Toronto: The new immigration levels plan tabled in Parliament on Thursday by Canada government will leave intakes in both permanent and temporary categories largely unchanged, belying speculation that the numbers were likely to rise.
Those were the levels announced last year as well, the first time targets were set in the temporary resident categories. Numbers for temporary residents, including international students and workers also remains static. Indians again formed the largest country cohort in both categories.
From 2027 to 2029, Canada has accounted for 22,000 worker and 150,000 student arrivals each year, for a total of 370,000.
For now, the attention remained on sustainable and stable immigration targets. Half of them are for workers already in the country awaiting decisions on their PR applications. The other half will be on humanitarian grounds and includes spouses, common-law partners and children of Canadians and permanent residents. including Carney, had signalled possible upwards revisions in intake, that did not materialise this year While government officials.
Permanent resident or PR admissions will remain the same from 2027 to 2029 – at 380,000 each year, same as that outlined last year. However, given Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ambitious plans for growing Canada’s economy, stress will be placed on the economic stream, which will have 244,700 of the slots available. However, the government is making an additional PR 200,000 slots available as a temporary measure for 2027.
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The annual report to Parliament on immigration noted that the government had a “commitment to sustainable immigration with the need for stability, predictability and economic growth”. “As supporting the Canadian economy continues to be a key priority, the economic category remains the largest proportion of admissions each year at 64.4% across all three years,” Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada or IRCC stated in the report. “By managing immigration with care, purpose, and integrity, we can rebuild public confidence, help newcomers and communities thrive and shape a stronger Canada for generations to come,” Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Lena Metlege Diab stated in the introduction to the report. However, Jain said, “Of course, there is a new levels plan every year so this does not actually bind the Government to this plan for the next three years.
