Canada commits $1.6 Billion to Immigration Levels Plan 2023-2025

On November 1, Canada announced plans to welcome an unprecedented 1.45 million immigrants over the next three years under Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan 2023-2025. The Plan targets 465,000 newcomers in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025.

Today Canada announced that it will spend $1.6 billion over six years and $315 million a year after that in order to meet or exceed the Plan. The fund will focus on improving application processing and settlement of new immigrants.

This is in addition to the $50 Million that the government announced in its Fall Economic Statement to immediately tackle crippling backlog in immigration applications processing.

Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland outlined the 1.6 Billion immigration spending in a federal budget announcement. 

“Today’sFall Economic Statementis focused on building an economy that works for everyone – an economy that creates good jobs and makes life more affordable for Canadians,” Freeland said. 

“Even as we face global headwinds, the investments we are making today will make Canada more sustainable and more prosperous for generations to come.”

About Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan

The Immigration Levels Plan guides Canada’s immigration system. It outlines the number of immigrants Canada will look to welcome under its various federal, provincial, and territorial programs. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) then regularly adjusts operations to attract, settle, integrate, and retain the targeted levels of newcomers.

Canada sets its immigration levels plan to strengthen the economy, reunite families, and help refugees.

Canadians are now more supportive than ever of record-breaking immigration to Canada. They are also strongly supportive of Canada’s role in welcoming refugees from throughout the world. See Canadians overwhelmingly support surging immigration to Canada.

Notably, Canadians understand the importance of immigration for the economy and that Canada should accept more immigrants.

Canada Immigration Levels Plan 2023-2025 Details

		2023	2024	2025
	Overall Planned Permanent Resident Admissions	465,000	485,000	500,000
Economic	Federal High Skilled	82,880	109,020	114,000
	Federal Economic Public Policies	25,000	–	–
	Federal Business	3,500	5,000	6,000
	Economic Pilots: Caregivers; Agri-Food Pilot; Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot; Economic Mobility Pathways Project	8,500	12,125	14,750
	Atlantic Immigration Program	8,500	11,500	14,500
	Provincial Nominee Program	105,500	110,000	117,500
	Quebec Skilled Workers and BusinessFootnote6	See the Quebec immigration plan	To be determined	To be determined
	Total Economic	266,210	281,135	301,250
Family	Spouses, Partners and Children	78,000	80,000	82,000
	Parents and Grandparents	28,500	34,000	36,000
	Total Family	106,500	114,000	118,000
Refugees and Protected Persons	Protected Persons in Canada and Dependents Abroad	25,000	27,000	29,000
	Resettled Refugees – Government-AssistedFootnote7	23,550	21,115	15,250
	Resettled Refugees – Privately Sponsored	27,505	27,750	28,250
	Resettled Refugees – Blended Visa Office-Referred	250	250	250
	Total Refugees and Protected Persons	76,305	76,115	72,750
Humanitarian and Other	Total Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other	15,985	13,750	8,000

Express Entry and PNP immigration will rise

As the above table shows, a surge is expected in new permanent residents through economic class programs such as those within the Express Entry system and Provincial Nomination Programs (PNPs).

Canada will welcome 82,880, 109,020 and 114,000 in 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively through the Federal High Skilled stream, mainly managed by Express Entry. PNP newcomers will account for 105,000 new permanent residents in 2023, 110,000 in 2024 and 117,500 in 2025.

We encourage you to read our guidelines on how to apply for these programs at Express Entry system and Provincial Nomination Programs.