DESTINATIONS
Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia
Ontario was the destination of 53% of immigrants (125,123) in 2004, the same proportion as in 1990. While a greater number of immigrants were headed to Ontario up to the year 2001 (approaching 60%), the numbers have fallen back to the levels of the early 1990s in the last two years. Quebec took in 19% of immigrants (44,276), also the same percentage as 1990. Flows to Quebec in the mid-1990s dipped to 13% of all immigrants and only returned to early 1990s levels in the last year. British Columbia’s proportion of immigrants (37,044) stood at 16% of the national flow in 2004, compared to 13% in 1990. While B.C. immigration levels rose as high as 23% in 1996, the level has stabilized between 15% and 16% since 2001. |
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