Canada released new Immigration plan for 2020-22 to welcome 341,000 new permanent residents in 2020, 351,000 in 2021, and 361,000 in 2022.
It mean Canada will welcome more than one million new permanent residents in the next three years. Canada continues its approach to gradually increase immigration levels.
Whereas Canada welcomed 320,000 newcomers in 2018, and 341,000 immigrants in 2019, it is again targeting the admissions of 341,000 immigrants in 2020.
The return to multi-year plans is meant to help stakeholders such as urban planners forecast what steps they need to take to support the economic and social integration of newcomers by Canada Immigration level plan 2020-22.
Summary of adjustments to levels targets in 2020 and 2021
- 2020: The plan maintains overall admissions as well as total admissions by class, per what was tabled in the previous levels plan.
- 2021: The plan increases the Economic and Refugee Classes by a total of 1,000 admissions, compared to the previous levels plan.
| 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Target | Low Range | High Range | Target | Low Range | High Range | Target | Low Range | High Range | ||||||
| Federal High Skilled | 91,800 | 88,500 | 100,000 | 91,150 | 89,300 | 100,000 | 91,550 | 88,800 | 100,600 | |||||
| Federal Business | 750 | 500 | 1,400 | 750 | 500 | 1,500 | 750 | 500 | 1,500 | |||||
| Economic Pilots | 5,200 | 4,100 | 6,500 | 7,150 | 5,100 | 9,200 | 9,500 | 6,300 | 11,300 | |||||
| Atlantic Pilot Program | 5,000 | 3,000 | 5,500 | 5,000 | 3,500 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 4,000 | 6,500 | |||||
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67,800 | 65,500 | 74,000 | 71,300 | 67,200 | 74,800 | 73,000 | 70,000 | 76,000 | |||||
| Quebec Skilled Workers & Business | 25,250 | 24,900 | 25,600 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||
| Total Economic | 195,800 | 186,500 | 213,000 | 203,050 | 192,500 | 220,000 | 212,050 | 201,000 | 229,000 | |||||
| Spouses, Partners and Children | 70,000 | 65,500 | 72,000 | 70,000 | 68,000 | 74,000 | 70,000 | 68,000 | 74,000 | |||||
| Parents and Grandparents | 21,000 | 19,000 | 24,000 | 21,000 | 19,000 | 24,000 | 21,000 | 19,000 | 24,000 | |||||
| Total Family | 91,000 | 84,500 | 96,000 | 91,000 | 87,000 | 98,000 | 91,000 | 87,000 | 98,000 | |||||
| Protected Persons in Canada and Dependents Abroad | 18,000 | 17,500 | 23,000 | 20,000 | 18,500 | 23,500 | 20,500 | 19,500 | 24,000 | |||||
| Resettled Refugees – Government-Assisted | 10,700 | 10,500 | 11,500 | 10,950 | 10,500 | 11,500 | 11,450 | 11,000 | 12,000 | |||||
| Resettled Refugees – Privately Sponsored | 20,000 | 16,700 | 20,500 | 20,000 | 16,700 | 20,500 | 20,000 | 16,700 | 20,500 | |||||
| Resettled Refugees – Blended Visa Office-Referred | 1,000 | 300 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 300 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 300 | 1,000 | |||||
| Total Refugees and Protected Persons | 49,700 | 45,000 | 56,000 | 51,950 | 46,000 | 56,500 | 52,950 | 47,500 | 57,500 | |||||
| Total Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other | 4,500 | 4,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 4,500 | 5,500 | 5,000 | 4,500 | 5,500 | |||||
| Overall Planned Permanent Resident Admissions | 341,000 | 320,000 | 370,000 | 351,000 | 330,000 | 380,000 | 361,000 | 340,000 | 390,000 | |||||
Source: Notice – Supplementary Information 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan