Number of permanent resident refugees Canada by country of origin 2023

This statistic shows the number of refugees in Canada admitted to permanent resident status from 2015 to 2023, by country of origin. There were 139,790 refugees in Canada admitted to permanent resident status in 2023 from India.

Number of permanent resident refugees admitted in Canada from 2015 to 2023, by country of origin

Characteristic	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
India	39,340	39,710	51,590	69,985	85,590	42,870	127,940	118,250	139,790
China, People's Republic of	19,460	26,785	30,250	29,710	30,245	16,525	31,010	31,845	31,780
Philippines	50,840	41,850	40,905	35,050	27,820	10,975	18,020	22,095	26,960
Nigeria	4,090	4,415	5,445	10,920	12,600	6,360	15,595	22,130	17,460
France	5,850	6,390	6,625	6,175	4,960	4,605	12,690	14,150	10,075
United States of America	7,655	8,485	9,140	10,900	10,780	6,380	11,955	10,415	10,640
Brazil	1,730	1,730	2,760	3,950	5,290	3,695	11,425	7,335	7,225
Iran	11,640	6,475	4,730	5,510	6,055	3,815	11,305	11,110	10,680
Afghanistan	2,630	2,650	3,455	3,560	3,900	1,660	8,570	23,750	20,180
Pakistan	11,300	11,350	7,655	9,490	10,795	6,230	8,480	11,600	11,860
Korea, Republic of	4,105	4,010	3,980	4,800	6,100	3,285	8,240	5,455	5,205
United Kingdom and Overseas Territories	5,360	5,805	5,310	5,660	5,635	3,410	6,555	4,495	4,990
Vietnam	2,595	2,450	2,505	3,050	4,220	2,610	5,755	5,460	6,605
Syria	9,850	35,000	12,060	12,045	10,120	4,880	5,590	8,510	9,345
Eritrea	2,210	4,655	4,690	5,695	7,030	2,640	5,375	7,660	10,680
Mexico	3,220	3,390	3,135	3,310	3,460	2,430	5,145	5,220	5,735
Turkey	870	920	1,110	2,080	2,830	2,120	4,625	4,680	3,470
Colombia	2,180	2,435	2,235	2,270	2,275	1,520	4,055	3,775	4,660
Jamaica	3,415	3,560	3,830	3,875	3,980	2,030	4,045	4,245	4,340
Egypt	3,760	3,085	2,865	3,515	3,655	1,905	3,220	2,890	2,515
Ukraine	2,345	3,350	3,310	3,135	2,995	1,675	3,190	3,575	3,110
Algeria	2,830	2,820	2,635	3,225	3,705	2,720	3,080	6,175	1,155
Bangladesh	3,305	3,230	3,190	3,205	3,395	1,620	3,000	4,055	5,020
Morocco	2,705	2,110	2,265	2,780	3,025	2,980	2,950	6,390	6,410
Haiti	2,720	2,930	2,345	2,100	1,455	990	2,870	4,400	3,015
Iraq	3,975	2,415	4,740	5,330	4,445	1,950	2,690	3,475	2,335
Ireland, Republic of	2,150	2,250	1,975	1,775	1,615	1,030	2,685	945	1,010
Tunisia	1,280	1,305	1,430	1,935	1,980	1,435	2,640	4,680	3,470
Venezuela	915	1,010	1,010	1,525	1,580	1,055	2,625	1,545	1,390
Cameroon, Federal Republic of	2,030	2,100	2,285	2,275	2,950	1,595	2,565	6,265	11,685
Hong Kong SAR	895	1,360	1,360	1,525	1,540	1,045	2,295	3,710	7,535
Ethiopia	1,355	1,930	1,910	2,025	2,475	1,100	2,150	2,665	3,820
Australia	1,470	1,705	1,865	2,175	2,140	1,180	2,080	1,265	1,260
Somalia, Democratic Republic of	1,160	1,315	1,390	2,145	3,275	1,010	2,075	2,940	5,170
Sri Lanka	1,785	1,535	2,150	2,160	2,235	1,340	2,030	2,510	2,710
Russia	2,125	2,405	2,290	2,145	2,265	1,390	2,005	1,620	1,770
Lebanon	2,110	1,910	1,365	1,505	1,965	1,280	1,830	4,095	4,555
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,675	2,480	2,355	2,385	2,295	865	1,820	3,250	5,320
Sudan Democratic Republic of	335	440	425	715	1,255	845	1,745	1,575	2,010
Italy	880	1,000	1,065	1,180	1,410	760	1,720	1,095	4,340
South Africa, Republic of	945	1,070	1,555	1,820	1,790	1,125	1,620	1,745	2,060
Germany	1,275	1,210	1,145	1,280	1,520	785	1,445	900	1,155
