Foreign-Born Residents: New Brunswick

New Brunswick: The 2011 National Household Survey from Statistics Canada shows the country is home to about 6.8 million foreign-born residents. That accounts for 20.6 per cent of the population, up from 19.8 per cent in 2006, according to CBC. New Brunswick is well below the national average. Foreign-born people account for 3.9 per cent of New Brunswicks population. In 1991, that number was 3.3 per cent. Visible minorities account for 2.3 per cent of New Brunswickers, compared to 19.1 per cent nationally. 4,000 immigrations in 3 years Canadas immigration boom is passing New Brunswick by, the latest figures show, but one demographer say that's changing. Of the G8 countries, only Australia has a higher percentage of residents born abroad. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.