Canada has announced its 2023-2025 immigration levels plan
Immigrants will arrive over the next three years, and this will help address persistent labor shortages, particularly in the health care, manufacturing and construction sectors. At the same time, the government will continue to invest in processing capacity to ensure that all applications are processed as quickly as possible and to eliminate backlogs.
Canada plans to target 465,000 new immigrants in 2023 and could increase that figure to 505,000.
266,210 will be selected from the Economic Category which includes:
1) Highly Skilled Federal
2) Federal economic public policies
3) Federal Affairs
4) Economic Pilot Projects (Caregivers, Agribusiness Pilot, Economic Mobility Pathways Project, and Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot)
5) Atlantic Immigration Program
6) Provincial Nominee Program
Canada’s 2023 to 2025 Immigration Levels Plan
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
| Overall Planned Permanent Resident Admissions | 465,000 | 485,000 | 500,000 | |
| Economic | Federal High Skilled | 82,880 | 109,020 | 114,000 |
| Federal Economic Public Policies | 25,000 | – | – | |
| Federal Business | 3,500 | 5,000 | 6,000 | |
| Economic Pilots: Caregivers; Agri-Food Pilot; Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot; Economic Mobility Pathways Project | 8,500 | 12,125 | 14,750 | |
| Atlantic Immigration Program | 8,500 | 11,500 | 14,500 | |
| Provincial Nominee Program | 105,500 | 110,000 | 117,500 | |
| Quebec Skilled Workers and BusinessFootnote6 | See the Quebec immigration plan | To be determined | To be determined | |
| Total Economic | 266,210 | 281,135 | 301,250 | |
| Family | Spouses, Partners and Children | 78,000 | 80,000 | 82,000 |
| Parents and Grandparents | 28,500 | 34,000 | 36,000 | |
| Total Family | 106,500 | 114,000 | 118,000 | |
| Refugees and Protected Persons | Protected Persons in Canada and Dependents Abroad | 25,000 | 27,000 | 29,000 |
| Resettled Refugees – Government-AssistedFootnote7 | 23,550 | 21,115 | 15,250 | |
| Resettled Refugees – Privately Sponsored | 27,505 | 27,750 | 28,250 | |
| Resettled Refugees – Blended Visa Office-Referred | 250 | 250 | 250 | |
| Total Refugees and Protected Persons | 76,305 | 76,115 | 72,750 | |
| Humanitarian and Other | Total Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other | 15,985 | 13,750 | 8,000 |