Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB)

Year of immigration of immigrant, category

Year of immigration refers to the year in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

Immigrant refers to a person who is, or who has ever been, a landed immigrant or permanent resident. Such a person has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this group.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Periods of Immigration, Aggregating Before 1980