Canada Immigration Levels Plan For 2023 to 2025 Announced on November 01, 2022
Canada Immigration Levels Plan 2023-2025 is tabled by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser on November 1, 2022, says Canada is aiming to welcome a total of 1.45 million new permanent residents over three years across all immigration categories.
The Canadian government is once again increasing its immigration targets, according to the newly-released Immigration Levels Plan for 2023-2025. By the year 2025, Canada will aim to admit half a million new permanent residents in a single year.
Canada broke its all-time immigration record by welcoming over 405,000 immigrants in 2021 and is looking to welcome nearly 432,000 immigrants this year (2022).
Canada Immigration Levels Plan 2023 to 2025
The Immigration Levels Plan acts as a guide for the number of immigrants Canada aims to welcome over the next three years.
Canada will aim to welcome 465,000 new immigrants in 2023.
The target will rise to 485,000 new immigrants in 2024.
It will further rise to 500,000 new immigrants 2025.
Express Entry and PNP targets will rise
The majority of new permanent residents immigrate through economic class programs such as those within the Express Entry system or through Provincial Nomination Programs (PNPs).
The targets for Express Entry landings (principal applicants, spouses, and dependents) will rise as follows:
- 82,880 in 2023
- 109,020 in 2024
- 114,000 in 2025
The PNP will remain Canada’s leading admissions program for economic class immigrants and targets will also increase to:
- 105,500 in 2023
- 110,000 in 2024
- 117,500 in 2025
Canada’s immigration strategy
The government must announce the Immigration Levels Plan each year by November 1 as per the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), which is Canada’s main immigration law. However, the 2022-2024 immigration levels plan was the second announced in 2022, the first occurred in February after the most recent federal election on September 20, 2021, caused the 2021 announcement to be delayed.
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