CIMM – Breakdown of Inventories and Processing Times by Line of Business December 31, 2023 – February 7, 2024

Permanent Residents

Immigration Category Group	Subcategories	Admissions January to December 31, 2023	Processing Inventory^{Table Footnote 1}	Processing Time (in months)
Economic	Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP)	3,600	6,900	AIP: 6
	Canadian Experience Class (CEC)	42,000	22,300	CEC:5
	Caregiver Program Includes: Caring for Children Program (CCP) Home Child Care Program (HCCP) Home Support Worker Program (HSWP) Interim Pathway Measure (IPM) Live in Caregiver (LCP)	3,000	35,300	HCCP: 36 HSWP: 36 IPM: 52 LCP: 97
	Federal Business Includes: Self-Employed (SE) Start-Up Visa (SUV)	2,900	39,600	SE: 54 SUV: 37
	Federal High Skilled (FSW)^{Table Footnote 2} Express Entry (EE)	35,600	16,700	FSW EE: 6
	Ministerial Instruction Economic Programs/Pilot Programs Includes: Agri-Food Immigration Pilot (AFIP) Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMP) Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP)	4,800	5,100	AFIP: 8 EMP: 8 RNIP: 7
	Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident (TR to PR) Pathway	36,300	7,000	28
	Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) Includes: PNP Express Entry (EE) PNP Non-EE	108,500	85,400	PNP EE: 8 PNP Non-EE: 14
	Quebec Business	6,300	7,600	61
	Quebec Skilled Workers	29,800	20,500	10
	Total	272,800	246,400	-
Family	Family Class - Spouse Partners and Children (including In-Canada Spouse and Partner Public Policy (FCH))	81,300	93,900	Quebec: Domestic 27 Overseas: 40 Rest of Canada: Domestic: 10 Overseas: 13
	Parents and Grandparents	28,300	74,700	Quebec: 48 Rest of Canada: 23
	Total	109,600	168,600	-
Refugee, Humanitarian & Other	Refugee Includes: Government Assisted Refugees (GAR) Privately Sponsored Refugees (PSR)	50,800	106,400	GAR: 26 PSR: 39
	Protected Person in Canada (including Dependents Abroad)	23,900	107,500	In Canada: 26 Overseas: 48
	Humanitarian & Other	14,300	73,300	18
	Total	89,000	287,200	-
Grand Total		471,400	702,000	-

Temporary Residents

Immigration Category Group (excluding extensions)	Subcategories	Applications Processed	Inventory	Processing time (in days)
Workers	Work Permit (WP)	WP:451,000 CUAET WP: 509,000	WP:89,000 CUAET WP: 9,800	WP (Non-CUAET^{Table Footnote 3}): 90 CUAET WP: 274
Students (includes Student Direct Stream (SDS))	Study Permit (SP)	863,000	143,000	Study Permit: 70 SDS: 17
Visitors (excludes Super Visa & electronic Travel Authorization (eTA))	Temporary Resident Visa (TRV)	TRV: 3,030,000 CUAET TRV: 245,000	TRV: 770,000 CUAET TRV: 2,400	TRV: 91 CUAET TRV: 445
Total		5,098,000	1,014,000	-

Immigration Category Group	Subcategories	Applications Processed	Inventory	Processing time (in days)
Workers - Extensions	Work Permit Extensions	687,000	135,200	112
Students - Extensions	Study permit Extension	226,300	41,100	76
Visitors - Extensions	Visitor Record (Extension)	267,500	51,500	69
Total		1,180,800	227,800	-

Immigration Category Group	Subcategories	Applications Processed	Inventory	Processing time
Visitors - other	eTA	3,574,900	33,600	1 minute
Visitors - other	Supervisa	91,100	16,100	81 days

Citizenship

Citizenship Category Group	Subcategories	Applications Processed	Inventory	Processing time (in months)
Citizenship	Grants	379,400	251,000	15
Citizenship	Proofs	61,900	25,600	9

Notes:

All values are rounded, as a result data may not sum to the totals indicated.
Permanent Resident and Citizenship processing times should read as 80% of cases finalized in the last 6 months were completed within X months or less. Temporary resident processing times should read as 80% of cases finalized in the last 8 weeks were completed within X days or less.

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Date modified:: 2024-06-06