In 2022, the number of refugees in Canada with permanent resident status amounted to more than 74,000. That year there were around 36,000 female refugees and around 38,000 male refugees in Canada.
Number of permanent resident refugees admitted in Canada from 2005 to 2022, by gender
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. (November 1, 2023). Number of permanent resident refugees admitted in Canada from 2005 to 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/549594/number-of-permanent-resident-refugees-canada-by-gender/
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. "Number of permanent resident refugees admitted in Canada from 2005 to 2022, by gender." Chart. November 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/549594/number-of-permanent-resident-refugees-canada-by-gender/
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. (2023). Number of permanent resident refugees admitted in Canada from 2005 to 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/549594/number-of-permanent-resident-refugees-canada-by-gender/
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. "Number of Permanent Resident Refugees Admitted in Canada from 2005 to 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/549594/number-of-permanent-resident-refugees-canada-by-gender/
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Number of permanent resident refugees admitted in Canada from 2005 to 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/549594/number-of-permanent-resident-refugees-canada-by-gender/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Number of permanent resident refugees admitted in Canada from 2005 to 2022, by gender [Graph], Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, November 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/549594/number-of-permanent-resident-refugees-canada-by-gender/