Canadians in the United States: about 828,000.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey counted about 828,000 Canadian-born immigrants in 2023, under 2% of all U.S. immigrants and close to the 843,000 of 1980. Six states hold 53% of them.

Data year 2023 (states: 2019–23)Source MPI, ACS

Share of Canadian-born U.S. immigrants by state

Six largest states, 2019–23 pooled ACS data.

Category	Share
California	16%
Florida	13%
New York	7%
Texas	7%
Washington	6%
Arizona	5%

Source: Migration Policy Institute, Canadian Immigrants in the United States (June 11, 2025), using U.S. Census Bureau ACS data.

Measure (2023)	Canadian-born	All U.S. immigrants	U.S.-born
Median age	55	47	37
Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+)	53%	35%	36%
U.S. citizens	51%	52%	–
Arrived before 2000	54%	44%	–

Source: Migration Policy Institute (2025), from ACS data. Canadians make up about 19% of immigrants in Maine and 18% in Vermont. The UN’s 2024 estimate, which uses a different method, is 950,387.

About this data. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Canada has no register of people who leave, so emigration figures are Statistics Canada estimates built from tax, benefit and foreign data; recent quarters are preliminary and are revised. These pages describe what happened, using official statistics. They do not predict policy, estimate anyone’s chances, or rank communities. U.S. figures: Migration Policy Institute summary of U.S. Census Bureau data. See methods and definitions.