CIMM – 2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan – November 25, 2024

Temporary Residents

	2025	2026^{Table note 1}	2027
Overall Arrivals^{Table note 2}	673,650 (604,900 - 742,400)^{Table note 3}	516,600 (435,250 - 597,950)	543,600 (472,900 - 614,250)
Workers (Total)	367,750	210,700	237,700
International Mobility Program^{Table note 4}	285,750	128,700	155,700
Temporary Foreign Worker Program^{Table note 5} ^{Table note 6} ^{Table note 7}	82,000	82,000	82,000
Students^{Table note 8}	305,900	305,900	305,900

Table notes

Table note 1

Notional targets and ranges for 2026 and 2027 will be confirmed or adjusted by November 1 of each year.

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Table note 2

Targets for temporary residents include new arrivals under one of the temporary worker programs (i.e., the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFW Program) and the International Mobility Program (IMP)), as well new arrivals under the International Student Program (ISP). Targets are not set for visitors arriving with temporary resident visas or electronic travel authorizations (eTAs), permit extensions, in-Canada study/work permit applications and asylum claimants. Asylum claimant volumes and in-Canada study/work permit applications are included in the overall methodology and calculations to reach the 5% target.

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Table note 3

Ranges reflect differing distributions of permit expirations and other outflow factors.

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Table note 4

The IMP is comprised of a collection of streams that do not require Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIA), including work permits issued in accordance with agreements with partner countries, or work permits issued under economic, family-class or humanitarian public policies, and Post-Graduation Work Permits.

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The TFW Program is jointly administered with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and is based on employer demand to fill specific jobs when no Canadians or permanent residents are available to do the work, with an LMIA required to issue closed work permits. The TFW Program includes seasonal and non-seasonal agricultural streams.

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Table note 6

TFW Program targets include all non-seasonal workers who remain in Canada for longer than one year. Primary agriculture workers under the TFW Program who do not leave within the calendar year should be prioritized within these targets to limit the negative impact on Canada's economy and food supply chain.

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Table note 7

TFW Program targets exclude all seasonal workers who enter and leave Canada within the same year (e.g., some seasonal primary agriculture and seasonal low-wage occupations in Canada for less than 270 days).

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Table note 8

Study permits are issued to foreign nationals studying for six months or more in Canada at a Designated Learning Institution (DLI) that is approved by the provincial or territorial government to host international students.

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Permanent Residents

Immigrant Category	2025	2026	2027
Overall Planned Permanent Resident Admissions	395,000 (367,000 – 436,000)^{Table note 1}	380,000 (352,000 – 416,000)	365,000 (338,000 – 401,000)
Overall French-speaking Permanent Resident Admissions outside Quebec^{Table note 2}	8.5% (29,325)	9.5% (31,350)	10% (31,500)

Table notes

Table note 1

Program and category specific ranges do not equal the total range for each class.

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Table note 2

The overall French-speaking permanent resident admissions outside Quebec indicated here represent the number of admissions required to meet the 8.5% target in 2025, 9.5% target in 2026, and 10% target in 2027 of overall permanent resident admissions that have been set. These targets are for admissions outside Quebec and are therefore calculated based on how many admissions within the Levels Plan would be necessary to meet the targets, based on the overall ranges for admissions outside of Quebec. Once Quebec tables its 2026 immigration levels plan, these numbers may require updating.

