The first charts in this snapshot show the total entries to Canada in 2023. These figures represent all individuals who entered the country for any reason, presented by month of entry, method of entry and region.
Total Entries to Canada in 2023 by Month
Source: Canada Border Services Agency, “Traveller Volumes by Port of Entry and Month,” https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/1b1c2b92-b388-47d9-87d4-01aee8d3c3e4/resource/22653cdd-d1e2-4c04-9d11-61b5cdd79b4e, last accessed 28 February 2024.
Total Travellers to Canada in 2023 by Method
Source: Source: Canada Border Services Agency, “Traveller Volumes by Port of Entry and Month,” https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/1b1c2b92-b388-47d9-87d4-01aee8d3c3e4/resource/22653cdd-d1e2-4c04-9d11-61b5cdd79b4e, last accessed 28 February 2024.
Total Travellers to Canada in 2023 by Region
Source: Canada Border Services Agency, “Traveller Volumes by Port of Entry and Month,” https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/1b1c2b92-b388-47d9-87d4-01aee8d3c3e4/resource/22653cdd-d1e2-4c04-9d11-61b5cdd79b4e, last accessed 28 February 2024.
Emigration of Canadian Immigrants
Recent reporting of Statistics Canada data has shown that a surprising percentage of immigrants later leave Canada. These charts indicate some of the trends in that data. Although a low percentage of immigrants leave each year, over time the cumulative effect of these departures means that by 25 years about arrival, about one in five immigrants have emigrated.
The Statistics Canada chart below shows this cumulative effect:
Cumulative probability (in %) of the emigration of immigrants since year of admission, 1982 to 2017
Source: Statistics Canada, “Emigration of Immigrants: Results from the Longitudinal Immigration Database,” https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/91F0015M2024002, last accessed 28 February 2024.
Emigration by country of birth
Country of birth seems to be a factor. Within 20 years of admission:
Source: Statistics Canada, “Emigration of Immigrants: Results from the Longitudinal Immigration Database,” https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/91F0015M2024002, last accessed 28th February 2024.
Within 5 years of admission:
Emigration by age
Emigration by admission type
Emigration by level of education
Suggested Citation: National Newcomer Navigation Network, "Coming and going: where do travellers enter Canada, and why do immigrants leave?", February 2024, https://www.newcomernavigation.ca/en/data/coming-and-going.aspx