467 9%
Pitcairn Island 2 1 4 2
Poland 4,990 4,222 4,445 4,078 3,280 1,122 1,167 4%
Portugal 2,680 3,349 4,232 3,672 3,164 790 708 -10%
Qatar 490 461 488 700 667 141 168 19%
Romania 14,447 13,134 11,901 11,479 11,606 3,066 2,378 -22%
Russia 31,463 31,293 29,622 23,489 24,673 5,125 5,983 17%
Rwanda 1,263 1,521 1,275 1,488 2,003 394 454 15%
Samoa, American 6 5 4
Samoa, Independent State Of 11 6 6 6 8 2 1 -50%
San Marino 1 1 3 3 2
Sao Tome and Principe 16 17 2 7 8 2 1 -50%
Saudi Arabia 30,966 30,668 32,750 30,108 27,795 6,104 5,339 -13%
Senegal 3,848 4,118 4,805 5,160 5,887 854 1,074 26%
Serbia and Montenegro 1
Serbia, Republic of 4,444 4,131 4,024 4,157 4,191 1,022 1,072 5%
Seychelles 87 68 70 97 98 17 16 -6%
Sierra Leone 330 311 289 236 474 62 90 45%
Singapore 749 757 744 730 726 148 224 51%
Slovak Republic 1,186 1,090 1,293 1,348 1,427 450 475 6%
Slovenia 194 202 264 214 229 91 98 8%
Soloman Islands 1
Solomons, The 6 3 12 10 17 2 6 200%
Somalia, Democratic Republic of 791 544 742 1,095 1,295 313 414 32%
South Africa, Republic of 17,072 15,540 14,762 14,882 15,031 2,848 3,200 12%
South Sudan, Republic Of 82 112 120 88 124 27 23 -15%
Spain 3,514 4,295 5,060 4,774 4,701 1,108 1,443 30%
Sri Lanka 10,436 8,855 10,311 9,560 10,719 2,244 2,853 27%
St. Kitts-Nevis 176 167 226 1,009 754 152 172 13%
St. Lucia 2,039 2,245 2,226 2,381 2,092 464 539 16%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1,882 2,076 1,851 1,818 1,910 359 489 36%
Stateless 1,557 1,596 2,126 2,214 2,456 525 557 6%
Sudan, Democratic Republic of 789 836 954 1,096 1,738 312 733 135%
Surinam 280 225 233 273 266 41 66 61%
Swaziland 210 155 143 147 160 31 32 3%
Sweden 1,248 1,260 1,331 1149 1,304 297 293 -1%
Switzerland 1,659 1,621 1,518 1,367 1,376 332 387 17%
Syria 6,495 6,336 5,319 5756 5,870 1,338 1550 16%
Tadjikistan 208 250 247 265 332 62 53 -15%
Taiwan 5925 6,102 6299 6059 6658 1649 2001 21%
Tanzania, United Republic of 2,372 1,960 2,052 2,491 2,732 516 592 15%
Thailand 16,755 16972 16326 15278 17240 4970 5092 2%
Togo, Republic of 887 903 1,110 1,382 1,826 229 328 43%
Tonga 42 41 28 65 47 4 4 0%
Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of 16,516 16,659 15,867 16,556 16,520 2,980 3,718 25%
Tunisia 7,252 7,287 8419 8017 10071 1773 2213 25%
Turkey 13969 13,884 15,323 18597 28,020 4,935 7031 42%
Turkmenistan 120 77 107 101 161 40 43 8%
Tuvalu 1 1 4 3 2
Uganda 2,332 2015 2244 2499 2867 467 799 71%
Ukraine 16697 17,274 22947 23515 24890 5112 5530 8%
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1 1 1 1 0%
United Arab Emirates 1,684 1,818 2,013 2,050 1,885 417 359 -14%
United Kingdom and Colonies 17,311 15,714 16,378 16,642 16,123 4,383 5,358 22%
United States of America 17,708 15,484 16918 17011 15493 3253 3797 17%
Uruguay 1651 1,739 1,814 1825 2,285 418 493 18%
Uzbekistan 647 699 778 970 1232 238 275 16%
Vanuatu 28 20 13 24 30 5 -100%
Venezuela 18639 14,527 17040 16595 16665 3769 4025 7%
Vietnam, Socialist Republic of 14,791 15,358 17,891 20,101 31,423 5,363 9,795 83%
Western Sahara 3 4 3 9 3 1 2 100%
Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of 3 3
Yemen, Republic of 1,214 1,218 1,448 1,906 2,594 508 1,031 103%
Yugoslavia 1 6 2 1 1 1
Zambia 1,010 879 826 917 868 142 226 59%
Zimbabwe 2,332 2,166 2,649 2,625 3,754 739 869 18%
Other* 1,214 483 167 253 3,498 39 3,527 8944%
Grand Total 1,887,539 1,880,212 2,113,945 2,234,455 2,546,908 523,611 618,952 18%
* Other includes: unknown, missing and/or invalid data
- Excludes eTA applications
Source: IRCC(EDW) as of May 15, 2017