Table 1. Ten primary countries of citizenship of French-speaking permanent residents in Canada, outside Quebec (2022)
Country
Number of French-speaking permanent residents in Canada, outside Quebec
Cameroon
2,530
Morocco
2,420
Algeria
2,030
France
1,690
Cote d’Ivoire
1,235
Tunisia
845
DR of the Congo
835
Lebanon
650
Haiti
565
Burundi
530
Other countries
3,050
Figure caption: In 2022, 81% of French-speaking permanent residents admitted to Canada, outside Quebec, were citizens of African and Middle Eastern countries, and 13% were citizens of European countries.
Table 2. Evolution of the number and percentage of French-speaking permanent residents admitted to Canada, outside Quebec (2018 to 2022)
Year
Number of French-speaking permanent residents
Target
2018
4,920
1.82%
2019
8,470
2.82%
2020
5,755
3.61%
2021
6,950
1.95%
2022
16,370
4.44%
Figure caption: In 2022, the Government of Canada reached the target of 4.4% Francophone immigration outside Quebec—a full year earlier than predicted.
Table 3. Number of French-speaking permanent residents outside Quebec, by province
Province
Number of French-speaking permanent residents
Ontario
9,760
New Brunswick
2,315
Alberta
1,510
British Columbia
830
Manitoba
800
Nova Scotia
795
Saskatchewan
175
Newfoundland and Labrador
70
Prince Edward Island
60
Yukon
25
Northwest Territories
15
Nunavut
15
Figure caption: In 2022, Ontario and New Brunswick were the destination of choice of ¾ of French-speaking permanent residents outside Quebec. In addition, almost all provinces and territories experienced historic Francophone admission levels.
Table 4. Permanent residents admitted outside Quebec, by immigration category
Immigration categories
Number
Economic class immigrants
13,120
Immigrants sponsored by family
1,540
Resettled refugees and protected persons in Canada and dependants abroad
1,505
Other immigrants
205
Total
16,370
Table 5. French-speaking immigrants in the economic class
Program name
Numbers in 2022
Atlantic Immigration Program
120
Canadian Experience Class
645
Caregivers
-
Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Project
15
Skilled trades
-
Skilled workers
4,720
Entrepreneurs
5
Provincial Nominee Program
4,785
Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway
2,815
Table 6. Permanent residents admitted outside Quebec through the Provincial Nominee Program
Province
Numbers in 2022
Newfoundland and Labrador
35
Prince Edward Island
30
Nova Scotia
670
New Brunswick
1,440
Ontario
1,240
Manitoba
520
Saskatchewan
110
Alberta
645
British Columbia
80
Territories (3)
10
Total
4,785
Promotion of Francophone immigration abroad
290 events to promote Francophone immigration in Canada, outside Quebec.
18th edition of Destination Canada Forum Mobilité in Paris and, for the first time, in Rabat, Morocco, from November 17 to 30, 2022, in hybrid format:
More than 83,000 requests to participate.
15,000 candidates invited to participate in person and online.
20 conferences and workshops.
656 available position profiles.
Collaboration with the Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne and promotion of French post-secondary education outside Quebec in Africa, Europe and Asia.
Promotion of Welcoming Francophone communities at the Village de la Francophonie (November 13 to 22) at Parc Djerba Explore, as part of the Sommet de la Francophonie in Tunisia.
Promotion of Francophone immigration in Canada
540 awareness activities in which the benefits of Francophone immigration were touted to stakeholders, including employers, economic development organizations and international students and their advisers in designated learning institutions.
Inauguration of the Centre for Innovation in Francophone Immigration in Dieppe on November 10, 2022: This is one of the measures put forward by IRCC to improve Francophone Immigration in Canada and act on the continuum of immigration as a whole, from promotion to establishment.
The first hybrid version of the Tournée de Liaison was held from September to October 2022, and its objective was to promote the benefits of Francophone immigration, the Destination Canada Forum Mobilité and overseas pools of Francophone talent. In-person events were held in Sudbury (Ont.), Yellowknife (NWT) and on the Acadian peninsula (NB). Participants could also take part in certain online events. In total, 242 stakeholders registered, including 92 businesses, 58 municipal organizations and 12 provincial and territorial governments.
Express Entry
An Express Entry promotional campaign has been supporting Francophone immigration since 2021.
Geographic area: 21 countries
Age groups: 25 to 45 years old
National Occupational Classification (NOC): Management positions, professional trades that generally require a university degree, technical trades that require a college diploma
Table 7. 5 main countries using Express Entry, based on degree of commitment
Country
Percentage of applicants
France
29.2%
Algeria
13.9%
Tunisia
9.3%
Morocco
8.2%
Cameroon
7.5%
Table 8. Francophone admissions outside Quebec via Express Entry (2018 to 2022)
Year
Express Entry admissions
Other admissions (not EE)
2022
8,975
7,395
2021
2,980
3,970
2020
3,335
2,420
2019
4,395
4,075
2018
2,125
2,795
Francophone Integration Pathway
Constant increases in the percentage of French-speaking immigrants served by Francophone service providers: 57% in 2021-2022, versus 44% in 2018-2019.
In 2020-2021, Francophone organizations were the first point of service of 50% of French-speaking immigrants, versus 32% in 2017-2018.
New Francophone service providers in the Resettlement Assistance Program funded by IRCC: 2 new centres, in Edmundston and Bathurst (New Brunswick), in January 2022.
One-time funding from IRCC to a partnership of three Francophone organizations that work to improve the capacity of FMCs (directly involved in sponsoring refugees).
February 2022: Series of strategic dialogues led by the National Francophone Settlement Advisory Committee, which made it possible to identify courses of action for 7 Francophone programming themes, including workforce integration and the needs of particular client groups.
Language training
In 2022, IRCC continued to offer adult newcomers opportunities to improve their language skills with a view to living and working in Canada.
In 2021-2022, over 76,000 clients received language training services from over 200 service providers.
Since the pandemic began, French and English language training services have been offered remotely, online, in a hybrid format or in person to meet newcomer needs and demand.
In addition to planning the activities for the next Action Plan for Official Languages, IRCC continues to offer language training services adapted to the needs of French-speaking newcomers who settle in French language minority communities. This also includes specific support for organizations to improve their ability to provide second language training in French.
Sources: IRCC statistics on temporary and permanent residents, December 31, 2022. It should be noted that the data are preliminary estimates and are therefore subject to change.
Values between 0 and 5 are shown as “-”. This is done to prevent individuals from being identified when IRCC data is compiled and compared to other publicly available statistics. All other values are rounded to the closest multiple of 5 for the same reason.
