Pakistani Immigrants to Canada

In 2023, 11,860 Pakistanis were admitted to Canada as permanent residents

NOTE: Rounding numbers to the nearest 1,000.

From 2010 to 2023, 135,968 Pakistani citizens were admitted to Canada as permanent residents.

2016 Census

According to the 2016 Census, over 200,000 Pakistanis resided in Canada.

According to the 2016 Census, Pakistani immigrants (202,255) were among the largest foreign-born groups in Canada.

Pakistani immigrants in Canada 2001 and 2011

In 2011, the immigrant population comprised 20.6% of Canada’s population, so one in five people were immigrants.

The number of immigrants from Pakistan grew 98% from 79,315 in 2001 to 156,860 in 2011, ranking Pakistanis among the largest foreign-born groups in Canada.

In 2011, the vast majority of Pakistani immigrants (73%) resided in Ontario; most of them (97,065) lived in the Greater Toronto Area.

In 2011, 12% of Pakistani immigrants resided in Alberta, 6% in Quebec and 5% in British Columbia.

From 2001 to 2011, Alberta and Saskatchewan experienced the highest percentage increases (709% and 252% respectively) of Pakistani immigrants.

Note:

We would like to point out that we used data from the National Household Survey (NHS) knowing that its quality is still under criticism because this survey was conducted on a voluntary basis, so its validity, reliability and comparability with other instruments, such as population censuses have become an issue. In fact, before the first release of the NHS results, Statistics Canada issued warnings and cautions when using the NHS data, so use this data prudently.

PAKISTANI IMMIGRANTS IN CANADA (2016)