PEI Immigration by Country
From 2000 to 2015, 3,993,035 permanent residents landed in Canada.
During this period, Prince Edward Island (PEI) was the province of choice of 0.38% of Canada’s immigrants.
| Annual immigration to Prince Edward Island* | ||
| Total | Percentage** | |
| 2000 | 190 | 0.1% |
| 2001 | 135 | 0.1% |
| 2002 | 110 | 0.0% |
| 2003 | 155 | 0.1% |
| 2004 | 310 | 0.1% |
| 2005 | 330 | 0.1% |
| 2006 | 565 | 0.2% |
| 2007 | 990 | 0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,455 | 0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,760 | 0.7% |
| 2010 | 2,595 | 0.9% |
| 2011 | 1,740 | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,100 | 0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,000 | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,630 | 0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,190 | 0.4% |
| Total | 15,255 | 0.4% |
| *Intended Destination | ||
| **PEI’s share of Canada’s immigration | ||
| Source: Government of Canada. | ||
During this period, immigrants to PEI came from more than 70 countries2.
The top ten source countries of newcomers to PEI were China (51%), Iran (7%), South Korea (5%), UK (4%), the United States of America (3%), the Philippines (3%), Taiwan (3%), India (2%), Bhutan (1.3%) and Syria (0.9%).
With regard to these source countries, the annual number of immigrants from China showed a clear increasing trend between 2006 and 2010. Then, it declined until 2013, and recovered a little bit in 2014. The annual intake from the other nine countries remained about the same during this period.
In 2011, according to the National Household Survey, 7,085 foreign-born people3 resided in Prince Edward Island.
2 Country of Citizenship
3 People born outside Canada
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