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Table 3
Distribution of total population, total immigrant population and recent immigrants, Canada and census metropolitan areas, 2006 and 2001 censuses
Place of residence	2006 Census				2001 Census
	Total population	Total immigrant population¹	Recent immigrants²	Ratio of recent immigrants to total population ⁴	Total population	Total immigrant population¹	Recent immigrants³	Ratio of recent immigrants to total population ⁴
	percentage				percentage
… not applicable Notes: 'Immigrant population', also known as 'foreign-born population', is defined in the 2006 and 2001 Census as persons who are, or have been, landed immigrants in Canada. 'Recent immigrants' refer to immigrants who came to Canada between January 1, 2001 and May 16, 2006. 'Recent immigrants' refer to immigrants who came to Canada between January 1, 1996 and May 15, 2001. This ratio shows whether the share of recent immigrants in a given location is higher than the share of the total population in the same location. For example, if 5% of recent immigrants live in a place and the same share (5%) of the total population lives there, then the ratio will be 1.0. Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 2001 and 2006.
Canada	100.0	100.0	100.0	…	100.0	100.0	100.0	…
St. John's	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1
Halifax	1.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	1.2	0.4	0.5	0.4
Moncton	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
Saint John	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1
Saguenay	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
Québec	2.3	0.4	0.8	0.3	2.3	0.4	0.5	0.2
Sherbrooke	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.4
Trois-Rivières	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
Montréal	11.5	12.0	14.9	1.3	11.5	11.4	11.9	1.0
Ottawa - Gatineau	3.6	3.3	3.2	0.9	3.6	3.4	4.0	1.1
Kingston	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4
Peterborough	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2
Oshawa	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.3
Toronto	16.2	37.5	40.4	2.5	15.7	37.3	43.1	2.8
Hamilton	2.2	2.7	1.9	0.9	2.2	2.8	1.9	0.9
St. Catharines - Niagara	1.2	1.1	0.7	0.6	1.3	1.2	0.6	0.5
Kitchener	1.4	1.7	1.5	1.1	1.4	1.7	1.5	1.1
Brantford	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3
Guelph	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.8
London	1.4	1.4	1.2	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.7
Windsor	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	1.5
Barrie	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.3
Greater Sudbury	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1
Thunder Bay	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2
Winnipeg	2.2	2.0	2.2	1.0	2.3	2.0	1.4	0.6
Regina	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.3
Saskatoon	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.4
Calgary	3.4	4.1	5.2	1.5	3.2	3.6	3.8	1.2
Edmonton	3.3	3.1	2.9	0.9	3.1	3.0	2.2	0.7
Kelowna	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.3
Abbotsford	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.1
Vancouver	6.7	13.4	13.7	2.0	6.6	13.6	17.6	2.7
Victoria	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.5