PACP - Q-1309 - Annex A - December 5, 2023
Q-1309 — March 7, 2023 — Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) — With regard to the processing of immigration applications at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, for all streams, broken down by stream and by country of origin: (a) what are the current application processing service standards; (b) what are the actual current application processing times; (c) what percentage of applications are meeting the processing service standards; (d) where standards are not being met, what efforts are being undertaken by the department to improve processing times; (e) what are the acceptance and refusal rates; (f) what accounts for discrepancies in acceptance rates and processing times across geographic regions; and (g) how many applications are currently in the backlog and how long have these applications been in the system?
Name of organisation: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| Application Type | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | |
| Electronic Travel Authorization | 3,943,626 | 35,371 | 99% | 1% | 3,873,450 | 49,365 | 99% | 1% |
| Study Permit | 224,436 | 114,939 | 66% | 34% | 252,986 | 169,693 | 60% | 40% |
| Study Permit-EXT | 150,723 | 10,401 | 94% | 6% | 168,249 | 9,185 | 95% | 5% |
| Temporary Resident Visa | 1,675,988 | 717,113 | 70% | 30% | 1,413,813 | 784,003 | 64% | 36% |
| Visitor Records | 102,172 | 9,959 | 91% | 9% | 113,551 | 11,137 | 91% | 9% |
| Work Permit | 177,183 | 25,820 | 87% | 13% | 198,836 | 42,757 | 82% | 18% |
| Work Permit-EXT | 221,280 | 21,782 | 91% | 9% | 270,490 | 22,930 | 92% | 8% |
| Grand Total | 6,495,408 | 935,385 | 87% | 13% | 6,291,375 | 1,089,070 | 85% | 15% |
| Application Type | 2020 | 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | |
| Electronic Travel Authorization | 774,933 | 13,373 | 98% | 2% | 661,212 | 18,231 | 97% | 3% |
| Study Permit | 110,413 | 107,358 | 51% | 49% | 328,317 | 220,676 | 60% | 40% |
| Study Permit-EXT | 208,539 | 5,670 | 97% | 3% | 150,044 | 5,641 | 96% | 4% |
| Temporary Resident Visa | 330,399 | 171,279 | 66% | 34% | 311,426 | 109,330 | 74% | 26% |
| Visitor Records | 144,845 | 7,697 | 95% | 5% | 196,765 | 12,541 | 94% | 6% |
| Work Permit | 119,592 | 22,732 | 84% | 16% | 179,081 | 30,826 | 85% | 15% |
| Work Permit-EXT | 336,877 | 21,162 | 94% | 6% | 378,951 | 26,393 | 93% | 7% |
| Grand Total | 2,025,598 | 349,271 | 85% | 15% | 2,205,796 | 423,638 | 84% | 16% |
| Application Type | 2022 | 2023 Jan | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | |
| Electronic Travel Authorization | 2,681,412 | 42,627 | 98% | 2% | 225,556 | 4,699 | 98% | 2% |
| Study Permit | 413,114 | 318,735 | 56% | 44% | 35,208 | 28,742 | 55% | 45% |
| Study Permit-EXT | 171,660 | 9,002 | 95% | 5% | 14,957 | 1,281 | 92% | 8% |
| Temporary Resident Visa | 1,321,991 | 597,924 | 69% | 31% | 139,938 | 72,714 | 66% | 34% |
| Visitor Records | 150,480 | 12,263 | 92% | 8% | 19,195 | 1,299 | 94% | 6% |
| Work Permit | 678,313 | 67,034 | 91% | 9% | 62,520 | 4,559 | 93% | 7% |
