Graphic - Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Reducing Canada's Citizenship Backlog

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This graph shows how the changes to the Citizenship Act are expected to eliminate the citizenship applicant backlog in 2015-2016.

Year	Grant Application Inventory	Grant Application Inventory (no EAP funding or legislative change)	Grant Application Inventory (with EAP funding but without legislative change)	Grant Application Inventory (new decision-making model combined with funding)
2012/13	324,662
2013/14	301,758	387,600	387,600	387,600
2014/15	255,070^{Footnote *}	454,700	438,700	327,700
2015/16		515,100	333,100	150,000
2016/17		579,200	229,200	150,000
2017/18		646,100	159,100	150,000

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2016-12-14