LANDING CLASS
Economic Class
Fifty-seven percent of immigrants (133,743) in 2004 were in the economic class, and just over half of them were male. Among the different categories of economic immigrants, females predominated only among live-in caregivers, with 71% of the annual flow.
The three leading source countries in this class matched those for all immigrants: China, India and the Philippines. China contributed 18% of the economic class immigrants, somewhat more than its 15% for all immigrants. India and the Philippines contributed 11% and 7%, respectively. The fourth and fifth countries of origin, Pakistan and Romania, each contributed 4%.
Economic class immigration accounted for a large proportion of some country movements. For example, France stands out with 90% of immigrants in this class, and Romania and South Korea each with 84%. The percentage of economic immigrants among Canada’s top three source countries all exceeded the 57% national average. Two notable exceptions among leading source countries were the United States, with only 40% economic immigrants, and Pakistan, with 44%.
Family Class
The family class accounted for 27% of all immigrants coming to Canada in 2004. This included spouses and partners, parents and grandparents and other dependants, including children. Family class immigrants were more likely to be female, accounting for 63% of spouses, and 58% of parents and grandparents, children and dependants.
China and India each contributed 14% of family class immigrants, followed by Pakistan, the Philippines and the United States, each at around 6%. The United States stands out among the leading sources of family class immigration: half of all immigrants from the United States were in the family class and the vast majority of these were sponsored spouses and partners (89%). Sponsored parents and grandparents and children and dependants were comparatively few.
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