In 2021, Canada invited more than 361,000 immigrants till November and is likely to achieve 401,000 immigrants at the end of this year.
In November, alone it invited more than 47,000 new permanent residents to Canada. This is the third month in a row from IRCC, where it invited more than 40,000 new immigrants to Canada.
It landed more than 361,000 immigrants in the first eleven months of this year. This appears to be very likely to reach the 401,000 immigrant targets by the end of this year.
The advent of the Omicron variant might complicate the efforts which are given by the IRCC that focuses on transitioning within Canada to permanent residence to achieve its goal.
An individual will be allowed to land after seeing their legal status officially and converting it to permanent residence in the country. Besides this, it usually occurs when a foreign national would arrive from overseas and gain permanent residence.
Canada mainly focused on transitioning the temporary residents to permanent during pandemic times. Canadians are less likely to experience COVID-related disruptions during the process of acquiring permanent residence.
New Permanent Resident Landings per month
| Months in 2021 | Total of immigrants invited |
| January | 24679 |
| February | 23395 |
| March | 22390 |
| April | 21170 |
| May | 17465 |
| June | 35796 |
| July | 39705 |
| August | 37814 |
| September | 45152 |
| October | 46371 |
| November | 47434 |
| Total | 361371 |
Prior to this, around 30 percent of PRs lived in Canada were from other countries, and the remaining 70 percent were within the country. But it was reversed in 2021, 70 percent landing from within Canada and about 30 percent arriving from abroad.
Immigration Levels Plan
IRCC has the shift to enable it to achieve its Immigration Levels Plan target of landing 401,000 new permanent residents this year.
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Statistics of immigrants landed in Canada
In May 2021, Canada landed 90,000 international students and temporary foreign workers in Canada to permanent residence through Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates and launched six streams.
In the period between June and November, the country landed more than 35,000 new permanent residents every month. It also has set three consecutive monthly modern records since September.
The country landed more than 340,000 immigrants before COVID, that is in 2019. In 2020, that was during the pandemic time, it landed 184,000, and in 2021 they set the target to invite at least 401,000 that is during post-pandemic times.
To achieve this target, IRCC gave top priorities to immigration policies in 2021. Now they are closing their goals and are very near to achieve it.
