CANADA SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OCEANIA 1,419 EASTERN ASIA 293 SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA 501 SOUTHERN ASIA 1,165 WEST CENTRAL ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 190 EASTERN EUROPE AND SOUTHERN EUROPE 108 NORTHERN AFRICA 147 AMERICAS 582 TOTAL AMOUNT SENT IN 2017 (IN $ MILLIONS) MONEY TRANSFER METHOD USED 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% INFORMAL NETWORK www.statcan.gc.ca Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Catalogue Number: 11-627-M ISBN Number: 978-0-660-29851-1 $5.2 BILLION SENT ABROAD IN 2017 1 NON ODA-ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES 761 Source: Statistics Canada, Study on International Money Transfers, 2018. FEE PAID LAST TIME AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE 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 RELATIVES OR FRIENDS LIVING ABROAD HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2018 STUDY ON INTERNATIONAL MONEY TRANSFERS TOP 10 DESTINATION COUNTRIES Total 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 Oﬀicial Development Assistance (ODA)-eligible countries in 2017. For more information, check out The Daily.

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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%

10%

11%

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.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/190417/dq190417c-eng.htm