New Canada Immigration Level Plan for 2023-2025

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Canada is all set to welcome 1.5 million new immigrants by 2025.

The new & improved Canada Immigration Level Plan for 2023-2025 will act as a guide for the number of immigrants - to be welcomed over the coming three years.

According to the plan announced on November 1, Canada will aim to invite –

465,000 new immigrants in 2023.
485,000 new immigrants in 2024.
500,000 new immigrants in 2025.

“Did you know? Canada broke an all-time immigration record by welcoming over 432,000 immigrants in 2022.”

The trend of issuing “more ITAs'' with “low CRS” is a clear indication of Canada’s drastic efforts to meet the labor shortage crisis. With the help of its Immigration Level Plan for 2023-2025, Canada will seek to grow the economy, reunite families, and offer asylum to refugees fleeing hardships in their home country.

Canada Immigration Level Plan 2023-2025

Economic Immigration

A majority of the new immigrants targeted will be admitted through economic class programs such as Express Entry and Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). Canada will seek to welcome 305,820 new immigrants under the Express Entry and 332,500 new immigrants under the Provincial Nominee Program by 2025. The total number of immigrants to be welcomed under the economic class by 2025 is 848,595.

Family Class Sponsorship

Canada will also aim to reunite families of immigrants in the country under its renowned Family Class Sponsorship – the second-largest program set out by the Immigration Level Plan 2023-2025. Canada will seek to welcome some 240,000 new immigrants under the Spouse, Partners, and Children program by 2025. Furthermore, the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) will target 98,500 new immigrants by 2025.

Refugees and Protected Persons

Canada is renowned and has developed a reputation for extending asylum to displaced persons fleeing unsafe situations in their home country. The overall refugee class target allotted in the plan is 224,750 new immigrants by 2025.

Humanitarian and Compassionate

Due to the ongoing efforts to complete its campaigns, Canada will seek to welcome 37,735 new immigrants by 2025.

The targets under this Immigration Level Plan are as follows:

Immigrant Category		2023			2024			2025
Immigrant Category		Target	Low Range	High Range	Target	Low Range	High Range	Target	Low Range	High Range
	Overall Planned Permanent Resident Admissions	465,000	410,000	505,000	485,000	430,000	542,500	500,000	442,500	550,000
Economic	Federal High Skilled	82,880	67,750	88,000	109,020	89,500	115,750	114,000	93,500	121,000
	Federal Economic Public Policies	25,000	19,500	32,750	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Federal Business	3,500	2,350	4,000	5,000	3,500	7,000	6,000	4,000	8,000
	Economic Pilots: Caregivers; Agri-Food Pilot; Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot; Economic Mobility Pathways Project	8,500	4,650	10,800	12,125	6,750	16,125	14,750	9,000	19,750
	Atlantic Immigration Program	8,500	3,000	8,800	11,500	6,000	12,500	14,500	8,500	16,500
	Provincial Nominee Program	105,500	91,000	110,000	110,000	105,500	120,000	117,500	112,000	129,250
	Quebec Skilled Workers and Business	See the Quebec immigration plan	To be determined	To be determined
	Total Economic	266,210	233,000	277,250	281,135	250,000	305,000	301,250	265,000	326,000
Family	Spouses, Partners and Children	78,000	72,000	84,000	80,000	75,000	86,000	82,000	77,000	88,000
Parents and Grandparents	28,500	25,000	38,000	34,000	29,000	45,000	36,000	30,750	48,000
Total Family	106,500	100,000	118,000	114,000	105,000	130,000	118,000	107,000	135,000
Refugees and Protected Persons	Protected Persons in Canada and Dependents Abroad	25,000	22,000	35,000	27,000	24,000	38,000	29,000	26,000	35,000
Resettled Refugees - Government-Assisted	23,550	18,500	30,000	21,115	16,750	26,000	15,250	12,000	17,000
Resettled Refugees - Privately Sponsored	27,505	20,000	29,000	27,750	22,000	29,500	28,250	23,000	30,000
Resettled Refugees - Blended Visa Office-Referred	250	-	400	250	-	400	250	-	400
Total Refugees and Protected Persons	76,305	66,000	93,000	76,115	66,000	93,000	72,750	64,000	80,000
Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other	Total Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other	15,985	11,000	16,750	13,750	9,000	14,500	8,000	6,500	9,000
French‑speaking immigration admissions necessary to meet 2023 objective in Francophone Immigration Strategy (PDF, 582 KB)						15,862	19,910

2021 - 2023 Canada Immigration Levels Plan

Immigration Category	Category	2021			2022			2023
		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	108,500	81,000	110,250	110,500	96,250	112,900	113,750	100,000	114,500
	Federal Business	1,000	400	1,250	1,000	250	1,250	1,000	500	1,250
	Economic Pilots: CaregiversAgri-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	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	See the Quebec immigration plan			To be determined			To be determined
	Total Economic	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	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	5,500	4,000	6,000	5,500	5,000	6,000	6,000	5,500	8,000

Canada’s Immigration Strategy | Key Takeaways

Canada’s 10 provinces and their Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) will admit the highest number of new immigrants over the coming three years. The government is increasing the intakes under its regional immigration programs, like the PNP, because of the pivotal role they play in the growth of the country.

This is quite the opposite of what we’ve witnessed in previous years. Normally, Canada’s renowned Federal High Skilled (FHS) category, which includes programs managed under the Express Entry – brings in the highest number of new immigrants. In the previous 2022 immigration plan, Canada welcomed 83,500 new permanent residents through the PNP – and only 55,900 through Express Entry. This was the first time since the inception of Express Entry back in 2015 that Canada has called for more immigrants under PNPs than Express Entry.

Canada is renowned for offering one of the best “Family Reunification” programs in the world and will continue to show a strong commitment to families of immigrants with this new plan. A high number of immigrants under the Family Class Sponsorship are also expected to benefit under the new Immigration Level Plan 2023-2025.

Besides the Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs), other Regional Immigration programs will also become of increasing importance. Canada has long been discussing ways to attract more immigrants to the country’s rural communities. The Atlantic Immigration Program and the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot are two programs that are designed to support this initiative.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser indicated that in 2023, Express Entry will begin to conduct targeted draws to attract new immigrants to regions in need.

Considering the drastic labor shortage crisis along with over 1 million job vacancies - Canada is currently in a unique period. With the new Immigration Level Plan 2023-2025, Canada is expecting to break a new record in 2023. If it succeeds, this will be the third year in a row – that Canada surpasses its 1913 record of welcoming 400,000 new permanent residents in a single year.