Immigration to Canada – New plan announced in November 2017
Canada has long history of taking immigrants from all over the world in last 25 years and this has become more obvious when government of Canada announced their next three years pan for taking total number of new immigrants.
As per latest plan in the year 2018 -2010 government wish to except 310,000, 330,00 and 340,000.
This is equivalent to 1.3% of the total population of Canada. In the past government has accepted 1% of the total population and total number of immigrant was less than 300,000.
Here is the data for several categories:
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Total | % Increase | ||||
| Economic Programs | Range | Target | Range | Target | Range | |||
| Express Entry, Skill and Canada Exp. class | 71,700 | 72,700-78,200 | 74,900 | 76,000- 83,000 | 81,400 | 81,000-88,000 | +19.66% | |
| Atlantic Pilot Program | 2,000 | 500- 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,000-4,000 | 2,000 | 2,000-4,000 | +100% | |
| Caregivers | 18,000 | 15,000-20,000 | 17,000 | 9,500-15,500 | 14,000 | 4,000-7,000 | -72.22% | |
| Business | 500 | 500-1,000 | 700 | 500-1,500 | 700 | 500-1,500 | +40% | |
| Provincial Nominee Programs | 51,000 | 53,000-57,400 | 55,000 | 57,000-63,500 | 61,000 | 62,000-68,500 | +32.94% | |
| Quebec Skilled Worker Program and Quebec Business | 29,300 | 27,900-29,900 | 28,900 | 31,500-33,500 | 32,500 | 31,500- 33,500 | +10.92% | |
| All Economic Programs | 172,500 | 169,600– 188,500 | 177,500 | 175,500–201,000 | 191,600 | 181,000-202,500 | +13.51 | |
This rise in total immigration number is clear indication that Canadian Government wish to attract more immigrants. However from overall interest from all the countries in recent years many prospective immigrant may find immigration to Canada rules difficult. However due to high demand of Canada immigration bar is raised higher and higher.
On the other hand one may also realise that compare to Australia and New Zealand, Canada is accepting 5 times more immigrants per years only after USA.
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