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STATISTICAL APPENDIX ASIAN TOURISTS VISITING CANADA (IN 000s) Origin 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 76 China 35 42 52 64 80 56 Hong Kong (SAR) 123 136 183 209 153 157 Japan 506 563 668 729 625 525 South Korea 49 101 142 191 176 72 Taiwan 48 71 110 146 151 129 Other 143 160 190 220 228 156 All Asia 904 1,073 1,345 1,559 1,413 1,095 Source: Adapted from Statistics Canada, International Travel Survey, 1993-1998 (Cat. No. 63C0002). CANADA’S TOP ASIAN IMMIGRATION SOURCES Origin 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total % Business Class Immigrants China India Hong Kong (SAR) Taiwan Pakistan Philippines South Korea Sri Lanka Vietnam Total 14,468 19,898 29,787 13,177 7,052 9,502 3,142 2,401 2,435 101,862 16,702 18,422 22,113 13,263 10,292 8,797 3,989 2,318 1,737 97,633 18,297 14,180 8,015 7,166 7,159 5,875 4,900 1,070 1,587 68,249 28,309 16,642 3,630 5,450 8,028 6,253 7,195 2,064 1,364 78,935 77,776 69,142 63,545 39,056 32,531 30,427 19,226 7,853 7,123 346,679 5.7 1.3 28.8 32.2 6.8 0.7 41.1 0.4 0.0 13.4 Source: Data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Note: The figures represent immigrants arriving in Canada. ASIAN STUDENTS TO CANADA STUDENT VISAS ISSUED Origin 1997 1998 Jan - Sept 1999 % Change Jan-Sept ‘98/’99 Japan South Korea Taiwan Hong Kong (SAR) China India Thailand Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Total n/a 8,354 2,423 2,367 689 378 541 368 449 347 15,916 3,875 3,636 2,354 2,101 1,733 477 300 251 227 185 15,139 5,149 4,647 1,800 1,947 2,958 554 316 297 226 256 18,150 32.9 82.4 -6.3 6.5 205.6 31.9 34.5 20.2 29.9 55.2 46.6 Sources: CEC Network and The Canadian Embassy, Tokyo.
STATISTICAL APPENDIX ASIAN MOTHER TONGUES OF MAJOR CANADIAN CITIES (% of population) Mother Tongue Vancouver Calgary Toronto Montreal Halifax Chinese Korean Japanese Tagalog (Pilipino) Vietnamese Other Southeast Asian Punjabi Gujarati Hindi Tamil Other Indian Languages Other Asian Languages Total Asian Languages Total Population 13.2 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.4 3.8 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.1 22.5 1,813,935 4.5 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.9 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 9.0 815,985 6.8 0.6 0.2 1.4 0.8 0.3 1.5 0.6 0.3 1.3 1.0 0.1 14.7 4,232,905 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 3.5 3,287,645 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.2 329,750 77 Source: Adapted from Statistics Canada, Nation Series Package No. 4: Mother Tongue, Home Language and Official/Non-Official Languages (Cat. No. 93F0024XDB9600). Note: Mother Tongue is the first language learned by a child. PER CAPITA INCOME MOVEMENTS Countries GNP PER CAPITA (IN CURRENT US $) GNP PER CAPITA, ADJUSTED FOR PURCHASING POWER PARITY 1996 1998 1996 1998 China Hong Kong (SAR) India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Singapore South Korea Thailand Canada 620 24,080 420 1,100 40,910 4,330 1,160 30,580 10,590 2,930 19,330 750 23,670 430 680 32,380 3,600 1,050 30,060 7,970 2,200 20,020 2,870 23,830 1,610 3,310 24,030 7,420 3,580 27,490 12,970 6,650 21,220 3,220 22,000 1,700 2,790 23,180 6,990 3,540 28,620 12,270 5,840 24,050 Sources: World Bank, World Development Report 1999/2000 and World Bank, special request. Notes: PPP estimates of GNP per capita are calculated by converting GNP to US dollars using the purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rate instead of the market exchange rate. The resulting estimates are expressed in international dollars, a unit of account that has the same purchasing power in each economy as the US dollar has in the US economy. World Development Report 1999/2000.
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