| Work Permit-EXT | 365,615 | 25,969 | 93% | 7% | 45,393 | 3,100 | 94% | 6% |
| Grand Total | 5,782,585 | 1,073,554 | 84% | 16% | 542,767 | 116,394 | 82% | 18% |
| Application Type | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | |
| Economic | 176,679 | 9,607 | 95% | 5% | 205,068 | 12,071 | 94% | 6% |
| Agri-Food Pilot Program | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Immigration Pilot Programs | 1,633 | 309 | 84% | 16% | 4,339 | 420 | 91% | 9% |
| Atlantic Immigration Program | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canadian Experience Class (EE) | 20,713 | 1,475 | 93% | 7% | 31,927 | 3,654 | 90% | 10% |
| Canadian Experience Class (No EE) | 123 | 26 | 83% | 17% | 61 | 13 | 82% | 18% |
| Caring For Children Program | 1,674 | 87 | 95% | 5% | 4,141 | 779 | 84% | 16% |
| Federal Investor | - | 8 | 0% | 100% | 5 | 5 | 50% | 50% |
| Federal Self Employed | 727 | 2,921 | 20% | 80% | 702 | 2,445 | 22% | 78% |
| Federal Skilled Workers (C-50) | 986 | 286 | 78% | 22% | 296 | 94 | 76% | 24% |
| Federal Skilled Workers (EE) | 39,151 | 1,042 | 97% | 3% | 60,019 | 1,922 | 97% | 3% |
| Federal Skilled Workers (Pre C-50) | - | - | - | - | 10 | 11 | 48% | 52% |
| High Medical Needs Program | 496 | 62 | 89% | 11% | 518 | 96 | 84% | 16% |
| Economic | 176,679 | 9,607 | 95% | 5% | 205,068 | 12,071 | 94% | 6% |
| Investor Venture Capital | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Live-in Caregiver Program | 14,847 | 783 | 95% | 5% | 5,530 | 342 | 94% | 6% |
| Provincial/Territorial Nominees (EE) | 19,354 | 144 | 99% | 1% | 18,560 | 337 | 98% | 2% |
| Provincial/Territorial Nominees (No EE) | 44,592 | 1,602 | 97% | 3% | 51,600 | 1,127 | 98% | 2% |
| Quebec Entrepreneur | 209 | - | 100% | 0% | 50 | 14 | 78% | 22% |
| Quebec Investor | 5,171 | 90 | 98% | 2% | 2,433 | 176 | 93% | 7% |
| Quebec Self Employed | 42 | 7 | 86% | 14% | 52 | 1 | 98% | 2% |
| Quebec Skilled Workers | 26,040 | 544 | 98% | 2% | 22,615 | 275 | 99% | 1% |
| Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Skilled Trades (EE) | 686 | 90 | 88% | 12% | 1,586 | 203 | 89% | 11% |
| Skilled Trades (No EE) | 4 | - | 100% | 0% | 3 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Start-up Business | 231 | 131 | 64% | 36% | 621 | 157 | 80% | 20% |
| TR to PR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Family Class | 98,597 | 8,862 | 92% | 8% | 89,958 | 8,170 | 92% | 8% |
| Children & Other Family Class | 4,662 | 1,406 | 77% | 23% | 4,735 | 1,361 | 78% | 22% |
| FCH-Family relations - H&C | 5,096 | 353 | 94% | 6% | 5,136 | 414 | 93% | 7% |
| Parents and Grandparents | 25,143 | 2,409 | 91% | 9% | 18,154 | 2,045 | 90% | 10% |
| Spouses & Partners | 63,696 | 4,694 | 93% | 7% | 61,933 | 4,350 | 93% | 7% |
| Humanitarian & Compassionate / Public Policy | 4,676 | 2,419 | 66% | 34% | 5,445 | 2,758 | 66% | 34% |
| Humanitarian & Compassionate Straight | 777 | 676 | 53% | 47% | 757 | 716 | 51% | 49% |
| Humanitarian & Compassionate with Risk or Discrimination | 3,561 | 1,723 | 67% | 33% | 4,312 | 2,004 | 68% | 32% |
