Where people born in Canada live abroad.

The UN estimates 950,387 Canadian-born people lived in the United States in 2024, 74.4% of the top 20 destinations combined. The United Kingdom (81,845) and Australia (57,190) follow.

Data year 2024Source UN DESA

Canadian-born residents abroad, top 20 countries, 2024

Category	2024
United States of America	950,387
United Kingdom	81,845
Australia	57,190
Italy	23,315
China	23,177
China, Hong Kong SAR	15,819
Mexico	14,431
Greece	13,663
New Zealand	13,149
Switzerland	13,033
Japan	11,477
Israel	10,021
Portugal	9,387
Malta	9,242
Ireland	7,811
Poland	6,421
Belgium	5,070
Denmark	4,217
Norway	3,729
Hungary	3,437

Source: UN DESA Population Division, International Migrant Stock 2024 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Counts people born in Canada (or Canadian citizens where a country only records citizenship). They include people who left long ago and children born to visiting parents.

Trend for the top five destinations

Period	United States of America	United Kingdom	Australia	Italy	China
1990	880,627	64,645	23,243	21,457	9,726
1995	1,017,197	68,179	27,132	22,689	11,550
2000	965,513	71,889	30,253	23,149	13,747
2005	950,086	75,737	36,359	23,554	16,363
2010	928,127	79,837	44,589	24,108	19,511
2015	955,022	80,855	52,593	24,171	20,594
2020	931,908	81,405	56,241	24,275	20,917
2024	950,387	81,845	57,190	23,315	23,177

Source: UN DESA Population Division, International Migrant Stock 2024 (CC BY 3.0 IGO).

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. UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024, CC BY 3.0 IGO. See methods and definitions.