Family Sponsorship Programs On Track To Welcome Record Number Of Immigrants In 2022
Canada’s family sponsorship programs are on track to welcome their highest-ever number of new permanent residents this year – provided the trend of the first five months of this year continues. The latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals 41,625 new permanent residents to Canada had arrived under family sponsorship programs by the end of May this year. That trend, if projected out to the rest of the year, would see 99,900 new permanent residents to Canada under family sponsorships this year, up 9.4 per cent over the previous record of 91,300 new permanent residents set in 2019. Read More Canada Announces Open Work Permits For PGWP Holders and TR to PR Pathway Applicants Boost Provincial Allocations To Fill Vacant Jobs, Canada’s Immigration Ministers Tell Ottawa Updated Anti-Racism Strategy For Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada During the last full year before the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada welcomed 91,300 new permanent residents under these