Following the tabling of the 2015 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration on March 8, 2016, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is pleased to release details on its 2016 Immigration Levels Plan. Canada will welcome between 280,000 and 305,000 (target 300,000) new permanent residents in 2016.
| Immigration Category | Category | Low | High | Target |
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| Economic | Federal Economic—High Skilled Footnote 1 | 54,000 | 59,000 | 58,400 |
| Federal Economic—Caregivers Footnote 2 | 20,000 | 22,000 | 22,000 | |
| Federal Economic—Business Footnote 3 | 500 | 900 | 800 | |
| Provincial Nominee Program | 46,000 | 48,000 | 47,800 | |
| Quebec Skilled Worker | 25,500 | 27,000 | 26,200 | |
| Quebec Business | 5,200 | 5,500 | 5,400 | |
| Economic Total | 151,200 | 162,400 | 160,600 | |
| Family | Spouses, Partners and Children | 57,000 | 62,000 | 60,000 |
| Parents and Grandparents | 18,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
| Family Total | 75,000 | 82,000 | 80,000 | |
| Refugees and Protected Persons | Protected Persons in Canada and Dependants Abroad | 10,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 |
| Resettled Refugees | 41,000 | 46,000 | 44,800 | |
| Government-Assisted Refugees | 24,000 | 25,000 | 24,600 | |
| Blended Visa Office-Referred | 2,000 | 3,000 | 2,400 | |
| Privately Sponsored Refugees | 15,000 | 18,000 | 17,800 | |
| Protected Persons and Refugees Total | 51,000 | 57,000 | 55,800 | |
| Humanitarian and Other Footnote 4 | Humanitarian and Other | 2,800 | 3,600 | 3,600 |
| OVERALL | 280,000 | 305,000 | 300,000 | |
Footnotes
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Footnote 1
- Includes admissions in the Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program and Canadian Experience Class. Admissions include applicants who applied prior to the launch of Express Entry on January 1, 2015 (i.e., applications on inventory), as well as those who made an application using Express Entry.
Levels targets and ranges have not been established for each individual program as almost half of admissions in 2016 are expected to come from Express Entry. This approach reflects the new ways federal economic immigrants are selected under the Express Entry system. The Express Entry system determines which programs foreign nationals qualify for based on the information they provide and awards them points under the Comprehensive Ranking System for their ability to successfully enter the Canadian work force (e.g. age, education, official language proficiency and work experience).
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Footnote 2
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Includes admissions in all three streams of the Caregiver Program: the Live-in Caregiver Program, the High Medical Needs pathway and the Caring for Children pathway.
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Footnote 3
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Includes admissions in the Self-Employed Persons Program, Start-up Visa Program and Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Program. This category also includes admissions resulting from a small number of applications in the Federal Immigrant Investor and Entrepreneur Programs, which were cancelled in 2015.
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Footnote 4
- Includes admissions of persons selected on humanitarian and compassionate grounds for reasons of public policy and in the Permit Holder Class.
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