The Foreign-born from Canada in the United States

Author: 
Betsy Cooper and Elizabeth Grieco
Date of Publication: 
August, 2004
Source Organization: 
Migration Policy Institute

Canadians have a long history of migrating to the United States. In 1850, when the census first collected data on the nativity of the population, there were 148,000 Canadian foreign-born residing in the country. By 1910, the Canadian immigrant population had peaked at 1.2 million. Since 1970, the number of Canadian foreign-born has remained at approximately 800,000.

This spotlight examines the size, growth and geographic distribution of the foreign-born from Canada. 

This is part of the Migration Information Source Spotlight series on the foreign-born from around the world in the United States. Areas spotlighted include Africa, Asia, Canada, Central America, China, Dominican Republic, Europe, Haiti, Hmong, India, Iran, Iraq, Korea, Mexico, Philippines, South America and Vietnam.

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Citation: 

Cooper, B. and Grieco, E. (2004). The Foreign-born from Canada in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved: October 7, 2011: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/foreign-born-canada-united-states-2000

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