Canada – Permanent residents by category, 2004-2008

Category	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Spouses and partners	44,213	45,445	45,296	44,902	44,182
Sons and daughters	3,037	3,232	3,191	3,338	3,255
Parents and grandparents	12,733	12,475	20,005	15,813	16,598
Others	2,278	2,209	2,016	2,179	1 519
Family Class	62,261	63,361	70,508	66,232	65,554
Entrepreneurs – principal applicants	668	751	821	581	447
Entrepreneurs – spouses and dependants	1,800	2,099	2,277	1,579	1,259
Self-employed – principal applicants	366	301	320	203	164
Self-employed – spouses and dependants	824	713	632	373	330
Investors – principal applicants	1,671	2,591	2,200	2,025	2,831
Investors – spouses and dependants	4,428	7,020	5,826	5,420	7,361
Skilled workers – principal applicants	47,894	52,269	44,162	41,251	43,358
Skilled workers – spouses and dependants	65,557	77,969	61,783	56,601	60,376
Provincial/territorial nominee – principal applicants	2,086	2,643	4,672	6,329	8,341
Provincial/territorial nominee – spouses and dependants	4,162	5,404	8,664	10,765	14,070
Live-in caregivers – principal applicants	2,496	3,063	3,547	3,433	6,156
Live-in caregivers – spouses and dependants	1,796	1,489	3,348	2,684	4,354
Economic Immigrants	133,748	156,312	138,252	131,244	149,047
Government-assisted refugees	7,411	7,424	7,327	7,573	7,294
Privately sponsored refugees	3,116	2,976	3,337	3,588	3,512
Refugees landed in Canada	15,901	19,935	15,885	11,697	6,994
Refugee dependants	6,259	5,441	5,950	5,097	4,059
Refugees	32,687	35,776	32,499	27,955	21,859
DROC & PDRCC**	53	20	23	15	2
Temporary resident permit holders	148	123	136	107	113
Humanitarian and Compassionate cases	2,983	3,110	4,312	4,346	3,447
Other H and C cases outside the family class / Public Policy	3,944	3,537	5,911	6,854	7,178
Other Immigrants	7,128	6,790	10,382	11,322	10,740
Category not stated	0	2	2	1	2
Total	235,824	262,241	251,643	236,754	247,202

Summary of Business Class Immigration

	Experience	Networth	Investment	Application fees
Quebec Investor	Minimum 3 years management experience acquired over the course of the 10 years	$800,000	$120,000	Federal fees + $4800
New Brunswick Business Plan applicant	Minimum 1 year	$300,000	0	Federal fees only