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Immigrant Category		2025			2026			2027
Immigrant Category		Target	Low Range	High Range	Target^{Table note 1}	Low Range^{Table note 2}	High Range	Target	Low Range	High Range
Economic	Federal Economic Priorities^{Table note 3}	41,700	30,000	62,000	47,400	30,000	65,000	47,800	32,000	65,000
	In-Canada Focus^{Table note 4}	82,980	39,000	89,000	75,830	33,000	82,000	70,930	66,000	76,000
	Federal Business^{Table note 5}	2,000	1,200	3,000	1,000	200	2,000	1,000	200	2,000
	Federal Economic Pilots: Caregivers^{Table note 6}; Agri-Food; Community Immigration Pilots^{Table note 7}; Economic Mobility Pathways Project	10,920	6,000	14,800	9,920	5,300	14,000	9,920	5,300	14,000
	Atlantic Immigration Program	5,000	4,000	7,000	5,000	4,000	7,000	5,000	4,000	7,000
	Provincial Nominee Program	55,000	20,000	65,000	55,000	20,000	65,000	55,000	20,000	65,000
	Quebec Skilled Workers and Business^{Table note 8}	34,500	33,000	50,000	TBD	-	-	TBD	-	-
	Regularization Public Policy^{Table note 9}	50	-	250	100	-	500	200	-	1,000
	Total Economic	232,150 (215,000 – 256,000)			229,750 (214,000 – 249,000)			225,350 (207,000 – 246,000)
Family	Spouses, Partners and Children	70,000	65,500	78,000	66,500	63,000	75,000	61,000	58,000	67,500
	Parents and Grandparents	24,500	20,500	28,000	21,500	16,500	24,500	20,000	15,000	22,000
	Total Family	94,500 (88,500 – 102,000)			88,000 (82,000 – 96,000)			81,000 (77,000 – 89,000)
Refugees and Protected Persons	Protected Persons in Canada and Dependents Abroad	20,000	18,000	30,000	18,000	16,000	30,000	18,000	16,000	30,000
	Resettled Refugees – Government Assisted^{Table note 10}	15,250	13,000	17,000	15,250	13,000	17,000	15,250	13,000	17,000
	Resettled Refugees – Blended Visa Office Referred	100	-	150	100	-	150	100	-	150
	Resettled Refugees – Privately Sponsored	23,000	21,000	26,000	22,000	19,000	24,000	21,000	19,000	24,000
	Total Refugees and Protected Persons	58,350 (55,000 – 65,000)			55,350 (50,000 – 62,000)			54,350 (50,000 – 60,000)
Total Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other^{Table note 11}		10,000 (8,500 – 13,000)			6,900 (6,000 – 9,000)			4,300 (4,000 – 6,000)

Table notes

Table note 1

Notional targets and ranges for 2026 and 2027 will be confirmed or adjusted by November 1 of each year.

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Table note 2

Ranges provide operational flexibility so that IRCC can remain responsive to evolving priorities and program pressures.

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Table note 3

Includes admissions for eligible candidates with specific skills, training and language ability, in order to be responsive to labour-market needs, through categories established by the Minister of IRCC in the Express Entry system. The 2025 priority categories include: health care occupations, trade occupations, and French-language proficiency. Categories are established each year, informed by labour market information and projections as well as input received from partners, including provinces and territories, and stakeholders across the country.

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Table note 4

Primarily admissions from the Canadian Experience Class and other regional immigration pathways but may also come from Federal Skilled Workers and Federal Skilled Trades.

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Includes admissions from the Start-up Visa Program and the Self-employed Persons Program.

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Includes admissions from the Home Child Care Provider and the Home Support Worker Pilots, and admissions from preceding caregiver programming for which applications are being processed to completion. These include the Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs classes, a temporary public policy referred to as the Interim Pathway for Caregivers, and the legacy Live-in Caregiver Program. Also includes admissions for new pilots to provide a direct pathway to permanent residence for caregivers as soon as they arrive in Canada.

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Table note 7

Includes admissions from the Rural Community Immigration Pilot, which replaced the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot for which applications are being processed to completion. Also includes admissions from the Francophone Community Immigration Pilot which targets Francophone minority communities.

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Table note 8

Under the Canada-Quebec Accord, Quebec has responsibility for the selection of economic immigrants destined to the province. On November 1, 2023, Quebec tabled its 2024-25 immigration levels plan at the National Assembly of Quebec, targeting a total of 56,500 permanent resident admissions per year in 2024 and in 2025. Once Quebec tables its new immigration levels plan in fall 2025, numbers will be updated.

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Table note 9

Includes admissions for clients provided with permanent residency under a regularization initiative focused on those in essential service industries.

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Table note 10

Includes streams for human rights defenders in need of protection, as well as LGBTQI+ individuals.

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Table note 11

Includes admissions of persons selected on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, for reasons of public policy, and in the permit holder class. This also includes some admissions from Canada’s responses to the situations in Ukraine, Sudan, and Hong Kong.

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