-1882-immigrants began to arrive to Canada.
-Untile 1945 immigration was limited. Increased in the 1960s.
-1996 -188 430 Canadians claimed Arab single origin. 85 770 claimed Arab multiple origins (i.e., Arab plus one or more ethnic classification).
-Total - 274 200 Arab-origin Canadians. 1901-Canada had about 2000 Syrian immigrants.
- 1911 - about 7000
- 1946 - 1992 - over 200 000 immigrants to Canada originated from the Arab world.