Japan	995	1,035	1,085	1,035	1,115	615	1,405	885	1,015
Yemen	205	160	250	550	665	590	1,380	820	650
Burundi	945	635	805	1,090	1,560	805	1,265	1,580	1,030
Taiwan	625	790	795	955	1,015	575	1,250	1,035	1,075
Stateless	1,040	835	935	895	1,010	525	1,110	915	1,080
Ivory Coast Republic of	1,370	1,760	1,405	1,470	1,850	1,195	1,110	2,990	2,585
Israel	2,165	2,445	1,870	1,795	1,315	755	1,105	885	980
Ghana	365	480	685	895	1,025	545	1,055	1,240	1,645
Nepal	1,525	755	1,110	1,400	1,410	565	1,020	1,440	1,760
Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank)	400	405	320	455	580	480	985	865	725
Dominican Republic	600	605	655	780	660	395	955	895	735
Jordan	1,115	920	790	985	1,005	535	950	1,140	1,265
Spain	730	650	675	720	660	395	920	580	655
Portugal	830	855	790	865	855	550	890	875	1,005
Libya	240	305	500	460	615	500	885	580	485
El Salvador	660	625	720	680	735	465	850	645	555
Kenya	380	475	465	470	515	300	825	985	1,230
Chile	260	250	310	370	455	305	770	600	745
New Zealand	335	495	410	445	600	390	770	405	405
Hungary	760	520	690	750	800	600	740	425	370
Rwanda	360	370	355	460	545	295	725	1,030	1,005
Mauritius	715	550	725	560	795	420	690	1,020	1,155
Cuba	825	1,115	880	780	595	410	680	825	1,040
Poland	975	1,000	995	905	905	415	680	510	540
Senegal	645	600	515	590	485	280	675	1,015	930
Peru	555	440	420	545	500	260	670	665	750
Uganda	180	180	210	270	440	240	620	630	680
Romania	1,180	1,360	980	810	675	325	605	480	465
Indonesia, Republic of	375	445	500	445	510	300	605	475	630
Ecuador	215	255	210	290	290	160	595	485	775
Belgium	370	460	510	410	465	340	570	610	545
Albania	565	510	645	650	625	285	550	520	655
Netherlands, The	540	520	495	530	560	305	510	395	435
Zimbabwe	230	280	420	595	565	345	510	605	555
Azerbaijan	110	115	115	295	390	195	505	350	245
Trinidad and Tobago Republic of	345	320	375	510	590	295	490	515	535
Guyana	540	510	430	420	410	220	485	445	465
Kazakhstan	330	400	335	410	400	290	465	450	485
Thailand	480	460	600	535	480	290	440	385	485
Honduras	420	360	380	385	320	205	415	375	430
Greece	480	430	405	415	410	245	415	260	310
Saudi Arabia	170	170	210	305	310	185	410	295	235
Argentina	225	265	230	275	305	195	410	360	485
Malaysia	330	360	360	430	365	230	405	300	380
Guinea, Republic of	245	410	380	350	320	200	395	525	520
Serbia, Republic of	620	480	370	500	545	210	390	360	280
Bahama Islands, The	80	80	120	180	205	110	370	275	400
Czech Republic	280	325	315	400	375	205	355	185	215
Benin, Republic of	260	300	195	485	335	230	345	650	690
Nicaragua	95	75	100	130	100	75	335	300	270
Burkina-Faso	235	285	265	305	240	180	330	505	435
Togo, Republic of	265	245	205	345	415	240	325	560	675
Switzerland	240	210	190	245	225	160	300	245	215
Guatemala	240	200	245	225	205	140	295	310	275
Tanzania, United Republic of	150	115	195	160	225	140	295	240	275
Djibouti, Republic of	145	270	185	200	255	360	290	320	310
Slovak Republic	205	270	260	305	390	290	285	190	160
Mali, Republic of	190	205	180	270	330	155	270	385	435
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	485	425	475	360	330	170	270	250	235
Sweden	175	180	175	200	240	155	270	180	245
Barbados	145	140	200	185	260	135	255	185	265
Croatia	505	630	580	535	430	220	255	185	150
Costa Rica	120	140	135	165	180	105	250	195	265
Moldova	925	1,090	680	405	275	180	235	220	140
Madagascar	115	135	120	150	125	85	225	335	345
Singapore	255	265	325	345	315	175	225	295	280
Georgia	105	120	135	155	180	105	220	235	45
