In the past 10 years, more and more communities have welcomed immigrants. You can explore this data in three ways:
Receiving Communities Microsoft Excel File
2000 76 Communities
2001 87 Communities
2002 79 Communities
2003 86 Communities
2004 99 Communities
2005 100 Communities
2006 119 Communities
2007 120 Communities
2008 134 Communities
2009 130 Communities
The following data sets are available as Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets. Click the titles to download.
Permanent residents from all over the world have chosen more over 130 Manitoba communities as their destination.
Over seventy per cent of permanent residents choose Winnipeg as their community destination every year. Meanwhile, statistics indicate newcomers are choosing the Western, Central and Eastern regions in greater numbers.
Manitoba's Provincial Nominee Program has become the cornerstone of immigration to the province, with over three-quarters of immigrants arriving as provincial nominees.
Countries from Asian and Pacific regions continue to be the areas of the world from which the bulk of Manitoba's immigrants originate. Immigrants from the Philippines, Germany, China and India continue to make up the bulk of Manitoba's yearly immigrants.
While Winnipeg continues to see immigrants settle in the city in strong numbers, Brandon, Winkler, Steinbach and Morden continue to see strong growth.
French-speaking immigrants continue to arrive in Manitoba from a wide range of countries from all over the world.
Tagalog continues to increase its share of the most common mother tongue language of Manitoba's Permanent Residents. German, Punjabi, Mandarin and Chinese and many more help make for linguistic diversity among Manitoba's newcomers.
In 2009, over 70 per cent of principal applicants for immigration had post-secondary education. Many of those that were accepted have since undergone assessment, bridge training and integration.
Over 80 per cent of total immigrants in 2009 had work experience in hundreds of vocations. Their specialized skill sets enhance the province's economic development.