| Public Policy With RAP | 36 | 4 | 90% | 10% | 22 | 5 | 81% | 19% |
| Public Policy Without RAP | 302 | 16 | 95% | 5% | 354 | 33 | 91% | 9% |
| Permit Holders Class | 36 | 13 | 73% | 27% | 29 | 17 | 63% | 37% |
| Permit Holders Class | 36 | 13 | 73% | 27% | 29 | 17 | 63% | 37% |
| Protected Persons | 46,863 | 9,978 | 82% | 18% | 48,227 | 19,022 | 72% | 28% |
| Blended Visa Office-Referred | 1,161 | 12 | 99% | 1% | 967 | 12 | 99% | 1% |
| Dependants Abroad of Protected Persons | 4,754 | 629 | 88% | 12% | 4,670 | 436 | 91% | 9% |
| Federal Government-assisted Refugees | 6,703 | 808 | 89% | 11% | 8,794 | 913 | 91% | 9% |
| Privately Sponsored Refugees | 19,193 | 8,117 | 70% | 30% | 19,538 | 17,406 | 53% | 47% |
| Protected Persons Landed In Canada | 13,600 | 340 | 98% | 2% | 13,034 | 161 | 99% | 1% |
| Quebec Government-assisted Refugees | 1,452 | 72 | 95% | 5% | 1,224 | 94 | 93% | 7% |
| Grand Total | 326,851 | 30,879 | 91% | 9% | 348,727 | 42,038 | 89% | 11% |
| Application Type | 2020 | 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | |
| Economic | 96,577 | 5,497 | 95% | 5% | 277,887 | 7,054 | 98% | 2% |
| Agri-Food Pilot Program | - | - | - | - | 234 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Atlantic Immigration Pilot Programs | 1,759 | 255 | 87% | 13% | 6,168 | 518 | 92% | 8% |
| Atlantic Immigration Program | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canadian Experience Class (EE) | 26,131 | 1,519 | 95% | 5% | 139,700 | 2,538 | 98% | 2% |
| Canadian Experience Class (No EE) | 42 | 3 | 93% | 7% | 163 | 2 | 99% | 1% |
| Caring For Children Program | 815 | 351 | 70% | 30% | 3,468 | 744 | 82% | 18% |
| Federal Investor | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Federal Self Employed | 291 | 869 | 25% | 75% | 218 | 463 | 32% | 68% |
| Federal Skilled Workers (C-50) | 89 | 5 | 95% | 5% | 205 | 7 | 97% | 3% |
| Federal Skilled Workers (EE) | 15,637 | 1,165 | 93% | 7% | 10,793 | 238 | 98% | 2% |
| Federal Skilled Workers (Pre C-50) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| High Medical Needs Program | 55 | - | 100% | 0% | 26 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Investor Venture Capital | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Live-in Caregiver Program | 480 | 78 | 86% | 14% | 908 | 292 | 76% | 24% |
| Economic | 96,577 | 5,497 | 95% | 5% | 277,887 | 7,054 | 98% | 2% |
| Provincial/Territorial Nominees (EE) | 16,987 | 401 | 98% | 2% | 16,946 | 120 | 99% | 1% |
| Provincial/Territorial Nominees (No EE) | 22,828 | 597 | 97% | 3% | 40,638 | 1,061 | 97% | 3% |
| Quebec Entrepreneur | 87 | - | 100% | 0% | 42 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Quebec Investor | 1,523 | 42 | 97% | 3% | 2,221 | 33 | 99% | 1% |
| Quebec Self Employed | 8 | - | 100% | 0% | 22 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Quebec Skilled Workers | 9,418 | 123 | 99% | 1% | 26,589 | 192 | 99% | 1% |
| Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot | 50 | - | 100% | 0% | 604 | 6 | 99% | 1% |
