Canada Brings New Permanent Residency Targets To 395,000; Slashes By 21%

Canada's government has announced that it will reduce immigration by 21% in 2025. The idea is to pause the immigration growth for now to have sustainable growth in the long term.

Study in Canada: Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, has announced its immigration plan for 2025-2027. The government is trying to curb the country's immigration growth. In a first of its kind, they have announced the controlled targets for temporary residents, especially foreign workers and international students.

"Immigration is essential to our country’s economic success and growth. As Canada reopened following the pandemic, the needs of businesses were greater than the supply of workers available to support their recovery. We took decisive measures to attract some of the world’s best and brightest to study and work in Canada, and to integrate them into the economy quickly. This meant a faster economic recovery. It also meant that robust immigration helped prevent a recession, while contributing to Canada’s workforce," reads the Canadian government statement.

The government has reduced its permanent resident targets and they have said that it is based on what Canadians want in their country. In 2025, they are reducing the permanent residents from 500,000 to 395,000, in 2026, it will be reduced to a further 380,000, and the government has set a target to reduce it to 365,000 in 2027.

Canada 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan Details

The country is also planning the following things:

Canada is planning to transition more temporary residents to permanent residents. In 2025, these residents represent over 40% of overall permanent resident admissions, they are educated, skilled and integrated into Canadian society.

Canada is planning to focus on key labour market sectors like trade and health and on long-term economic growth. By 2027, in economic class, the permanent resident admissions will reach 61.7% of total admissions.

They will also focus on enhancing Francophone communities outside Quebec. As per the government statement, in 2025, Francophone immigration will be 8.5, in 2026, 9.5%, and in 2027, 10%.

Marc Miller said, “Today’s announcement is the next step in our plan to address the evolving immigration needs of our country. While it’s clear our economy needs newcomers, we see the pressures facing our country, and we must adapt our policies accordingly. These changes will make immigration work for our country so that everyone has access to the quality jobs, homes and support they need to thrive. We have listened to Canadians, and we will continue to protect the integrity of our system and grow our population responsibly.”

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