- Canada welcomes more than 300,000 new permanent residents per year into the country.
- There are more than 550,000 international students inside Canada at any given time.
- Canada needs new immigrants as forecasts predict negative population growth for 2035.
- There are approx 1 million temporary resident visa holders inside Canada at any given time.
- In 2018, 3.2 million temporary resident visas were issued by the Canadian government.
- 56% of all newcomers to Canada are women through different immigration streams.
- In 2018, the province of Ontario received more than 133,000 new permanent residents.
- More than 5 million temporary visa applications were received during 2018.
- 60% of new immigrants in Canada have been through economic immigration programs.
- Canada is ranked 4th in the world for accepting international students.
- There is an expected shortage of skilled IT workers by the year 2026 in Canada.
- More than 75,000 permanent resident immigrants welcomed in 2017 through the Express Entry.
- In 2018, the Canadian government issued more than 202,000 citizenship grants.
- Approx. 67,000 spouses and children are welcomed to Canada under the family sponsorship.