Long view

Emigrants per year, 1952 to 2025.

In Statistics Canada’s quarterly series, the five highest calendar years for emigration are 2023, 2025, 2022, 2024, 1967. 2025 counted 111,572 emigrants. Relative to population, today’s rate (2.7 per 1,000) is below the 1960s peak (5.4).

Data through Apr–Jun 2026Source Statistics CanadaUpdated quarterly

Emigrants per year since 1952

Period	Emigrants
1952	60,559
1953	57,975
1954	57,150
1955	61,893
1956	68,753
1957	74,383
1958	61,681
1959	69,189
1960	75,596
1961	72,305
1962	76,740
1963	83,563
1964	92,430
1965	105,307
1966	91,489
1967	108,462
1968	100,036
1969	90,089
1970	80,961
1971	70,097
1972	63,238
1973	78,483
1974	78,049
1975	70,716
1976	64,363
1977	61,409
1978	63,474
1979	54,749
1980	45,225
1981	50,052
1982	59,400
1983	58,571
1984	55,241
1985	54,175
1986	49,099
1987	44,312
1988	38,720
1989	40,708
1990	39,612
1991	48,030
1992	44,567
1993	46,718
1994	53,281
1995	50,085
1996	47,838
1997	54,263
1998	49,839
1999	47,509
2000	48,841
2001	53,588
2002	46,721
2003	53,684
2004	58,426
2005	58,561
2006	64,707
2007	66,411
2008	66,234
2009	56,427
2010	59,688
2011	65,125
2012	61,873
2013	62,709
2014	65,222
2015	68,945
2016	97,473
2017	104,013
2018	97,035
2019	90,460
2020	60,407
2021	83,357
2022	110,172
2023	112,561
2024	109,535
2025	111,572

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0040-01 Estimates of the components of international migration, quarterly. Statistics Canada has revised how it estimates emigration over time (it now uses more tax and benefit data); long-run comparisons are indicative.

Emigrants per 1,000 residents

Emigrants in the calendar year divided by the July 1 population.

Period	Per 1,000 residents
1952	4.2
1953	3.9
1954	3.7
1955	3.9
1956	4.3
1957	4.5
1958	3.6
1959	3.9
1960	4.2
1961	4
1962	4.1
1963	4.4
1964	4.8
1965	5.4
1966	4.6
1967	5.3
1968	4.8
1969	4.3
1970	3.8
1971	3.2
1972	2.8
1973	3.5
1974	3.4
1975	3.1
1976	2.7
1977	2.6
1978	2.6
1979	2.3
1980	1.8
1981	2
1982	2.4
1983	2.3
1984	2.2
1985	2.1
1986	1.9
1987	1.7
1988	1.4
1989	1.5
1990	1.4
1991	1.7
1992	1.6
1993	1.6
1994	1.8
1995	1.7
1996	1.6
1997	1.8
1998	1.7
1999	1.6
2000	1.6
2001	1.7
2002	1.5
2003	1.7
2004	1.8
2005	1.8
2006	2
2007	2
2008	2
2009	1.7
2010	1.8
2011	1.9
2012	1.8
2013	1.8
2014	1.8
2015	1.9
2016	2.7
2017	2.8
2018	2.6
2019	2.4
2020	1.6
2021	2.2
2022	2.8
2023	2.8
2024	2.7
2025	2.7

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0040-01 Estimates of the components of international migration, quarterly; Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0009-01 Population estimates, quarterly.

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. See methods and definitions.