British Columbia Immigration by Country
From 2000 to 2015, 3,993,035 permanent residents landed in Canada.
During this period, British Columbia was the province of choice of 15.4% of Canada’s immigrants.
| Annual immigration to British Columbia* | ||
| Total | Percentage** | |
| 2000 | 37,430 | 16.5% |
| 2001 | 38,485 | 15.4% |
| 2002 | 34,065 | 14.9% |
| 2003 | 35,230 | 15.9% |
| 2004 | 37,030 | 15.7% |
| 2005 | 44,770 | 17.1% |
| 2006 | 42,085 | 16.7% |
| 2007 | 38,965 | 16.5% |
| 2008 | 43,995 | 17.8% |
| 2009 | 41,450 | 16.4% |
| 2010 | 44,195 | 15.7% |
| 2011 | 34,785 | 14.0% |
| 2012 | 36,240 | 14.1% |
| 2013 | 36,220 | 14.0% |
| 2014 | 35,165 | 13.5% |
| 2015 | 35,730 | 13.1% |
| Total | 615,840 | 15.4% |
| *Intended Destination | ||
| **BC’s share of Canada’s immigration | ||
| Source: Government of Canada | ||
With regard to these source countries, the annual number of immigrants from China showed a clear decreasing trend since 2005. On the contrary, the inflow from the Philippines experienced a noticeable growth, and the annual intake from the other seven countries remained about the same during this period.
During this period, immigrants to British Columbia came from about 170 countries2 and the top ten source countries were China (22.9%), India (14.7%), the Philippines (12%), South Korea (5.7%), UK (5.5%), the United States of America (4.3%), Iran (4%), Taiwan (3.8%), Japan (1.3%) and Pakistan (1.3%).
According to the National Household Survey, in 2011, about 18% of the foreign-born population3 in Canada resided in British Columbia (1,191,400).
2 Country of Citizenship
3 People born outside Canada
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