What are the historical numbers and shares of immigrants in Manitoba?
Prior to 1946, Manitoba immigration information was included in the Prairies group. In 1946, Canada reported 4,615 foreign-born people or 6.4 per cent of Canada's foreign-born landed in Manitoba.
How many immigrants are in Manitoba today?
According to the 2006 Census of Canada there were 161,600 foreign-born people, which represents 14.3 per cent of Manitoba's population.
What are the source countries with the largest share of immigrants?
Philippines accounted for 16.9 per cent of the foreign-born residing in Manitoba in 2006, followed by the United Kingdom (10.1 per cent) and Germany (six per cent). Collectively, Poland, the United States, India and Mexico accounted for 18.1 per cent of the foreign-born.
How many immigrants came to Manitoba in the past decade?
From 1999 to 2009, 85,328 immigrants came to Manitoba.
What percentage of foreign-born people had post-secondary education?
In 2006 there were 71,225 foreign-born people age 25 to 54. Of those, 60.4 per cent had post-secondary certificate, diploma or degrees.
What percentage of Manitoba's labour force is foreign-born?
In 2006, of the 611,280 people in the labour force, foreign-born people accounted for 14.7 per cent (89,750).
In 2009, Manitoba's immigrants experienced the highest employment (82.6 per cent) and the lowest unemployment rates (4.8 per cent) in Canada.
How many immigrants speak French?
In 2009, Manitoba welcomed 349 French-speaking immigrants, a 32 per cent increase over 2008.
What are the top immigrant-receiving communities in Manitoba?
According to the 2006 census the top immigrant-receiving communities were Winnipeg (79.1 per cent), Brandon (1.8 per cent), Winkler (1.3 per cent) and Steinbach (1.1 per cent).
Between 2001 and 2006, the communities that experienced the largest absolute growth of their foreign-born population were Winnipeg (11,015), Brandon (665) and Steinbach (580).
How many immigrants (in all categories) came to Manitoba in 2009, and where are they from?
In 2009, 13,518 immigrants landed in Manitoba. The total number represents a 20.5 per cent increase from 2008 (11,218) and a 67 per cent increase from 2005.
Of the 13,518 immigrants, 75 per cent were accepted under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program for Skilled Workers, 10.2 per cent were family class, 8.1 per cent were refugees, and four per cent were federal economic immigrants.
By country of last permanent residence, 32 per cent came from Philippines, 11 per cent from Germany, 11 per cent from China and 10 per cent from India.
How many temporary residents (total entries- all categories) came to Manitoba in 2009, and where were they from?
In the past decade, the number of temporary residents to Manitoba increased 32 per cent from 4,327 in 2000 to 5,715 in 2009.
In 2009, Manitoba received 5,715 total entry temporary residents; 3,651 as temporary foreign workers and 2,064 as foreign students.
How many foreign-born people are Canadian citizens in Manitoba?
In 2006, 76.7 per cent of the Manitoba's foreign-born population age 18 and over were Canadian citizens.
Data sources:
Statistics Canada: Census 2006, Labour Force Survey
Citizenship and Immigration Canada: Canada Landed Immigrant Data System
Prepared by Manitoba Labour and Immigration
