IRCC Minister Transition Binder 2025-03

Immigration Levels Plan

March 2025

Purpose

Background and Context

Overview of 2025-2027 Levels Plan

2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan: Temporary Residents

2025: 673,650, 2026 :516,600, 2027: 543,600

2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan: Permanent Residents

2025: 395,000, 2026: 380,000, 2027: 365,000

Economic Class brings in workers to help strengthen Canada’s economy and represents approximately 59%-62% of PR admissions in the Levels Plan.

Family Class supports family reunification and makes up approximately 22%-24% of overall PR admissions in the Levels Plan.

Refugees and Protected Persons grants permanent residence to refugees and protected persons and makes up 15% of overall PR admissions.

Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other includes public policies and applications for PR on humanitarian and compassionate grounds and makes up 1%-3% of PR admissions in the Levels Plan.

2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan: Francophone Immigration Targets

Impacts of the 2025-2027 Levels Plan

Canada’s Population Growth with PRs and NPRs 2014-2027

  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024* 2025* 2026* 2027*
Number of PRs 260,309 271,839 296,373 286,537 321,054 341,175 184,599 406,050 437,627 471,817 485,000 395,000 380,000 365,000
Net NPRs 16,970 -9,330 88,722 138,034 154,917 189,781 -96,066 77,538 551,544 752,779 299,216 -445,901 -445,622 17,440
Population Growth (%) 0.9% 0.8% 1.2% 1.3% 1.5% 1.6% 0.3% 1.3% 2.5% 3.1% 1.9% -0.2% -0.2% 0.8%

* Projected years based on IRCC’s estimation (in collaboration with Statistics Canada) as of October 16, 2024

Consultation and Engagement

IRCC engages with a broad range of stakeholders and partners when developing our immigration levels plan. Town hall conversations and roundtables held in 2024 included participants from:

IRCC engages broadly to support a whole-of-society approach to immigration levels planning.

IRCC conducts public opinion research through surveys and focus groups concerning immigration levels and other topics related to immigration.

Next Steps

Annex A: Temporary Resident Targets

Annual Temporary Resident Targets: Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan - Canada.ca

5% target is met by end of 2026.

Temporary Residents
  2025 2026 2027
Overall Arrivals 673,650
(604,900 - 742,400)
516,600
(435,250 - 597,950)
543,600
(472,900 - 614,250)
Workers (Total) 367,750 210,700 237,700
International Mobility Program 285,750 128,700 155,700
Temporary Foreign Worker Program 82,000 82,000 82,000
Students 305,900 305,900 305,900

Annex B: Permanent Resident Targets

Annual Permanent Resident Targets: Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan - Canada.ca

Permanent Residents
2025 2026 2027
Immigrant Category Target Low Range High Range Target Low Range High Range Target Low Range High Range
Overall Planned Permanent Resident Admissions 395,000
(367,000 - 436,000)
380,000
(352,000 - 416,000)
365,000
(338,000 - 401,000)
Overall French-speaking Permanent Resident Admissions outside Quebec 8.5%
(29,325)
9.5%
(31,350)
10%
(31,500)
Economic Federal Economic Priorities 41,700 30,000 62,000 47,400 30,000 65,000 47,800 32,000 65,000
In-Canada Focus 82,980 39,000 89,000 75,830 33,000 82,000 70,930 66,000 76,000
Federal Business 2,000 1,200 3,000 1,000 200 2,000 1,000 200 2,000
Federal Economic Pilots:
Caregivers ; Agri-Food; Community Immigration Pilots; Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot
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 34,500 33,000 50,000 TBD - - TBD - -
Regularization Public Policy 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 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 10,000
(8,500 – 13,000)
6,900
(6,000 – 9,000)
4,300
(4,000 – 6,000)

Annex C: Non-Permanent Resident Growth as a Percentage of Total Population in 2022 – 2023 by Economic Region (July 1, 2022 – June 30,2023)

