Canada


Indicator 1990 2000

Population

    Number (thousands) 27 701 30 757
    Rate of natural increase per 1,000 populationa 6.7 4.5
    Rate of growth per 1,000 populationa 11.6 9.3

Migration stockb

    Number (thousands) 4 319 5 826
    Per cent of population 15.6 18.9

Refugeesc

    Number (thousands) 154.8 127.0
    Per cent of migrant stock 3.6 2.2

Net migrationa

    Number (thousands) 139 144
    Rate per 1,000 population 4.9 4.8
    Number per 100 births 35 40

Workers' remittancesd

    Total (millions of US dollars) .. ..
    Per cent of gross domestic product .. ..
    Per capita (US dollars) .. ..

Government positions concerning migration

    Immigration levels
        View Satisfactory Satisfactory
        Policy Raise Maintain

    Emigration levels

        View Satisfactory Satisfactory
        Policy No intervention No intervention

Parties to United Nations Instruments (year ratified)

    1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1969
    1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees 1969
    1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
      Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
Not ratified
    2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
      Especially Women and Childrene
2002
    2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Aire 2002

Projected population in 2050 (thousands)f

40 407

Projected population in 2050 assuming zero migration after 2000g

29 390

a  Estimates represent annual averages for 1990-1995 and 1995-2000.

b  Estimated mid-year number of persons born outside the country or area with the addition of refugees.

c  Data are compiled by UNHCR and refer to the end of the year.

d  Based on data compiled by IMF.

e  Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

f  United Nations medium variant projection.

g  United Nations medium variant projection modified with zero migration after 2000.