Canada boosts immigration numbers

Canada granted over 437,000 permanent residency permits in 2022, a new record, to combat an acute labour shortage


NEW PERMANENT RESIDENTS (’000s)

Nov 4, 2015: Justin Trudeau elected Prime Minister

1.45m additional permanent residents by 2025
 
500                                             465  485  500
400                                   406  437*
300	272  296  287  321  341
200                              185
100
0 
	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 

Covid-19 pandemic restricts immigration 

Future targets


Liberal Party government is ramping up immigration to fill jobs, particularly in skilled trades and industries like healthcare. Job vacancies hit 871,300 in October 2022


*Target was 431,645


Pictures: Getty Images, Sima Ghaffarzadeh (Pexels)
Sources: Reuters, Government of Canada, CanadaVisa  
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