immigration levels plan 2023-2025

Canada has G7’s 2nd highest projected real GDP growth in 2023 and 2024

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Canada trails only the United States (in 2023) and Spain (in 2024) with respect to projected Real GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth over the next two years.

By Vimal Sivakumar

How immigration helped Canada set a new population growth record in 2022

According to recent data from Statistics Canada, the country’s total population is estimated to be over 39.5 million (as of January 1, 2023). This means that, for the first time ever, Canada’s population grew by over one million people in a single year.

By Vimal Sivakumar

Canada to welcome more immigrants through the PNP

Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) have recently overtaken the federal Express Entry system as the leading way for economic class candidates to gain Canadian permanent residence (PR).

By Vimal Sivakumar

Canada remains strongly committed to humanitarianism

Since the 1950s, Canada has been providing foreign aid to less fortunate nations around the world.

By Vimal Sivakumar

Higher immigration levels in Canada require a boost in home building to keep up with demand

Desjardins has released a report analyzing the economic impacts of the federal government’s increased immigration targets.

By Julia Hornstein

Will Canada be able to house all the immigrants it hopes to welcome by 2025?

According to Canada’s latest Immigration Levels Plan for 2023-2025, the country hopes to welcome a record-breaking number of immigrants over the next three years, with annual targets set at no less than 465,000 and a milestone goal of 500,000 new permanent residents in 2025.

By Vimal Sivakumar

Why is Canada accepting so many immigrants?

As of 2021, “people who were, or had ever been, a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada” — grouped together for simplicity as “immigrants” — represent 23% of this country’s total population, the highest proportion recorded since Confederation in 1867.

By Vimal Sivakumar

IRCC unveils the top 10 source countries of new immigrants to Canada in 2022

Canada landed 437,120 permanent residents (PRs) across the country in 2022.

By Vimal Sivakumar

Canada breaks record by welcoming over 437,000 new immigrants in 2022

Today, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that Canada exceeded a record-breaking target for admissions of permanent residents in 2022.

By Edana Robitaille