February - Strong month for Canada Immigration

Canada is on track to meet its goal of welcoming 401,000 new immigrants in 2021.This afternoon, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) released new data showing that 23,375 people were granted permanent residence in February. IRCC data previously indicated that Canada welcomed nearly 25,000 immigrants in January. In total, Canada has already welcomed 48,000 new permanent residents this year. By comparison, Canada welcomed 50,600 new immigrants in the first two months of last year.

The release of IRCC data next month is likely to show that Canada welcomed more new immigrants by the end of March 2021 than during the same period in 2020. The reason is that the system of immigration from Canada has stabilized as immigration declined significantly last March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The pandemic meant that Canada fell short of its goal of welcoming 341,000 immigrants in 2020. Instead, it only welcomed 184,370 immigrants last year. To help alleviate this shortfall, Canada's Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced in October the most ambitious immigration plan in the country's history. The country aims to welcome 401,000 new permanent residents in 2021, which would equal the record reached in 1913.

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