Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada is delighted to present the specifics of the Canadian Government’s Immigration Quotas for 2024-2026.
Consistent with the path outlined in the 2023-2025 Strategy, Canada aims to embrace 485,000 fresh permanent residents in 2024, succeeded by 500,000 in 2025, and 500,000 in 2026.
This strategy prioritizes stimulating economic expansion while simultaneously endorsing family reunification. Additionally, it remains sensitive to humanitarian emergencies and considers the substantial rise in immigration observed in recent years.
This plan prioritizes promoting economic growth while simultaneously providing assistance for family reunification. It also stays attuned to humanitarian crises and considers the substantial uptick in immigration in recent years.
Migrants play a crucial role in the job market and the continued expansion of our economy. They contribute to ensuring that Canada possesses the essential expertise to achieve important goals, such as supporting sustainability initiatives for the transition to a green (net-zero) and digital economy.
Moreover, they assist in alleviating shortages in the workforce in vital areas such as healthcare, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), skilled trades, transportation, and agriculture.
As a result, this guarantees that these deficits do not hinder the prosperity and growth of Canadian enterprises.
Within the Family Class framework, the existence of familial assistance is pivotal for the welfare and societal integration of newcomers. Additionally, it yields financial advantages, as spouses and partners frequently join the workforce, adding to household earnings, while parents and grandparents frequently offer childcare services, allowing their sponsors to engage in or sustain their employment.
Canada steadfastly upholds its enduring tradition of providing sanctuary to those requiring it, and the Government’s unwavering commitment to fulfilling humanitarian obligations endures.
Embracing newcomers goes beyond simply achieving immigration targets; it must also encompass considerations regarding the assistance and resources needed by newcomers and Canadians alike, including elements such as housing and medical care.
With this objective in mind, coordination, cooperation, communication, and alliances assume a crucial role in the effective integration of newcomers, guaranteeing that the essential support systems are established to promote their favorable results.
Following this strategy, and to guide this strategy, IRCC has commenced initial steps to create a comprehensive government-wide and society-wide strategy for admissions planning. This endeavor seeks to foster unified planning and collaboration among different tiers of government, as well as with collaborators and stakeholders.
| 2024-2026 Immigration Levels Plan | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| Target | Target | Target | |
| Overall Planned Permanent Resident Admissions | 485,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| Overall French-speaking Permanent Resident Admissions outside QuebecFootnote1 | 26,100 | 31,500 | 36,000 |
| Federal High SkilledFootnote2 | 110,770 | 117,500 | 117,500 |
| Federal Economic Public PoliciesFootnote3 | – | – | – |
| Federal BusinessFootnote4 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Economic Pilots:Footnote5CaregiversFootnote6; Agri-Food Pilot; Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot; Economic Mobility Pathways Project | 10,875 | 14,750 | 13,750 |
| Atlantic Immigration Program | 6,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 |
| Provincial Nominee Program | 110,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| Quebec Skilled Workers and BusinessFootnote7 | 37,990 | 34,500 | 35,500 |
| Total Economic | 281,135 | 301,250 | 301,250 |
| Spouses, Partners and Children | 82,000 | 84,000 | 84,000 |
| Parents and Grandparents | 32,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 |
| Total Family | 114,000 | 118,000 | 118,000 |
| Protected Persons in Canada and Dependents Abroad | 27,000 | 29,000 | 29,000 |
| Resettled Refugees – Government AssistedFootnote8 | 21,115 | 15,250 | 15,250 |
| Resettled Refugees – Privately Sponsored | 27,750 | 28,250 | 28,250 |
| Resettled Refugees – Blended Visa Office-Referred | 250 | 250 | 250 |
| Total RefugeesFootnote9and Protected Persons | 76,115 | 72,750 | 72,750 |
| Total Humanitarian & Compassionate and OtherFootnote10 | 13,750 | 8,000 | 8,000 |