some more data from page 2 of the same link I posted in my previous post
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2011-preliminary/02.aspCanada – Permanent residents by province or territory and urban area, 2007-2011
Urban area 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Montréal 38,684 38,881 42,532 46,460 44,857
Québec 2,076 2,033 2,364 2,630 2,236
Ottawa-Gatineau 1,125 1,155 1,199 1,536 1,450
Sherbrooke 1,016 1,046 993 1,148 930
Trois-Rivières 305 274 376 314 269
Saint-Hyacinthe 182 111 181 102 187
Granby 167 115 194 153 167
Drummondville 179 90 152 109 135
Joliette 61 87 119 125 128
Other Québec 1,405 1,426 1,382 1,406 1,377
Québec Total 45,200 45,218 49,492 53,983 51,736 now its time to give +1 to me

hi bachar,
many thanks buddy for taking efforts to share this piece of information...
here is +1 for you

I found it much informative and come to know that total average number of PRs granted to economic immigrants across all categories is 1,30,000-1,50,000 per year which has increased year after year.
And I wonder, if these are the average numbers they are having for almost past 4 years and with the removal of federal backlog (applications submitted before february 2008), will not they be in a position to give some more numbers to QSW & PNP categories... ? ? ? ?
then why such a low numbers of visa targets kept for certain regions as New Delhi, Beijing, HK...
as compared to other francophone countries which are having high numbers of visa targets for this year

one more thing I noticed: this data is for 3rd Qtr, 2011. Almost 9 months older and the date mentioned at the end of this data is :
Date Modified:2012-01-03I am sharing one more such source of info where you can see the numbers of PRs for various categories from year 2007 to 2011..
Interesting to see the numbers for Skilled workers.
Category 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Skilled workers – principal applicants 41,251 43,360 40,734 48,822 36,770
Skilled workers – spouses and dependants 56,601 60,372 55,221 70,537 51,991
Economic immigrants (Total) 131,244 149,069 153,492 186,920 156,077
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2011-preliminary/01.asp