| Skilled Trades (EE) | 193 | 17 | 92% | 8% | 615 | 7 | 99% | 1% |
| Skilled Trades (No EE) | 1 | - | 100% | 0% | 23 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Start-up Business | 183 | 72 | 72% | 28% | 630 | 74 | 89% | 11% |
| TR to PR | - | - | - | - | 27,674 | 759 | 97% | 3% |
| Family Class | 48,204 | 3,409 | 93% | 7% | 99,119 | 5,483 | 95% | 5% |
| Children & Other Family Class | 2,431 | 637 | 79% | 21% | 6,383 | 1,241 | 84% | 16% |
| FCH-Family relations - H&C | 3,044 | 154 | 95% | 5% | 6,076 | 284 | 96% | 4% |
| Parents and Grandparents | 8,825 | 565 | 94% | 6% | 19,542 | 819 | 96% | 4% |
| Spouses & Partners | 33,904 | 2,053 | 94% | 6% | 67,118 | 3,139 | 96% | 4% |
| Humanitarian & Compassionate / Public Policy | 3,757 | 4,728 | 44% | 56% | 13,948 | 10,650 | 57% | 43% |
| Humanitarian & Compassionate Straight | 810 | 1,361 | 37% | 63% | 10,212 | 7,391 | 58% | 42% |
| Humanitarian & Compassionate with Risk or Discrimination | 2,920 | 3,366 | 46% | 54% | 3,662 | 3,255 | 53% | 47% |
| Public Policy With RAP | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Public Policy Without RAP | 27 | 1 | 96% | 4% | 72 | 4 | 95% | 5% |
| Permit Holders Class | 14 | 6 | 70% | 30% | 19 | 5 | 79% | 21% |
| Permit Holders Class | 14 | 6 | 70% | 30% | 19 | 5 | 79% | 21% |
| Protected Persons | 28,199 | 10,800 | 72% | 28% | 64,781 | 4,435 | 94% | 6% |
| Blended Visa Office-Referred | 45 | 15 | 75% | 25% | 76 | 1 | 99% | 1% |
| Dependants Abroad of Protected Persons | 4,102 | 262 | 94% | 6% | 9,454 | 407 | 96% | 4% |
| Federal Government-assisted Refugees | 3,719 | 408 | 90% | 10% | 11,351 | 219 | 98% | 2% |
| Privately Sponsored Refugees | 4,544 | 9,963 | 31% | 69% | 11,376 | 3,642 | 76% | 24% |
| Protected Persons Landed In Canada | 15,379 | 94 | 99% | 1% | 31,472 | 153 | 100% | 0% |
| Quebec Government-assisted Refugees | 410 | 58 | 88% | 12% | 1,052 | 13 | 99% | 1% |
| Grand Total | 176,751 | 24,440 | 88% | 12% | 455,754 | 27,627 | 94% | 6% |
| Application Type | 2022 | 2023 Jan | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | Approved | Refused | Approval Rate | Refusal Rate | |
| Economic | 297,770 | 11,856 | 96% | 4% | 25,018 | 1,185 | 95% | 5% |
| Agri-Food Pilot Program | 1,373 | - | 100% | 0% | 137 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Atlantic Immigration Pilot Programs | 4,309 | 345 | 93% | 7% | 88 | 20 | 81% | 19% |
| Atlantic Immigration Program | 281 | 1 | 100% | 0% | 127 | 1 | 99% | 1% |
| Canadian Experience Class (EE) | 22,090 | 1,081 | 95% | 5% | 3,026 | 167 | 95% | 5% |
| Canadian Experience Class (No EE) | 461 | 17 | 96% | 4% | 23 | 1 | 96% | 4% |
| Caring For Children Program | 2,929 | 1,208 | 71% | 29% | 191 | 147 | 57% | 43% |
| Federal Investor | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Federal Self Employed | 1,395 | 996 | 58% | 42% | 75 | 201 | 27% | 73% |
| Federal Skilled Workers (C-50) | 214 | 26 | 89% | 11% | 12 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Federal Skilled Workers (EE) | 50,964 | 3,295 | 94% | 6% | 2,553 | 139 | 95% | 5% |
