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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Population (Engl Ed). 2012 Jun 1;67(2):177–280. doi: 10.3917/pope.1202.0177

Table 16.

Distribution (%) of immigrants to Canada and the United States by admission category, 1986, 2000 and 2010

Category Canada United States
1986 2000 2010 1986 2000 2010
Family 42.7 26.6 21.5 72.5 69.1 66.3
Employment 36.1 59.9 66.6 9.4 12.7 14.2
Humanitarian 19.3 13.2 8.8 17.3 7.5 13.1
Other 1.8 0.2 3.2 0.7 10.7 6.4
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Notes: For Canada, “family” corresponds to the family reunification category in official statistics, “employment” to that of economic migrants and “humanitarian” to that of refugees. For the United States, “family” corresponds to the “Family-sponsored preferences” and “Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens” categories in official statistics, “employment” to “Employment-based preferences” and “humanitarian” to “Refugees and asylees”.