Adoptions via Citizenship Stream: New Citizens by Gender and Country of Birth (2012 - 2017)

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Not Not Not
Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total
Country of Birth Identified Identified Identified
Afghanistan 1 1
Albania 1 1 2 3 2 5 1 2 3 5 2 7 2 2 1 1
Antigua 1 1
Argentina 1 1
Armenia 1 1 2 4 2 6
Australia 1 1
Bahamas, Commonwealth of the 3 3 3 1 4
Bangladesh 3 3
Barbados 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Belarus 2 2 1 1
Belgium 1 1 2 1 1
Belize 5 5 1 2 3 1 1 3 3 1 1
Benin 1 1
Bermuda 1 1 1 1 2
Bhutan 1 1
Bolivia 1 1 2 2 1 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
Brazil 5 5 10 5 2 7 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 3 3
Bulgaria 1 3 4 3 2 5 4 6 10 5 5 10 2 4 6 3 4 7
Burkina Faso 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 3
Burundi 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2
Cambodia 1 2 3 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 0
Cameroon 1 3 4 3 2 5 2 3 5 1 1 2
Cayman Islands 1 1
Central African Republic 1 1
Chad 1 1 1 1
Chile 1 1 1 1 2 1 3
China 140 70 210 90 62 152 71 55 126 59 34 93 36 22 58 37 27 64
Colombia 5 14 19 16 11 27 8 7 15 11 12 23 11 12 23 4 13 17
Congo, Democratic Republic of 5 11 16 6 11 17 1 1 7 7 14 12 8 20 8 1 9
Congo, People's Republic of 1 1 1 1
Costa Rica 1 3 4 1 1 2
Cuba 1 1
Czech Republic 1 1 2 2 2
Dominica, Commonwealth of the 1 1
Dominican Republic 2 2 1 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 1 1
DPR Korea (North) 1 1
Ecuador 2 2 1 1 1 1
Egypt 2 2 1 1 2
El Salvador 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Eritrea 2 2 1 1 1 1
Ethiopia 29 39 68 17 34 51 10 19 29 9 14 23 6 3 9 6 4 10
Fiji 1 1
Finland 1 1
France 1 1 2 2 1 1 2
Gabon 1 1
Georgia 1 1 1 1
Germany 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Adoptions via Citizenship Stream: New Citizens by Gender and Country of Birth (2012 - 2017)

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Not Not Not
Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total
Country of Birth Identified Identified Identified
Ghana 1 1 5 3 8 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 2
Greece 1 2 3 1 1
Grenada 1 1 1 1 1 1
Guatemala 1 4 5 1 2 3 4 1 5 2 1 3 1 1
Guinea 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 1
Guinea, Equatorial 1 1 3 2 5
Guyana 11 11 10 5 15 4 3 7 3 2 5 3 3 1 1
Haiti 32 12 44 10 12 22 18 13 31 10 9 19 22 22 44 24 14 38
Honduras 4 4 3 1 4 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2
Hong Kong 6 8 14 3 2 5 7 5 12 7 4 11 2 2 4 8 3 11
Hungary 1 1 1 1 0 2 2
India 11 6 17 13 3 16 11 3 14 9 5 14 10 3 13 6 3 9
Indonesia 1 1 2 1 2 3
Iran 1 3 4 1 3 4 1 1 2 1 1
Ireland 1 1 2 2 3 5 1 1 2
Israel 1 1 2 2 2
Italy 1 1
Ivory Coast 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
Jamaica 5 4 9 3 6 9 6 3 9 5 6 11 2 3 5 1 1 2
Japan 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 2
Kazakhstan 7 5 12 2 3 5 10 5 15 2 3 5 2 1 3 2 2
Kenya 5 1 6 3 3 6 1 1 2 2 3 5 1 1 2 1 1
Korea, Republic of(South) 8 10 18 8 5 13 5 7 12 3 8 11 2 4 6 2 1 3
Kyrgyzstan 2 2 1 1
Latvia 2 2 4 1 2 3
Lebanon 1 1 2 2
Lesotho 7 5 12 2 2 4 5 9 2 2 4 2 1 3 4 4
Liberia 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 0
Lithuania 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 4 3 4 7 3 5 8 2 3 5
Macao 1 1 0
Madagascar 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 1
Malawi 3 1 4 1 1 0
Malaysia 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
Mali 3 2 5 4 6 10 1 1
Marshall Islands 1 1
Mexico 10 6 16 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 5 5 2 7 2 1 3
Moldova 1 1 1 1
Morocco 4 4 1 1
Mozambique 1 1 2 1 1
Namibia 1 1
Nepal 1 1 1 1 1 1
Netherlands 1 1 2 1 1
New Zealand 1 1
Nicaragua 2 2 2 2
Niger 4 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nigeria 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 5 3 8
Norway 1 1
Pakistan 3 4 7 1 5 6 1 1 2 2 1 1
Adoptions via Citizenship Stream: New Citizens by Gender and Country of Birth (2012 - 2017)

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Not Not Not
Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total
Country of Birth Identified Identified Identified
Papua New Guinea 1 1
Paraguay 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1
Peru 2 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 3 3
Philippines 12 10 22 20 18 38 8 3 11 9 6 15 9 5 14 5 2 7
Poland 3 3 6 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2
Portugal 1 1 1 1 1 1
Romania 4 4 2 4 6 2 2 4 3 4 7 5 5 3 3
Russia 15 25 40 15 18 33 8 9 17 12 7 19 4 1 5 1 9 10
Rwanda 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Saint Lucia 1 1 2 2 1 1
Samoa 1 1
Saudi Arabia 1 1 2 1 3
Senegal 1 1 1 1 1 1
Serbia 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Serbia and Montenegro 1 1
Sierra Leone 3 2 5 1 1 1 1
Singapore 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 2
Slovakia 2 1 3
Somalia Republic 1 1
South Africa 2 1 3 12 13 25 6 12 18 12 19 31 4 6 10 4 3 7
Spain 1 1 1 1
Sri Lanka 1 1 3 1 4 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 2
St Vince 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1
Sudan 1 1
Swaziland 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sweden 1 1 1 1
Taiwan 5 1 6 5 2 7 6 1 7 2 4 6 3 1 4 2 2
Tanzania 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 3 4
Thailand 4 4 8 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 4 6 1 2 3
Togolese Republic 1 1 1 1
Trinidad & Tobago, Republic 2 2 1 1 2 2
Tunisia 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Turks and Caicos Islands 1 1
U.S.A. 53 88 141 48 39 87 55 53 108 44 55 99 45 54 99 41 60 101
Uganda 2 1 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 2 2 2
Ukraine 17 19 36 15 24 39 14 13 27 13 15 28 11 11 22 6 7 13
United Kingdom 5 7 12 3 2 5 9 6 15 4 8 12 10 3 13 4 7 11
Uzbekistan 1 1
Venezuela 1 1 2 1 3 2 2
Vietnam 30 19 49 30 22 52 29 26 55 18 15 33 12 16 28 15 12 27
Yemen, Republic of 1 1
Zambia 1 1 2 4 1 5 1 1 4 2 6 4 4 8
Others* 1 1 2 5 3 1 9 7 3 1 11 1 1 2 2 2
Grand Total 501 437 1 939 397 365 762 358 310 1 669 327 315 1 643 272 238 510 230 225 455
*Other includes: unknown
Data is preliminary and subject to change.

Data source & date: IRCC, February 13, 2018