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Overview

Some 70,000 people born in Canada were living in Britain at the 2001 Census � up slightly from 1991.

London dominates the figures, but Scotland also makes an appearance � the nation was a source for emigration to English-speaking Canada.

Many young Canadians have found it easier to come to Britain over the years because visa rules favoured people from the old Commonwealth nations with either a parent or grandparent born in the UK.

Young Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans have taken advantage of the same rule to enter.

Concentrations of people born in Canada

Map on right shows country as if areas with roughly equal populations were the same size. So, densely populated London takes up much more space than sparsely populated Scottish Highlands.

At-a-glance
70,145 people born in Canada were living in Britain in 2001, according to the census � some 0.12% of the total population. 11% more Canadians are resident in Britain than a decade before, equating to 7,000 people. 6 regions of Britain saw increases of less than 200 people born in Canada over the last 10 years. 9 out of the top 10 clusters are in London, the remainder is in Cambridge.

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Distribution of people born in Canada

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	63,176	70,145	11.03	0.12	0.12	0.00

East Midlands	3,114	3,286	5.52	0.08	0.08	0.00
East of England	5,821	6,166	5.93	0.12	0.11	-0.01
London	11,614	15,283	31.59	0.17	0.21	0.04
North East	1,470	1,587	7.96	0.06	0.06	0.00
North West	5,223	5,242	0.36	0.08	0.08	0.00
Scotland	7,961	8,569	7.64	0.16	0.17	0.01
South East	12,806	13,992	9.26	0.17	0.17	0.00
South West	6,432	6,957	8.16	0.14	0.14	0.00
Wales	2,009	2,117	5.38	0.07	0.07	0.00
West Midlands	3,461	3,639	5.14	0.07	0.07	0.00
Yorks & Humber	3,265	3,307	1.29	0.07	0.07	0.00

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Regions	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Hyde Park	London	475	576	21.26	0.78	0.87	0.09
Chelsea	London	490	564	15.10	0.95	0.92	-0.03
Kensington	London	411	504	22.63	0.79	0.80	0.01
Regent's Park	London	323	428	32.51	0.40	0.59	0.19
Highgate	London	326	403	23.62	0.70	0.73	0.03
Richmond N	London	281	382	35.94	0.43	0.56	0.13
Fulham	London	186	380	104.30	0.40	0.66	0.26
Cambridge W	East of England	277	365	31.77	0.67	0.67	0.00
Holborn	London	224	353	57.59	0.60	0.64	0.04
Hammersmith	London	192	352	83.33	0.32	0.53	0.21

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