Immigration Report Card – 1996

Immigration Report Card - 1996

IMMIGRATION REPORT CARD - 1996
COMPONENTS	PLANNED LEVEL	ACTUAL LANDINGS	%DIFFERENCE*
IMMIGRANTS
Immediate Family	47,000 - 51,000	43,149	-15%
Parents and Grandparents	31,000 - 34,700	24,417	-30%
Total Family	78,000 - 85,700	67,566	-21%

Skilled Worker	66,500 - 73,000	97,219	33%
Business	18,000 - 20,500	22,363	9%
Prov./Terr. Nominees	1,000	231	-77%
Total Economic	85,500 - 94,500	119,813	27%

Live-in Caregiver - Pr. Appl.	3,000	3,580	19%
Live-in Caregiver - Sp. or Dep	1,000	917	-8%
Deferred Removal Order Class	3,500	3,313	-5%
Total Other**	7,500	7,810	4%

REFUGEES
Government Assisted Refugees	7,300	7,836	7%
Privately Sponsored Refugees	2,700 - 4,000	3,040	-24%
Refugees Landed in Canada	12,000 - 18,000	17,216	-4%
Dependants Abroad***	2,000 - 3,000	393	-87%
Total Refugees	24,000 - 32,300	28,485	-12%
Total Planned	195,000 - 220,000	223,674	2%

Retirees	N/A	145	N/A
Backlog	N/A	231	N/A
Total	195,000 - 220,000	224,050	2%

* Where the planned levels are expressed as ranges, the % difference is expressed in terms of the ceiling level of the specified range.

**Retirees are no longer considered a separate category and are therefore not included in this category for purposes of planning levels

***Dependants (of a refugee landed in Canada) who live abroad