Hamilton: Population and Cent

hamilton: The share of immigrants to total population in the Hamilton census area has been relatively steady over the last several censuses, according to CBC. While Hamilton's immigrant population has stayed steady, Ontario's has grown from 26 per cent of the population in 1996 to 29 per cent in 2016, SPRC found. But Hamilton's immigrant proportion has not kept up with a growth in immigrants coming to Ontario, according to an analysis of the census numbers by the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton SPRC . The foreign-born population in Hamilton, Burlington and Grimsby measured 24.1 per cent of the total population, or 177,075 people. About 10 per cent of the immigrants reported in the 2016 census have come to Hamilton in the last five years. The same numbers showed the share of immigrants in Canada reached its highest level in almost a century. 21.9% of Canadians are immigrants, the highest share in 85 years Stats Can The census figures show 21.9 per cent of Canadians report being or having been an immigrant or permanent resident, nearly matching the high of 22.3 per cent in 1921 and up from 19.8 per cent in 2006. Between 2011 and 2016, 17,420 people who reported in the census that they were born in another country moved to Hamilton, Burlington or Grimsby. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.