Citizen and Immigration Canada's annual
report-2003:
Total 221,352 new immigrants came into this country
in 2003
New immigrants came from India- 24,560; Chinese-36,116;
Pakistanis 12,330; Filipinos (11,978)
About 5.4 million of the country's 31.4 million population
are foreign-born, according to the 2001 census.- every fifth Canadian
is foreign-born0
About 73 per cent of the new immigrants into Canada
settle mostly in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto.
About 55 per cent of all immigrants in 2003 fell under
the economic class- Under this category, an immigrant should have assets
worth $800,000. He should also invest $400,000 in Canada to get eligible
for immigration. Before the transfer of Hong Kong to China, a large
number of people from the colony had sought Canadian immigration under
the economic class.
Chinese are the most visible minority in this country.
They constitute about 3 per cent of the population. Chinese is the third
largest spoken language in Canada. And Ms Adrienne Clark, who is of
Chinese descent, is Canada's governor-general today.
Australia which has similar immigration policies and
where foreign-born nationals account for 23 per cent of the population.