Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024 will be announced by Canada in February

Canada Immigration Plan

In the latest update on Canadian immigration, the country is all set to announce its new immigration target for the years 2022-2024. The announcement was set to release in November 2021 but could not due to its September elections.

These immigration level plans for the years 2022-2024 will be announced on February 10, 2022.

Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2021-2023 Canada Immigration Levels Plan

October 30, 2020—Ottawa—Following the tabling of the 2020 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is pleased to release details on the Government of Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan for 2021-2023. Canada aims to welcome 401,000 new permanent residents in 2021, 411,000 in 2022, and 421,000 in 2023.

2021-2023 Canada Immigration Levels Plan

Immigrant Category	2021	2022^{Footnote 9}	2023^{Footnote 9}
Target	Low Range	High Range	Target	Low Range	High Range	Target	Low Range	High Range
	Overall Planned Permanent Resident Admissions	401,000	300,000	410,000	411,000	320,000	420,000	421,000	330,000	430,000
Economic	Federal High Skilled^{Footnote 1}	108,500	81,000	110,250	110,500	96,250	112,900	113,750	100,000	114,500
Federal Business^{Footnote 2}	1,000	400	1,250	1,000	250	1,250	1,000	500	1,250
Economic Pilots: Caregivers^{Footnote 3}; Agri-Food Pilot; Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot	8,500	4,900	9,250	10,000	4,500	10,500	10,250	4,500	11,000
Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program^{Footnote 4}	6,000	3,300	6,250	6,250	3,000	6,750	6,500	3,500	6,750
Provincial Nominee Program	80,800	64,000	81,500	81,500	63,600	82,500	83,000	65,000	84,000
Quebec Skilled Workers and Business^{Footnote 5}	See the Quebec immigration plan	To be determined	To be determined
Total Economic^{Footnote 6}	232,500	180,500	237,000	241,500	199,000	247,000	249,500	207,000	253,500
Family	Spouses, Partners and Children	80,000	61,000	81,000	80,000	60,000	81,000	81,000	60,000	82,000
Parents and Grandparents	23,500	15,000	24,000	23,500	14,000	24,000	23,500	14,000	24,000
Total Family	103,500	76,000	105,000	103,500	74,000	105,000	104,500	74,000	106,000
Refugees and Protected Persons	Protected Persons in Canada and Dependents Abroad	23,500	17,000	25,000	24,500	19,000	25,000	25,000	19,500	25,500
Resettled Refugees – Government-Assisted^{Footnote 7}	12,500	7,500	13,000	12,500	7,500	13,000	12,500	8,400	13,000
Resettled Refugees – Privately Sponsored	22,500	14,900	23,000	22,500	15,400	23,000	22,500	15,500	23,000
Resettled Refugees – Blended Visa Office-Referred	1,000	100	1,000	1,000	100	1,000	1,000	100	1,000
Total Refugees and Protected Persons	59,500	39,500	62,000	60,500	42,000	62,000	61,000	43,500	62,500
Humanitarian and Other	Total Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other^{Footnote 8}	5,500	4,000	6,000	5,500	5,000	6,000	6,000	5,500	8,000
French-speaking immigration admissions necessary to meet objective in Francophone Immigration Strategy (PDF, 582 KB)^{Footnote 10}	4.4% of total admissions outside Quebec	12,144	16,544

Source: canada.ca

Sean Fraser
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada
Speaking with Bloomberg, the minister said he is prepared to increase Canada’s immigration levels if it is necessary to address labor shortages. Canada is currently experiencing significant job shortages in large part due to fewer immigrants arriving from overseas amid the pandemic.

Sean Fraser is not satisfied even though IRCC landed 46,000 immigrants in Canada. He also stated that Canada is taking steps to achieve its 401,000 newcomer target in 2021. IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) shows that 46,315 new permanent residents landed in October, and in September, 45,000 immigrants completed their landings.