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The African proportion of both migrants and residents in France is increasing, as by 2022, nearly a majority, 48.2%, of all immigrants living in France come from Africa, 32.3% come from Europe, 13.5% come from Asia and 6% come from the Americas and Oceania. [26] 61.7% of all immigrants living in France come from non-European origins in 2022.
Canadians in France are people born or naturalized in Canada who emigrated to France, especially from French Canada. [2] Those from the province of Québec are sometimes known as Québécois in France. There has also been a recent immigration of Acadians to France.
On 15 January 1634, Giffard was granted one of New France's the first seigneuries and he returned to the colony accompanied by his wife and two children. The colony - with Samuel de Champlain still as Governor - was continuing to experience a lack of immigration.
The French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) is responsible for France's population census, a major source of data.. Since 2004, INSEE no longer carries out a general population census every eight or nine years, but instead conducts annual sample censuses, [2] [He 3] registering immigrants who have lived in France for more than a year. [2]
The diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic are friendly, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada.Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn account for about 22 percent of the country's total population.
India was the third largest source country for immigration to Canada in 2012. [91] Newcomers tend to settle in the major urban areas of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. After Justin Trudeau became Prime Minister in 2015, he increased immigration targets. Population and housing prices rose more in Canada than in any other G7 country. [92]
French immigration to Canada dates back to the 16th century, with the foundation of Charlesbourg-Royal in 1541. Tadoussac, the oldest surviving French settlement in the Americas, was established in 1599. From 1627 to 1663, the French population in Canada rose from 100 to 2,500 inhabitants.
The Île-de-France is a magnet for immigrants, hosting one of the largest concentrations of immigrants in Europe. As of 2006, about 35% of people (4 million) living in the region were either immigrant (17%) or born to at least one immigrant parent (18%). [ 3 ]