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  • Population......................................................................34,030,589 (July 2011 est.)
  • Population growth rate ...............................................................0.794% (2011 est.)
  • Birth rate....................................................10.28 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
  • Death rate..................................................7.98 deaths/1,000 population (2011 est.)
  • Net migration rate.................................5.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)
  • Ethnic groups.........British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%
Country Profile

Canada's Immigration Policy: a Focus on Human Capital
Canada has long been a country of net immigration and has designed its current immigration policy around attracting highly educated and skilled migrants for entry into its labor force. In this country profile, Ashley Challinor discusses the challenges associated with this approach and provides a sense of the actual scale and nature of migration into Canada.

Canada page on the World Migration Map

Canada's Temporary Migration Program: A Model Despite Flaws

Canada: A Northern Refuge for Central Americans

Placing American Emigration to Canada in Context

The Foreign Born from Canada in the United States
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The Global Tug-of-War for Health Care Workers

The Role of Cities in Immigrant Integration

A New Century: Immigration and the US

Security at US Borders: A Move Away from Unilateralism?

Spotlight on Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States

Drop in Asylum Numbers Shows Changes in Demand and Supply

Refugee Resettlement in Transition
Data
Check out Canadian International Migration Data in the Global Data Center
Neighboring Countries

United States
Greenland
Other Resources

Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.ca/

Canada Border Services Agency
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/

Foreign Affairs Canada
http://www.fac-aec.gc.ca/

Citizenship and Immigration Canada
http://www.cic.gc.ca/

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb
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