Questions on Levels and Mix, and Municipal Nominee Program (MNP)

1. Please provide your name and your organization's name:
   • Your name (optional):
   • Organization:
2. What is the primary focus of your organization?
   • Academia, research foundation, or think tank
   • Employer or business
   • Chamber of commerce or board of trade
   • Settlement or resettlement organization
   • Industry or sector council
   • Indigenous, First Nations, or Inuit organization
   • Francophone or official language minority community
   • Crown corporation
   • Government (federal, provincial or territorial, municipal or regional administration)
   • General Public
   • Non-profit organization
   • Other, please specify:
3. In which province or territory do you operate? Please select all that apply.
   • National organization
   • British Columbia
   • Alberta
   • Saskatchewan
   • Manitoba
   • Ontario
   • Quebec
   • New Brunswick
   • Nova Scotia
   • Prince Edward Island
   • Newfoundland and Labrador
   • Yukon Territory
   • Northwest Territories
   • Nunavut

COVID-19

4. What impacts, changes or shifts do you foresee in the short- and long-term to how you/your sector/your clients operate in the future as a result of COVID-19?
   • 4a. What role do you see immigration playing in recovery efforts for your sector/your clients?
5. How might immigration play a role for your sector/your clients looking forward – in the longer term?

Levels and Mix

6. Do you wish to provide input on the immigration levels plan?
   • Yes
   • No [skip to mnp section]

7. Canada’s immigration target for 2020 of 341,000 permanent resident admissions will not be met due to the impacts of COVID-19. Thinking forward to 2021, if travel restrictions are lifted, the current plan sets targets for each immigration class for 2021 per the following table.

   For each of the following immigration classes and the overall total, do you feel that this would be too many, too few or about the right number of immigrants coming to Canada?

   For easy reference, the full 2020-2022 immigration levels plan can be found here.

   Immigration class	2021 target	Too many	Too few	About right	Don’t know
   Economic (for example: workers, or business immigrants)	203,050
   Family (for example: spouses, partners, children, or parents of people already in Canada)	91,000
   Refugees, Protected Persons, and Humanitarian (for example: resettled refugees, or asylum seekers)	56,950
   All Categories (approximately 0.92 percent of Canada’s population)	351,000

8. Under the current plan, in 2021, the economic class will account for 58 percent of total admissions. The family class will represent 26 percent, and the refugee and humanitarian classes will account for 16 percent. What adjustments, if any, should IRCC make as Canada recovers from COVID-19? If so, what could these look like?
   • No adjustments needed
   • Don’t know
9. How, if at all, does Canada's immigration planning need to change as Canada recovers from COVID-19?
10. Which of the following would you say are the most important reasons for Canada to have a robust immigration program in 2021? Please rank up to three factors by typing 1, 2 and 3 into the text boxes, with 1 as the most important. [randomize list order]
    • Fill labour market gaps and bring new skills
    • Reunite families
    • Support humanitarian commitments
    • Increase Canada’s population
    • Support community development
    • Contribute to Canada’s diversity
    • Support Canada’s economic recovery
    • Support the development of minority official languages communities
11. In an uncertain context such as a pandemic, is it helpful for the Government of Canada to continue to set a three year trajectory for levels planning?
    • Yes
    • No
    • Don’t know

12. Subject to potential impacts, changes or shifts due to COVID-19, the current plan sets a notional target for 2022 to welcome 361,000 newcomers (or approximately 0.93 % of Canada’s population).

    In your opinion, do you feel that this would be too many, too few or about the right number of immigrants coming to Canada?

    • Too many
    • Too few
    • About right
    • Don’t know
13. Beyond 2022, would you like to see immigration levels increase each year, stabilize at 361,000 immigrants per year, or decrease?
    • Increase
    • Stabilize at 361,000 immigrants per year
    • Decrease
    • Don’t know
14. If immigration levels were to increase, in which immigration class would you prioritize growth?
    • Economic
    • Family
    • Refugees and Protected Persons
    • Don’t know
15. If immigration levels were to decrease, in which immigration class would you recommend a decrease?
    • Economic
    • Family
    • Refugees and Protected Persons
    • Don’t know
16. Finally, is there any other feedback you would like to provide about immigration levels or classes?
    • No other feedback

Municipal Nominee Program

17. Do you wish to provide input on the Municipal Nominee Program (MNP)?
    • Yes
    • No [skip to end]
18. What key gap do you see the MNP addressing?
    • Increasing the role of municipalities/communities in existing immigration landscape and programs
    • Distributing the benefits of immigration to underserved communities
    • Other, please specify:
19. What criteria should be used to select participating MNP municipalities/communities? Please select all that apply.
    • Population size
    • Amount of newcomers the community traditionally receives (e.g., Medium-size centers tend to receive a lower share of economic immigration)
    • Experience in welcoming and retaining newcomers
    • Priority economic sectors
    • Labour shortages
    • Infrastructure capacity
    • Other, please specify:

    [if population size] 19a. Which population size(s) should be prioritized? Please select all that apply.

    • Large urban centers – population of 100,000 and greater
    • Medium-size communities – population of 30,000 to 99,999
    • Smaller communities – population of 1,000 to 29,999
    • Designated place – population of 1,000 or less
    • Other (e.g., regional approach/groupings of communities), please specify:

    [if economic sectors] 19b. Which priority economic sectors should be the focus?

    [if labour shortages] 19c. What labour shortages should be included?

    [if infrastructure capacity] 19d. What infrastructure is required to support an increased population? Please select all that apply.

    • Public transportation
    • Housing
    • Technological (ie: internet access)
    • Schools
    • Healthcare services
    • Other, please specify:
20. What would be the most important indicator of success for the MNP?
    • High retention rates in selected municipalities/communities
    • Long-term role for municipalities/communities in immigration landscape
    • Increased immigration to underserved communities
    • Other, please specify:
21. How viable do you consider each of the following methods of incorporating municipalities/communities into the immigration landscape and programs? Please respond on a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is “not at all viable” and 7 is “completely viable.”
    • Partnering with the Provincial Nominee Program
    • Developing municipal/community capacity to leverage existing immigration programming
    • Long-term role for municipalities/communities in immigration landscape (e.g., selecting immigrants)
    • Partnering with IRCC and Provinces and Territories to provide insight into local labour market/economies
22. What kinds of settlement supports will be important to include as part of the MNP? Please select all that apply.
    • Create new, tailored settlement supports
    • Leverage existing community services
    • Other, please specify:
23. Finally, is there any other feedback you would like to provide about MNP?
    • No other feedback