NPR admissions as a % of total population

Yukon 1.1%

Northwest Territories 0.5%

Nunavut 0.1%

Lower mainland Southwest 2.9%

Calgary 2.0%

Saskatoon Biggar 1.0%

Winnipeg 2.3%

North East 2.0%

Kitchener Waterloo 2.3%

Windsor Sarnia 2.4%

London 1.6%

Toronto 2.7%

Montreal 4.3%

Quebec City 1.7%

Moncton Richibucto 1.8%

Halifax 1.3%

Cape Breton 5.4%

Prince Edward Island 1.3%

Avalon Peninsula 1.3%

Annex D: PR Admissions as a Percentage of Total Population in 2022–2023 By Economic Region (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023)

PR admissions as a % of total population

Yukon 1.5%

Northwest Territories 0.6%

Nunavut 0.1%

Lower mainland Southwest 2.1%

Edmonton 1.3% 

Calgary 1.7%

Saskatoon Biggar 3.2%

Southwest 1.8%

Regina Moose Mountain 2.9%

Winnipeg 2.5%

South Central 1.7%

Toronto 1.9%

Ottawa 1.2%

Montreal 1.7%

Fredericton Oromocto 1.2%

Saint John-St. Stephen 1.2%

Moncton Richibucto 2.4%

Halifax 2.1%

Prince Edward Island 1.9%

Avalon Peninsula 1.4%

Annex E: PR and NPR Employment by Sector

PR and NPR Share (%) of Employment by Sector (2023)

Sector Permanent Resident Non-Permanent Residents
Transportation and warehousing 38% 3%
Accommodation and food services 31% 9%
Professional, scientific and technical 33% 5%
Business, building and other support 32% 6%
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 34% 3%
Manufacturing 32% 4%
Health care and social assistance 29% 3%
Trade 25% 4%
Other services (except public) 25% 3%
Information, culture and recreation 22% 3%
Educational services 21% 3%
Construction 20% 2%
Public administration 19% 2%
Utilities 16% 2%
Agriculture 12% 2%
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 13% 1%

PR and DPR all sectors 31%

Employment Growth by Sector (2019-2023)

Sector Born in Canada Permanent Resident Non-Permanent Residents
Professional, scientific and technical 121,200 151,000 45,100
Health care and social assistance 49,400 113,900 26,600
Public administration 108,700 54,500 10,400
Educational services 117,500 37,300 10,000
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 68,300 60,400 19,500
Construction 65,300 32,500 10,600
Information, culture and recreation 19,500 40,300 8,000
Manufacturing -15,000 40,900 35,900
Trade -69,700 55,200 48,400
Utilities 16,500 2,700 1,500
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas -6,000 9,900 0
Transportation and warehousing -55,300 43,200 6,000
Other services (except public administration) -14,300 -13,300 3,800
Agriculture -32,900 -1,600 -3,500
Business, building and other support -74,600 -11,000 13,700
Accommodation and food services -127,200 2,800 33,100

Annex F: PR, NPR and Canadian-born Employment by Sector

Employment (#) by Sector (2023), PR and NPR

Sector Permenant Resident Non-Permenant Residents
Transportation and warehousing 384,900 34,000
Accommodation and food services 350,700 101,000
Professional, scientific and technical 622,800 101,000
Business, building and other support 223,500 39,700
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 468,900 46,600
Manufacturing 583,900 79,700
Health care and social assistance 737,500 119,400
Trade 737,500 119,400
Other services (except public) 193,000 26,100
Information, culture and recreation 185,900 30,800
Educational services 309,500 43,800
Construction 314,800 37,100
Public administration 220,100 19,900
Utilities 25,300 3,100
Agriculture 31,000 5,700
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 41,300 4,100

Employment (#) by Sector (2023), Canadian-born

Sector Born in Canada
Transportation and warehousing 606,000
Accommodation and food services 676,800
Professional, scientific and technical 1,151,200
Business, building and other support 428,400
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing 871,900
Manufacturing 1,148,300
Health care and social assistance 1,832,300
Trade 2,114,800
Other services (except public) 547,900
Information, culture and recreation 631,000
Educational services 1,141,900
Construction 1,230,500
Public administration 943,000
Utilities 126,500
Agriculture 219,700
Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas 281,000

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