On November 1, 2022, the Canadian Immigration Department announced the new "Immigration Level Plan (2023-2025)" as scheduled. This plan significantly raised its immigration targets based on the previous version.
In 2021, Canada received more than 405,000 new immigrants, breaking its historical immigration record and plans to receive 432,000 new immigrants in 2022. The latest "2023-2025 Immigration Level Plan" has been accelerated on the existing basis!
Immigration targets in the next three years are: 465,000 in 2023, 485,000 in 2024, and 500,000 in 2025!
Why does Canada value immigration so much?
For more than a century, immigration has been a means of supporting Canada’s population and economic growth and cultural diversity. Millions of eligible people from around the world choose to live in Canada and use it as their new home. Whether it is seeking better economic opportunities, the ability to reunite with family or protection, Canada has always supported individuals to come to Canada to consolidate its strong economic and social foundation.
21, Canada received 406,000 permanent residents. The top ten immigrant sources accounted for 63% of the total number of permanent residents that year. Among them, India ranked first, accounting for nearly one-third (32%). China ranked second only 8%, and Philippines ranked third with a ratio of 4%.
Canadian International Student
Canada's long-term global appeal is its international student program. From 2015 to 2021, the number of study permit holders in Canada has increased steadily.
Although the number of study permit holders in 2020 has been reduced to 256,540 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of international students has quickly returned to normal growth in 2021. Throughout 2021, the Ministry of Immigration approved a total of 445,776 international students to study in Canada.
In Canada, while international students enrich the academic experience of domestic students, they also bring new culture, concepts and abilities to Canada. They will also continue to bring long-term benefits to Canada, as many may transition from temporary residents to permanent residents of Canada. In 2021, a total of 22,682 international students who previously held student visas became permanent residents.
In addition, Immigration Canada announced the extension of the post-graduation work permit period, which should expire on August 31, 2022, and has now been extended to August 31, 2023.
There are three main ways to become a permanent resident in Canada:
Canadian immigration types mainly include economics, family and refugee. The following table is the latest immigration category plan:
From the newly announced immigration plan for the next three years, it is not difficult to see that economics is still an important way to immigrate. In the next three years, economic immigration will account for more than half of the total immigration, and will gradually increase year by year, accounting for 60% by 2025.
Family immigrants account for more than one-fifth of the total number of immigrants, and there is also an upward trend.
Refugees and other types of immigrants account for nearly 20% in 2023 and will gradually decline in the future.
