Immigration Announcement
IRCC Releases Its Top 10 Source Countries for Immigrants in 2022
In 2022, Canada received 437,120 PRs from all over the world. This number was derived from statistics released by the IRCC. According to the 2022-2024 Immigration Levels Plan, Canada has already surpassed its declared immigration objective two years in a row, surpassing the 2022 target figure (431,645) by more than 5,000 persons.
Additionally, in a single calendar year, Canada accepted almost 400,000 immigrants. In 2022, 58.5% of all new Canadian PRs throughout the year came via economic immigration, which included worker programs, business immigration programs, the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), and temporary resident to permanent resident pathways.
Number of Canadian PRs arrivals in 2022 – Monthly Analysis
At least 23,000 new PRs came to Canada in each of the 12 months of 2022. Here’s the list of total number of Canadian PRs that immigrated to Canada last year.
- January: 35,450
- February: 37,360
- March: 40,985
- April: 36,365
- May: 37,985
- June: 43,940
- July: 43,330
- August: 34,135
- September: 44,645
- October: 33,625
- November: 25,970
- December: 23,340
Number of Canadian PRs Landings for 2022 – Immigration Category Analysis
Economic Class Immigration
In 2022, 256,000 additional PRs entered Canada in as a result of economic-class immigration programs. This is 14,150 more economic immigrants than the nation had anticipated under the 2022–2024 Immigration Levels Plan, which was unveiled in the middle of February of the previous year.
Family Class Immigration
In 2022, 97,165 new permanent residents entered Canada under the family class immigration programs. This statistic represents 22.2% of all newly arrived Canadian permanent residents, falling short of the 105,000 target set forth in the Immigration Levels Plan for the years 2022–2044.
Refugee and Protected Class Category
A total of 75,330 resettled refugees and protected persons entered Canada in 2022. IRCC almost missed the 76,565 goal number for this immigrant class.
IRCC categorised the remaining 8,500 new Canadian PRs as entering Canada under the all-other immigration category.
India, China, and Afghanistan Were the Top 3 Countries Where Canadian PRs Landed in 2022
Canada’s top country of immigration will once again be India for 2022 with China at second number. The proportion of immigrants from these two nations, which was 32% and 8%, respectively, last year, has fallen in contrast to 2021. According to each immigrant’s country of citizenship, the following 10 nations were Canada’s main immigration sources in 2022. Nearly, 118, 095 immigrants came from India or 27% in 2022.
- China with 31,815 immigrants – 7.2%
- Afghanistan – 23,735 immigrants – 5.4%
- Nigeria – 22,085 immigrants – 5.05%
- Philippines – 22,070 immigrants – 5.04%
- France – 14,145 immigrants – 3.2%
- Pakistan – 11,585 immigrants – 2.6%
- Iran – 11,105 immigrants – 2.5%
- United States of America – 10,400 immigrants – 2.3%
- Syria – 8,500 immigrants – 1.9%
Top Immigration Provinces or PRs in 2022
Although Ontario continued to be the most popular immigration destination for PRs in Canada in 2022, Quebec surpassed British Columbia as their second most popular initial settlement place.
The number of landed PRs in each Canadian province and territory for 2022 is shown in the table below (along with the percentage share and change)
| Province/Territory | PRs in 2022 | PRs % | % Change |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,490 | 0.7% | +0.2% |
| Prince Edward Island | 2,665 | 0.6% | – |
| Nova Scotia | 12,650 | 2.8% | +0.6% |
| New Brunswick | 10,205 | 2.3% | +1% |
| Quebec | 68,685 | 15.7% | +3.4% |
| Ontario | 184,725 | 42.2% | -6.7% |
| Manitoba | 21,645 | 4.9% | +0.8% |
| Saskatchewan | 21,635 | 4.9% | +2.2% |
| Alberta | 49,460 | 11.3% | +1.4% |
| British Columbia | 61,215 | 14% | -3.1% |
| Yukon | 455 | 0.1% | – |
| Northwest Territories | 235 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| Nunavut | 45 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Province not stated | 20 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| Total | 437,120 | 100% | – |