| Federal Skilled Workers (Pre C-50) | - | 4 | 0% | 100% | - | - | - | - |
| High Medical Needs Program | 24 | 1 | 96% | 4% | 4 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Investor Venture Capital | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Live-in Caregiver Program | 901 | 78 | 92% | 8% | 48 | 6 | 89% | 11% |
| Economic | 297,770 | 11,856 | 96% | 4% | 25,018 | 1,185 | 95% | 5% |
| Provincial/Territorial Nominees (EE) | 61,528 | 690 | 99% | 1% | 2,924 | 112 | 96% | 4% |
| Provincial/Territorial Nominees (No EE) | 55,546 | 2,075 | 96% | 4% | 5,275 | 215 | 96% | 4% |
| Quebec Entrepreneur | 198 | 17 | 92% | 8% | 60 | 5 | 92% | 8% |
| Quebec Investor | 5,084 | 113 | 98% | 2% | 1,105 | 49 | 96% | 4% |
| Quebec Self Employed | 35 | 9 | 80% | 20% | 10 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Quebec Skilled Workers | 46,977 | 862 | 98% | 2% | 2,629 | 72 | 97% | 3% |
| Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot | 2,616 | 43 | 98% | 2% | 227 | 2 | 99% | 1% |
| Skilled Trades (EE) | 452 | 145 | 76% | 24% | 3 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Skilled Trades (No EE) | 12 | - | 100% | 0% | - | - | - | - |
| Start-up Business | 481 | 83 | 85% | 15% | 51 | 12 | 81% | 19% |
| TR to PR | 39,900 | 767 | 98% | 2% | 6,450 | 36 | 99% | 1% |
| Family Class | 110,037 | 8,956 | 92% | 8% | 12,034 | 1,144 | 91% | 9% |
| Children & Other Family Class | 6,105 | 1,943 | 76% | 24% | 815 | 289 | 74% | 26% |
| FCH-Family relations - H&C | 9,100 | 305 | 97% | 3% | 849 | 39 | 96% | 4% |
| Parents and Grandparents | 28,635 | 2,241 | 93% | 7% | 4,033 | 351 | 92% | 8% |
| Spouses & Partners | 66,197 | 4,467 | 94% | 6% | 6,337 | 465 | 93% | 7% |
| Humanitarian & Compassionate / Public Policy | 13,912 | 5,925 | 70% | 30% | 1,936 | 647 | 75% | 25% |
| Humanitarian & Compassionate Straight | 9,365 | 2,561 | 79% | 21% | 776 | 151 | 84% | 16% |
| Humanitarian & Compassionate with Risk or Discrimination | 3,905 | 2,953 | 57% | 43% | 1,092 | 324 | 77% | 23% |
| Public Policy With RAP | 52 | - | 100% | 0% | 20 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Public Policy Without RAP | 590 | 411 | 59% | 41% | 48 | 172 | 22% | 78% |
| Permit Holders Class | 11 | 5 | 69% | 31% | 2 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Permit Holders Class | 11 | 5 | 69% | 31% | 2 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Protected Persons | 81,034 | 5,687 | 93% | 7% | 7,573 | 473 | 94% | 6% |
| Blended Visa Office-Referred | 707 | 2 | 100% | 0% | 283 | - | 100% | 0% |
| Dependants Abroad of Protected Persons | 8,239 | 555 | 94% | 6% | 1,117 | 98 | 92% | 8% |
| Federal Government-assisted Refugees | 24,806 | 887 | 97% | 3% | 2,163 | 114 | 95% | 5% |
| Privately Sponsored Refugees | 27,436 | 3,959 | 87% | 13% | 2,443 | 243 | 91% | 9% |
| Protected Persons Landed In Canada | 17,662 | 259 | 99% | 1% | 1,452 | 16 | 99% | 1% |
| Quebec Government-assisted Refugees | 2,184 | 25 | 99% | 1% | 115 | 2 | 98% | 2% |
| Grand Total | 502,764 | 32,429 | 94% | 6% | 46,563 | 3,449 | 93% | 7% |