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Canada: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum

416,028people · 2025+206.2% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Canada from 1951 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025416,028
2024269,496
2023169,448
2022140,621
2021130,125
2020109,214
2019101,757
2018114,101
2017104,768
201697,322
2015135,890
2014149,164
2013160,347
2012163,751
2011164,879
2010165,544
2009169,424
2008173,642
2007175,728
2006151,832
2005147,164
2004141,402
2003133,088
2002129,935
2001129,227
2000126,991
1999123,303
1998119,355
1997125,176
1996138,427
1995152,110
1994186,555
1993183,241
1992183,723
1991170,916
1990154,761
1989135,752
1988116,434
1987104,843
198698,743
198592,194
1984112,966
1983120,947
1982107,591
198196,415
198092,679
197957,913
197831,295
197729,537
197627,387
197516,349
197411,410
197313,358
197220,933
197117,196
197018,518
196919,275
196817,950
19679,991
196610,225
19659,980
196410,178
196310,946
196212,282
196144,492
196048,629
195947,934
195846,908
195746,334
195617,485
195552,551
195475,828
1953107,004
1952154,828
1951168,511

Source

Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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UNHCR (2026). Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-hosted (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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