The Canadian government unveiled its new immigration level plan for 2023-2025. Approximately 465,000 immigrants will be admitted to Canada in 2023. A new immigration goal of 485,000 will be reached by 2024. This number will be increased by 500,000 in 2025.
Over 405,000 immigrants arrived in Canada in 2021, breaking its previous record. Nearly 432,000 immigrants will be welcomed this year.
As determined by the immigration level plan, Canada hopes to accept a certain number of immigrants each year. Among Canada’s immigration goals are reuniting families and providing asylum to refugees fleeing persecution abroad.
PNP and Express Entry targets will increase
Provincial Nominee Programs and economic class programs such as Express Entry are the most common avenues through which new immigrants become permanent residents. Applicants, spouses, and dependents will have higher landing targets for Express Entry:
- As of 2023, there will be 82,880 immigrants.
- A total of 109,020 by 2024.
- A total of 114, 000 by 2025.
As Canada’s landing immigration program for economic class immigrants, the PNP’s target will also increase:
- In 2023, there will be 105,500 immigrants.
- A total of 110,000 immigrants in 2024.
- A total of 117,500 immigrants in 2025.
PGP enrollment will increase
Family reunification is the mission of the IRCC. Family class sponsorships are the second-largest permanent residence class under the Immigration Levels Plan after the economic class programs. It is required that sponsors be family members such as spouses, partners, children, and other immediate relatives.
A total of 80,000 new immigrants will be accepted every year through Canada’s Spouses, Partners, and Children program.
A total of 28,500 parents and grandparents will be enrolled in the Parents and Grandparents Program by 2023, 34,000 in 2024, and 36,000 by 2025.
Targets for the refugee and humanitarian classes will decline
Immigrants of the humanitarian class and refugees also receive funding from the Immigration Levels Plan. Throughout its history, Canada has served as a sanctuary to refugees seeking refuge from dangerous conditions in their countries of origin
A few of Canada’s current humanitarian priorities include welcoming about 40,000 Afghan refugees, as part of its ongoing efforts to complete several campaigns.
In 2023 and 2024, a total of 76,000 refugees will be landed, then that number will drop to 72,750 by 2025.
Similarly, the number of humanitarians on the target list is also on the decline, with the number falling from approximately 16,000 in 2023 to 8,000 in 2025.
Immigration strategy of Canada
Immigration policy in Canada developed in the 1980s. When immigration targets were set back then, the government rarely planned ahead and often relied on current economic conditions.
The number of migrants to Canada in 1984 was fewer than 90,000. As a result of the Conservative government’s anticipation of a labor shortage, 250,000 new permanent residents were welcomed into Canada in just eight years.
In response to a financial crisis, the succeeding Liberal administration focused on decreasing Canada’s proportion of immigrants from family and humanitarian backgrounds and welcoming more immigrants from the economic class.
Canada admitted about 260,000 immigrants a year before the current Liberal administration took office in 2015. Initially, 300,000 targets were set before 2020, and then 340,000 targets were set after it.
IRCC had a hard time processing applications in 2020 due to border closures. However, the country admitted 405,000 more permanent residents in 2021. As a result of the Canadian Experience Class and the Provincial Nomination Program, these objectives were successfully achieved.
Canada currently has roughly one million open positions. Immigration goals are catalyzed by both.
The birth rate for women in Canada is 1.4 per woman, the lowest in the world. As the population grows slowly (births still override deaths each year), the number of people in Canada as well as the number of workers is only going to be able to grow through immigration. To fund necessities like healthcare and education, Canada needs immigrants to maintain a robust tax base.
Among the world’s oldest populations, Canada is undoubtedly home to the oldest. Almost one-fourth of Canadians will be retired by 2030. As a result, all sectors will suffer from a severe labor shortage.
The IRPA – (Immigration and Refugee Protection Act) which is Canada’s main immigration law, requires the Canadian government to publish the new immigration level Plan 2023-2025 by 1 November. Due to this, it is imperative that the government ensures the public release of the strategy by this date. An immigration plan has been implemented for 2021-2024 starting on September 20, 2021. While on September 20, 2021, the federal election delayed it. The second immigration strategy, which relates to immigration levels for 2022–2024, was announced in the year 2022. It was stated in February that the project would begin.