Chad, Republic of	85	100	120	200	180	70	220	240	260
Congo, People's Republic of the	145	200	160	205	175	85	215	290	250
St. Lucia	440	330	385	320	280	160	205	180	195
Belarus	210	350	305	255	235	130	180	145	220
Bulgaria	365	370	300	180	165	100	175	145	135
South Sudan, Republic of	70	95	120	175	260	110	160	375	335
Bolivia	75	115	100	120	120	95	155	125	130
Kosovo, Republic of	240	185	145	225	160	120	150	155	155
Angola	30	30	45	35	65	35	150	240	235
Mongolia, People's Republic of	45	95	85	85	85	60	140	100	135
Panama, Republic of	45	45	60	50	85	35	130	65	70
Myanmar (Burma)	440	425	180	185	210	60	125	190	260
Finland	85	90	105	90	110	80	120	70	100
Denmark	80	80	95	95	75	75	120	60	70
Uzbekistan	190	210	180	190	135	90	120	115	190
Antigua and Barbuda	55	45	80	90	120	40	120	105	15
Austria	120	100	105	100	115	65	115	100	100
Cambodia	205	255	225	200	235	150	115	215	175
Central African Republic	460	100	230	240	380	110	110	895	350
Grenada	115	115	120	110	80	50	105	115	70
Armenia	305	350	255	205	205	105	95	140	240
Lithuania	130	190	145	135	125	75	95	80	85
Zambia	55	55	85	70	75	50	95	85	90
Belize	30	65	80	80	60	50	90	50	70
Kyrgyzstan	130	245	135	160	120	65	90	90	140
Gambia	40	50	60	65	50	35	90	65	115
Latvia	130	140	105	80	90	45	85	65	70
Macedonia	220	135	90	90	100	40	85	55	80
Bosnia-Herzegovina	185	140	105	155	110	55	85	75	80
Niger, Republic of the	80	90	60	65	50	40	80	100	105
Mauritania	105	50	65	70	80	40	80	80	125
Norway	50	90	70	75	75	45	80	50	70
Uruguay	45	55	25	45	50	25	75	65	75
Fiji	220	190	155	155	160	65	75	90	115
Namibia	100	70	120	135	110	70	70	75	80
Liberia	155	155	55	85	55	25	55	55	25
Sierra Leone	90	90	40	70	55	45	55	65	105
Estonia	50	50	35	45	40	15	50	15	20
Turkmenistan	10	10	25	5	20	10	50	25	40
Tajikistan	45	30	40	60	45	25	50	75	60
Dominica	30	30	35	40	35	30	50	40	50
Gabon, Republic	60	50	45	45	45	20	50	80	90
Botswana, Republic of	95	65	75	60	60	30	45	40	40
Kuwait	10	35	20	15	30	10	45	40	40
Paraguay	35	45	60	65	100	40	40	35	50
Slovenia	40	30	50	40	50	10	35	20	45
Malawi	25	20	20	20	15	20	35	30	50
St. Kitts-Nevis	35	40	35	20	35	20	30	35	55
Cyprus	25	15	15	25	15	5	30	10	10
Bahrain	35	20	35	45	45	15	25	20	30
Macau SAR	20	25	30	30	30	15	25	20	30
Swaziland	35	15	35	15	20	15	20	15	20
United Arab Emirates	0	15	5	15	20	10	20	25	25
Bhutan	410	120	65	25	15	0	20	20	50
Oman	0	0	10	10	10	10	20	15	20
Montenegro, Republic of	25	25	10	25	20	10	15	15	15
Mozambique	10	0	5	5	10	10	15	5	15
Laos	20	20	25	20	15	15	15	20	20
Iceland	30	15	25	35	45	5	15	15	15
Luxembourg	10	5	5	5	15	10	10	20	10
Malta	10	5	10	15	10	5	10	5	5
Brunei	5	5	10	0	0	5	10	5	5
Solomons, The	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	5
Cape Verde Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	15	0
Korea, People's Democratic Republic of	0	5	5	10	15	20	10	10	0
Comoros	10	10	10	10	5	10	10	20	15
Surinam	10	10	5	5	15	10	5	10	10
Maldives, Republic of	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	5	-
Lesotho	0	10	0	5	10	0	5	-	-
Tonga	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Samoa, Independent State of	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Papua New Guinea	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	10	-
Seychelles	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	5
Guinea-Bissau	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	5	10
Equatorial Guinea, Republic of	0	10	0	5	0	0	0	-	-