Graphic: Strengthening Canadian Citizenship-Reducing Canada's Citizenship Backlog

Backgrounder

This graph shows how the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act would eliminate the citizenship applicant backlog by 2015-2016.

Year	Grant Application Inventory	Grant Application Inventory (no EAP funding or legislative change)	Grant Application Inventory (status quo with EAP funding but without legislative change)	Grant Application Inventory (new decision-making model combined with funding)
2006/07	179,141
2007/08	168,466
2008/09	230,919
2009/10	254,243
2010/11	274,697
2011/12	270,242
2012/13	324,662
2013/14	387,600	387,600	387,600	387,600
2014/15		454,700	438,700	327,700
2015/16		515,100	333,100	95,000
2016/17		579,200	229,200
2017/18		646,100	159,100

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