Nigerian Immigrants to Canada

In 2023, 17,455 Nigerians were admitted to Canada as permanent residents

NOTE: Rounding numbers to the nearest 1,000.

From 2010 to 2023, a total of 117,791 Nigerian citizens were admitted to Canada as permanent residents

42K Nigerians in Canada

In 2016, 42,435 Nigerian immigrants resided in Canada.

Nigerian immigrants in Canada (2011)

The most recent data (2011) shows that immigrants comprised 20.6% of Canada’s population; in other words, one in five people were immigrants.

In 2011, 27,625 immigrants from Nigeria resided in Canada.

Almost nine in ten Nigerians lived in three provinces: Ontario (62.3%), Alberta (20.2%) and Manitoba (5.2%).

More than 50% of Nigerians resided in Toronto (14,145), 13% in Calgary (3,560) and 5% in Winnipeg (1,325).

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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.