Publications and manuals

Other Publications

About Immigration

• Excessive Demand: Calculation of the Cost Threshold, 2018 September 2018
• Immigration Category on the Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) September 2013
• Canada’s Biometric Requirement May 2013
• The Start-Up Visa Program: Canada wants entrepreneurs! October 2015
  • PDF Version (PDF, 492.45 KB)
  • EPUB Version (EPUB, 3.08 MB)
• Panel Members Handbook January 2020

About the Department

Annual Reports to Parliament on Immigration

Annual Reports – Passport Program

• 2017-2018 Annual Report
  • PDF Version (PDF, 2.99 MB)
• 2016-2017 Annual Report (PDF, 3.99 MB)
• 2015-2016 Annual Report (PDF, 1.12 MB)
• 2014-2015 Annual Report
  • PDF Version (PDF, 3.69 MB)
• 2013-2014 Annual Report
  • PDF Version (PDF, 2.28 MB)

Departmental Results Reports (formerly Departmental Performance Reports)

• Departmental Results Reports

Departmental Plans (formerly Reports on Plans and Priorities)

• Departmental Plan 2020-2021
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Departmental Plan 2019-2020
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1.11 MB)
• Departmental Plan 2018-2019
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1.31 MB)
• Departmental Plan 2017-2018
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Report on Plans and Priorities for 2016–2017
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1.32 MB)
• Report on Plans and Priorities for 2015–2016
  • PDF Version (PDF, 814.09 KB)
• Report on Plans and Priorities for 2014–2015
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1.58 MB)
  • EPUB Version (EPUB, 223.07 KB)
• Report on Plans and Priorities for 2013–2014 – archived
  • PDF Version (PDF, 2.91 MB)
• Report on Plans and Priorities for 2012–2013

Financial Statements

• Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2019
• Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2018
• Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2017
• Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2016
• Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2015
• Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2014
• Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2013

Future-oriented Financial Statements

• Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2021
• Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2020
• Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2019
• Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2018
• Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2017
• Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2016
• Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2015
• Future-oriented Financial Statement for the year ending March 31, 2014
• Future-oriented Financial Statement for the year ending March 31, 2013

Privacy Act, Access to Information Act

• Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2018-2019
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2017-2018
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1 MB)
• Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2016-2017
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1.45 MB)
• Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2015-2016
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1.08 MB)
• Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2014-2015
  • PDF Version (PDF, 1.55 MB)
• Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2013–2014
  • PDF Version (PDF, 4.62 MB)
  • EPUB Version (EPUB, 336.56 KB)

Quarterly Financial Reports

• 2019-2020
  • 3^rd Quarter (October 1 – December 31, 2019)
  • 2^nd Quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2019)
  • 1^st Quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2019)
• 2018-2019
  • 3^rd Quarter (October 1 – December 31, 2018)
  • 2^nd Quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2018)
  • 1^st Quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2018)
• 2017-2018
  • 3^rd Quarter (October 1 – December 31, 2017)
  • 2^nd Quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2017)
  • 1^st Quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2017)
• 2016-2017
  • 3^rd Quarter (October 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016)
  • 2^nd Quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2016)
  • 1^st Quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2016)
• 2015-2016
  • 3^rd Quarter (October 1 – December 31, 2015)
  • 2^nd Quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2015)
  • 1^st Quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2015)
• 2014-2015
  • 3^rd Quarter (October 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014)
  • 2^nd Quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2014)
  • 1^st Quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2014)
• 2013-2014
  • 3^rd Quarter (October 1 – December 31, 2013)
  • 2^nd Quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2013)
  • 1^st Quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2013)
• 2012-2013
  • 3^rd Quarter (October 1 – December 31, 2012) – archived
  • 2^nd Quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2012) – archived
  • 1^st Quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2012) – archived
  • Supplementary Data on Budget 2012 Implementation – archived

Sustainable Development

• 2017-2020 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy

Canadian passports

• Passport photo specifications (PDF, 652.38 KB) June 2015
• Important Canadian passport tips (PDF, 765.38 KB) April 2017

Finding a job in Canada

• Planning to Work in Canada? An essential workbook for newcomers (PDF, 2.12 MB) April 2016

Employers

• The Employer’s Roadmap to hiring and retaining internationally trained workers September 2017
  • PDF Version (PDF, 898.71 KB)

Language Standards

• Canadian Language Benchmarks – English as a Second Language for Adults (PDF, 4.18 MB) October 2012

New Immigrants

The Refugee System

• Report of the Independent Review of the Immigration and Refugee Board: A Systems Management Approach to Asylum November 2019
• Interim Federal Health Program - Information Sheet for Syrian Refugees
  • English (PDF, 56.88 KB) December 2015
  • Arabic (العربية) (PDF, 457.61 KB) December 2015
• Guide to the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program May 2015
  This guide is being updated. The new version will be available this summer.
• Government-Assisted Refugee Resettlement in Canada Information Bulletin November 2019
  • Amharic (አማርኛ) (PDF, 1.38 MB)
  • Arabic (العربية) (PDF, 5.82 MB)
  • Dari (دری‎) (PDF, 1.31 MB)
  • English (PDF, 2.64 MB)
  • Farsi (فارسی) (PDF, 1.22 MB)
  • French (Français) (PDF, 1.45 MB)
  • Oromo (PDF, 992 KB)
  • Somali (PDF, 995 KB)
  • Spanish (PDF, 6.47 MB)
  • Swahili (PDF, 990 KB)
  • Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) (PDF, 7 MB)
• Privately Sponsored Refugee Information Bulletin November 2019
  • Amharic (አማርኛ) (PDF, 1.30 MB)
  • Arabic (العربية) (PDF, 6.68 MB)
  • Dari (دری‎) (PDF, 1.32 MB)
  • English (PDF, 2.67 MB)
  • Farsi (فارسی) (PDF, 1.28 MB)
  • French (Français) (PDF, 1.45 MB)
  • Oromo (PDF, 994 KB)
  • Somali (PDF, 994 KB)
  • Spanish (PDF, 6.46 MB)
  • Swahili (PDF, 990 KB)
  • Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) (PDF, 6.84 MB)
• Blended Visa Office-Referred Program Refugee Resettlement in Canada Information Bulletin November 2019
  • Amharic (አማርኛ) (PDF, 1.25 MB)
  • Arabic (العربية) (PDF, 6 MB)
  • Dari (دری) (PDF, 1.28 MB)
  • English (PDF, 2.75 MB)
  • Farsi (فارسی) (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  • French (Français) (PDF, 1.41 MB)
  • Oromo (PDF, 991 KB)
  • Somali (PDF, 994 KB)
  • Spanish (PDF, 6.46 MB)
  • Swahili (PDF, 990 KB)
  • Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) (PDF, 6.7 MB)
• Asylum and immigration: Separate Processes
  • English

Working Temporarily in Canada

• Temporary foreign workers – Your rights are protected May 2012

Older publications can be found on the Library and Archives Canada website.

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