Immigration patterns
Dec 13th 2007 | 8:55 am
#1
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Immigration patterns
Hi All
I'm trying to research immigration patterns and need some help. Does anybody know, or can point me in the right direction, approximately how many people emigrate from the UK to Canada and also from Canada to the UK per year?. It is important that the figures do not include forced repatriation, military service or diplomatic service.
I've tried the Statistics Canada but without luck.
Thanks in advance
I'm trying to research immigration patterns and need some help. Does anybody know, or can point me in the right direction, approximately how many people emigrate from the UK to Canada and also from Canada to the UK per year?. It is important that the figures do not include forced repatriation, military service or diplomatic service.
I've tried the Statistics Canada but without luck.
Thanks in advance
Dec 13th 2007 | 9:31 am
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From: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Re: Immigration patterns
To get the level of detail you want, you may need to pay for it. Here is Statistics Canada's web page on Migration Estimates. You may have come across it already. It states that their publications start at $61. It also states that the numbers are estimated from people's tax returns. Therefore I rather suspect that the data will lack the level of refinement you want.
I think the best thing for you to do is to phone Stats Can. Ask them whether or not they can supply the information you're looking for. If not, ask them where they'd suggest you look.
Their phone lines are operated from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Monday to Friday. In my experience with government phone lines, that means from 8.30 a.m. in Newfoundland to 4.30 p.m. in British Columbia, which expands the time range.
Their numbers are:
1-800-263-1136 - Toll free from Canada and the USA
1-613-951-8116 - Not toll free, so can be accessed from overseas
The British government's National Statistics website has some information about migration too. A quick look around that website also did not deliver to me the level of detail that you want. The closest I came was finding out that 40,000 people migrated from the "old" Commwealth countries (e.g., Australia and New Zealand) to the UK in 2006. I assume Canada belongs to that group. However, the article I found did not provide a more detailed breakdown than that.
I think the best thing for you to do is to phone Stats Can. Ask them whether or not they can supply the information you're looking for. If not, ask them where they'd suggest you look.
Their phone lines are operated from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Monday to Friday. In my experience with government phone lines, that means from 8.30 a.m. in Newfoundland to 4.30 p.m. in British Columbia, which expands the time range.
Their numbers are:
1-800-263-1136 - Toll free from Canada and the USA
1-613-951-8116 - Not toll free, so can be accessed from overseas
The British government's National Statistics website has some information about migration too. A quick look around that website also did not deliver to me the level of detail that you want. The closest I came was finding out that 40,000 people migrated from the "old" Commwealth countries (e.g., Australia and New Zealand) to the UK in 2006. I assume Canada belongs to that group. However, the article I found did not provide a more detailed breakdown than that.
Dec 13th 2007 | 9:33 am
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Re: Immigration patterns
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Dec 13th 2007 | 11:22 am
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Re: Immigration patterns
Hi
Start here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resourc...tics/index.asp
For example in 2006 there were 6542 Immigrants to Canada from the UK. But any statistics are going to have a high error rate as those returning to the UK would not be counted as emigrating to the UK from Canada.
Start here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resourc...tics/index.asp
For example in 2006 there were 6542 Immigrants to Canada from the UK. But any statistics are going to have a high error rate as those returning to the UK would not be counted as emigrating to the UK from Canada.
