New Immigration Levels Plan 2024-2026
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Today, we would like to provide information on the Immigration Levels Plan 2024-2026, released on November 1, 2023.
Immigration Plan for the Next 3 years
The Immigration Levels Plan is a set of guidelines released annually regarding new immigration policies for the next three years.
The Immigration Levels Plan 2024-2026, released on November 1, 2023, aims stabilizing Canada’s immigration targets to support sustainable growth while recognizing that the immigration is critical to Canada’s economic growth, especially in sectors facing labor shortages such as health care, transportation, and home building.
Immigration target for 2024-2026:
2024：485,000 immigrants
2025：500,000 immigrants
2026：500,000 immigrants
The targets for 2024-2025 are the same as those announced in the Immigration Levels Plan 2023-2025. In this announcement, new target for 2026 have been added, with revised targets for each class and category.
Immigration Plans by Category:
| Category | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| Economic | *Federal High Skilled | 110,770 | 117,500 | 117,500 |
| PNP | 110,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | |
| Family | Spouses, Partners, and Children | 82,000 | 84,000 | 84,000 |
| Parents and Grandparents | 32,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 |
*The Federal High Skilled includes the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) Program, Federal Skilled Trades (FST) Program, and Canadian Experience Class (CEC).
Please refer to the following government website for more details on this plan.
Highlights of the 2024-2026 Immigration Levels Plan
Highlights of the 2024-2026 Immigration Levels Plan include:
- Continued long-term focus on economic growth, with over 60% of immigrants from the Economic Class by 2025.
- Respond to humanitarian and geopolitical crises around the world.
- Support French-speaking communities outside of Quebec and actively welcome French-speaking immigrants.
For more information on the Immigration Levels Plan 2024-2026, please visit the following government websites.
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As noted above, the Government of Canada has set a new immigration target for 2025-2026 of 500,000 new immigrants for both years to achieve sustainable and stable population growth.
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