compatriots.net finds 2,345,047 people from abroad holding company roles, research posts or other documented positions in Canada, from 234 countries of origin; 98,097 of them are recorded by an official register.
The largest groups come from United States, United Kingdom, India.
| Country of origin | People |
|---|---|
| United States | 853,856 |
| United Kingdom | 263,369 |
| India | 207,625 |
| France | 138,351 |
| Australia | 67,794 |
| China | 65,341 |
| Brazil | 51,896 |
| Philippines | 44,038 |
| Mexico | 42,751 |
| Germany | 36,030 |
| Netherlands | 33,932 |
| Pakistan | 29,646 |
| Other | 660,189 |
| Industry (ISIC section) | People |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 5 |
Where the names in Canada's company register come from, estimated by a name-origin model and adjusted to Canada's own mix. These are expected counts, not people with a documented move, and no individual is labelled by them.
| Name origin | Expected people |
|---|---|
| Australia | 11,000 |
| Vietnam | 8,700 |
| Serbia | 7,300 |
| Philippines | 7,200 |
| Poland | 6,300 |
| Ghana | 5,900 |
| South Korea | 4,300 |
| Malta | 4,300 |
| United States | 4,200 |
| Cameroon | 4,100 |
| Sri Lanka | 4,000 |
| Hungary | 4,000 |
| Other | 91,000 |
Based on 219,505 names whose origin the model can place; 4,572,129 names common to many countries are counted but not assigned.
Read with care. In Canada, about 74% of the estimated name origins point to other countries. Where a population was built by immigration, much of that is simply what its names' ancestry is: it is not a count of migrants. The estimate is also adjusted toward the nationalities Canada's register records, and registers that record nationality mainly for foreigners pull it further abroad.
Abroad, 1,588,322 people from Canada are documented in 237 other countries.
| Host country | People |
|---|---|
| United States | 1,051,158 |
| United Kingdom | 290,572 |
| France | 89,021 |
| Australia | 60,840 |
| Germany | 57,113 |
| Switzerland | 52,916 |
| Netherlands | 40,533 |
| Spain | 35,999 |
| India | 30,273 |
| China | 21,156 |
| Sweden | 21,133 |
| Ireland | 21,015 |
| Other | 288,676 |
Canada's company register lists 8,980,100 officer rows, 60,920 with a stated nationality (self-stamp rate 0.12; above 0.98 the field is ignored as it only repeats the register's own country).
Counts are people with a documented cross-border move: an official register's nationality or birthplace, ORCID/VIAF/Wikidata records, or a dated study-then-work transition. Name-based estimates and heritage (ancestral) readings are not included in these counts. Groups under 5 people are folded into "Other".
Aggregate statistics from official company registers, ORCID, VIAF and Wikidata, compiled by compatriots.net · data build v3_20261030. No individual is named on this page. See methodology & privacy.