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CANADA
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OCEANIA
1,419
EASTERN ASIA
293
SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA
501
SOUTHERN ASIA
1,165
WEST CENTRALASIA AND
THE MIDDLE EAST
190
EASTERN EUROPE AND SOUTHERN
EUROPE
108NORTHERN
AFRICA
147AMERICAS
582
TOTAL AMOUNT SENTIN 2017 (IN $ MILLIONS)
MONEY TRANSFER METHODUSED LAST TIME IN 2017
MONEY TRANSFER
STORE
56% 10%HAND-CARRY
METHOD
8%MONEY
TRANSFER STORE ONLINE
9%BANKING IN
PERSON
5%BANKING ONLINE
ANOTHER TYPE
OF STORE
5% 3%OTHER
2%CURRENCY EXCHANGE
STORE
1%ANOTHER SERVICE
PROVIDER ONLINE
1%INFORMALNETWORK
www.statcan.gc.caStatisticsCanada
StatistiqueCanada
Catalogue Number: 11-627-MISBN Number: 978-0-660-29851-1
$5.2 BILLION SENT ABROAD IN 20171
NON ODA-ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
761
Source: Statistics Canada, Study on International Money Transfers, 2018.
FEE PAID LAST TIME AS A PERCENTAGE OFTHE AMOUNT SENT, BY AMOUNT REMITTED
Amount sent last time in 2017
BANKING IN PERSON
BANKING ONLINE
MONEY TRANSFER STORE
MONEY TRANSFER STORE ONLINE
CURRENCY EXCHANGE STORE
11%
7%
10%
8%
11%
6%
4% 4%
3% 3%
2% 1% 2% 1% 1%
$0-200 $200-999 $1,000+
SENDING MONEY TO RELATIVESOR FRIENDS LIVING ABROADHIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2018 STUDY ON INTERNATIONALMONEY TRANSFERS
TOP 10 DESTINATIONCOUNTRIESTotal amount sent in 2017 (in $ millions)
PHILIPPINES 1,180
INDIA 794
UNITED STATES 390
CHINA 292
PAKISTAN 236
JAMAICA 96
HAITI 86
NIGERIA 70
THAILAND 66
AUSTRALIA 66
1. The study included only Canadian residents born in O�icial Development Assistance (ODA)-eligible countries in 2017. For more information, check out The Daily.
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