As an immigrant country with beautiful environment and rich welfare, Canada attracts a large number of new immigrants to Canada every year. At the same time, because of Canada's high-quality education level and convenient graduate policies, many international students also come here.
Recently, the Canadian government submitted its annual immigration report to the parliament. This report is a statistical analysis of various temporary and permanent immigration visas issued by Canada in 2021.
data shows that in 2021, Canada issued a total of 445,000 student visas to international students from various countries, setting a historical record; at the same time, 406,000 people obtained Canadian immigration visas, of which 31,000 immigrants in China were not significantly changed compared with before the epidemic.
In the epidemic in 2020, the student visas issued by Canada dropped significantly. The number of student visas increased significantly in 2021, and some students extended their enrollment last year, but overall, Canadian students have maintained a rapid growth trend in the past five years.
report said that immigration is crucial to the Canadian economy and has greatly supported Canada's economic recovery.
- 90% of Canada's new labor force comes from immigrants, and 75% of the new population comes from immigrants.
- International students from all over the world have made important contributions to the Canadian economy, creating 23.5 billion Canadian dollars in GDP (1 Canadian dollar = 5.3 RMB) each year for Canada.
- Temporary and permanent residents can make up for the labor shortage in some important industries in Canada, and Canada will introduce more temporary and permanent residents in the future.
According to a survey, half of the 600,000 international students in Canada expressed their hope to successfully immigrate and become permanent residents of Canada, which means that Canada may see more international students becoming permanent residents of Canada in the next 10 years.
International students have very obvious advantages in the labor market. When international students become Canadian workers and consumers in the next 10 years, they will become the main driving force for Canadian economic growth.
Among international students who arrived in Canada after 2000, nearly 30% of them obtained permanent resident status within ten years of their first visa approval. According to a report by Statistics Canada, half of the master's degree students and three-fifths of doctoral degree students completed their identity transformation within the same period.
Among the international students who received their first student visa between 2010 and 2014, nearly half of the international students from India became permanent residents of Canada within five years, and the second and third were international students from Nigeria and Vietnam.
The number of international graduates who first enrolled and became permanent residents of Canada doubled compared to the number of first enrolled between 2000 and 2004.
The Canadian government believes that international students can increase their country's labor force, so they are very happy to provide this group with permanent resident status. Therefore, international graduates who stay in Canada to work during their studies or after graduation are very likely to become permanent resident of Canada.
report shows that 60% of international graduates who stayed in Canada to work during their studies or after graduation. The TRTPR policy in May 2021 is one of the favorable policies.
Number of international students studying in Canada over the years:
Among them, Chinese students account for 13%, about 80,000. Indian students have the largest number!
In addition, people who work in high-paying jobs in Canada are more likely to become permanent residents. Among those who received their first school visa between 2005 and 2009 and had an annual salary of more than 50,000 Canadian dollars, 87% became permanent residents, and for those who had an annual salary of less than 20,000 Canadian dollars, only 46% obtained permanent residents. In terms of temporary work visas, Canada issued a total of 313,294 IMP and 103,552 TFW visas throughout 2021.
IMP is the abbreviation of The International Mobility Program, and TFW is the abbreviation of Temporary Foreign Worker.Both are short-term work visas. The difference is that the former does not need to pass the assessment of LMIA job market demand, and is mostly suitable for urgently short-term technical talents.
Non-permanent immigrants need to hold a temporary residence visa (TRV) or an electronic travel permit (ETA) to enter Canada. This is true for international students and temporary staff mentioned above. In addition, there is an important group of business and tourist tourists.
Judging from the number of TRVs and ETAs in 2020 and 2021, temporary residents entering Canada are only about 25% of the level before the epidemic. Business and tourism can be said to be severely affected by the epidemic, and the negative impact has always existed.
The total number of Canadian immigrants has been growing steadily over the years. The Canadian government plans to increase the total number of immigrants in the three years from 2022 to 2024 to 431,000, 447,000 and 451,000 respectively.
