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Significant decline in Portuguese emigration to Canada in 2024

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Inês Vidigal

There were 625 Portuguese who entered Canada in 2024, according to data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The official statistics department accounted for a total of 483,640 entries of foreigners in Canadian territory in that year, with the Portuguese accounting for 0.1% of this total. +

Following a 14.9% increase in Portuguese emigration to Canada in 2023, 2024 saw a significant decline of 37.8% in the number of Portuguese entering Canadian territory. The number of entries now approaches the levels observed during the pandemic period. During the period under review, the lowest value was recorded in 2003 (329 entries), while the highest was in 2023 (1,005 entries). Portuguese emigration to Canada continues to represent a very small fraction of both immigration in this country (0.1%) and total Portuguese emigration (less than 1%).

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Cite as Vidigal, Inês (2025), “Significant decline in Portuguese emigration to Canada in 2024”, Observatório da Emigração. http://observatorioemigracao.pt/np4EN/10279.html

[By Inês Vidigal]

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