Refugee Claimants in Canada (2006-2015)
China, Hungary and Pakistan were the top source countries of refugee claimants in 2015
Refugee Claimants in Canada (2006-2015)
From 2006 to 2015, most refugee claimants came from Mexico, Republic of China, Colombia, Hungary, Haiti, the United States of America, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
However, during this, the country of citizenship of the refugee claimants varies year after year. In 2015, for example, China, Hungary, Pakistan, Nigeria and Colombia were the top source countries of these claimants.
Here are the top 25 source countries of refugee claimants by year of arrival.
| Refugee claimants by top 25 countries of citizenship, 2006 to 2015 | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | TOTAL | |
| Mexico | 4,935 | 7,153 | 9,454 | 7,581 | 1,197 | 649 | 321 | 84 | 80 | 111 | 31,565 |
| China Rep | 1,500 | 1,341 | 1,474 | 1,442 | 1,527 | 1,793 | 1,662 | 771 | 1,190 | 1,498 | 14,198 |
| Colombia | 1,373 | 2,572 | 3,050 | 2,248 | 1,335 | 863 | 694 | 595 | 578 | 696 | 14,004 |
| Hungary | 29 | 23 | 307 | 2,537 | 2,350 | 4,451 | 1,879 | 96 | 390 | 986 | 13,048 |
| Haiti | 708 | 3,240 | 4,247 | 1,438 | 1,060 | 509 | 391 | 331 | 365 | 295 | 12,584 |
| USA | 646 | 1,807 | 2,285 | 1,109 | 770 | 621 | 388 | 125 | 163 | 199 | 8,113 |
| Nigeria | 667 | 743 | 759 | 767 | 847 | 677 | 707 | 469 | 580 | 794 | 7,010 |
| Pakistan | 609 | 356 | 387 | 418 | 516 | 893 | 862 | 631 | 770 | 899 | 6,341 |
| Sri Lanka | 859 | 787 | 1,008 | 817 | 1,170 | 634 | 412 | 188 | 197 | 234 | 6,306 |
| India | 757 | 540 | 548 | 478 | 521 | 642 | 683 | 211 | 278 | 377 | 5,035 |
| Afghanistan | 252 | 288 | 429 | 403 | 396 | 417 | 367 | 389 | 467 | 495 | 3,903 |
| Somalia | 205 | 244 | 498 | 527 | 436 | 427 | 431 | 287 | 330 | 505 | 3,890 |
| El Salvador | 276 | 331 | 595 | 543 | 523 | 423 | 356 | 100 | 152 | 181 | 3,480 |
| Congo Dem | 412 | 334 | 418 | 310 | 310 | 367 | 354 | 305 | 346 | 285 | 3,441 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 109 | 845 | 2,075 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 110 | 87 | 3,321 |
| Iraq | 182 | 269 | 290 | 232 | 146 | 156 | 161 | 240 | 576 | 598 | 2,850 |
| Honduras | 182 | 239 | 464 | 362 | 346 | 332 | 295 | 148 | 182 | 131 | 2,681 |
| Syria | 33 | 69 | 64 | 87 | 119 | 176 | 343 | 488 | 565 | 577 | 2,521 |
| Turkey | 267 | 149 | 235 | 238 | 291 | 329 | 365 | 178 | 175 | 266 | 2,493 |
| Iran | 233 | 189 | 269 | 296 | 326 | 308 | 259 | 198 | 162 | 149 | 2,389 |
| Slovak Rep | 6 | 7 | 74 | 355 | 263 | 316 | 443 | 33 | 468 | 353 | 2,318 |
| Jamaica | 151 | 125 | 240 | 268 | 275 | 315 | 262 | 142 | 192 | 187 | 2,157 |
| Burundi | 420 | 275 | 269 | 131 | 135 | 170 | 176 | 195 | 100 | 265 | 2,136 |
| Albania | 221 | 233 | 334 | 219 | 185 | 216 | 321 | 111 | 109 | 126 | 2,075 |
| Eritrea | 156 | 155 | 222 | 205 | 147 | 180 | 225 | 228 | 254 | 287 | 2,059 |
| SOURCE: IRCC | |||||||||||
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