Appendix G: Source Country of New Canadian Citizens

 

Country of Birth	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Pass Rate	2012
India	25,793	20,834	17,400	18,964	22,217	80.2%	13,471
Philippines	12,197	11,667	11,068	11,607	16,153	85.3%	10,550
China (PRC)	24,348	21,026	16,011	13,417	15,565	89.2%	10,410
Pakistan	11,624	9,430	7,841	8,062	9,931	85.2%	5,630
USA	4,267	4,133	3,735	3,712	5,088	N/A	3,830
Iran	5,336	4,988	3,828	3,577	4,939	87.3%	3,527
England	3,936	3,624	3,323	3,494	4,705	N/A	3,448
South Korea	5,861	5,251	3,838	3,159	4,093	93.6%	3,071
Colombia	3,784	4,671	4,289	3,811	4,077	90.2%	2,541
Sri Lanka	4,703	3,692	3,187	2,915	3,347	67.2%	2,008
Total Top 10	101,849	89,316	74,520	72,718	90,115	N/A	58,486
Other	98,017	87,251	81,822	70,877	91,173	N/A	54,625
Total	199,866	176,567	156,342	143,595	181,288	83.1%	113,111

 

 

 

The major change is the increase of the proportion of new Philipino Canadians, matched by the decrease of new Chinese Canadians. As noted in Appendix F, there was a dramatic drop in new citizens in 2012.

 

As the country’s mix of new citizens changed in 2012, the USA and England fell off the top 10 list. CIC does not post the complete statistics.

 

Source: CIC Operational Databases, 4th Quarter 2012.

 

Pass rate refers to the average for the March – December 2011 period, before changes were made in the test questions and versions in 2012. As CIC Citizenship Management Quarterly Report, Second Quarter, FY 2012-13, is a custom report using different timeframes, the top 10 countries are slightly different, with Vietnam (average pass rate of 67.7%) and Algeria (average pass rate of 88.2%) replacing the USA and England.