Canada to see 437,120 permanent residents (PR) nationwide in 2022.
• This is the second year in a row that the country has exceeded its set immigration target as per the Immigration Levels Plan for 2022-2024.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) unveiled the top 10 source countries of new immigrants to Canada in 2022. As per the data, the country is set to see 437,120 Permanent Residents (PRs) across the country in 2022. This is the second consecutive year. That the country has exceeded its set immigration target as per the Immigration Levels Plan for 2022-2024. The 2022 target number increased by more than 5,000 people from the announced target of 431,645.
India continues to top the list with 118,095 immigrants to Canada in 2022, followed by China. However, as per the news of CIC, the percentage of immigrants has decreased in both these countries as compared to 2021. In 2021, the percentage of immigration from India was 32 percent while that of China was 8 percent. In comparison, the percentage of immigration in 2022 was 27 percent, compared to China's 7.2 percent.
According to CIC News, the top 10 source countries in the 2022 cohort of new Canadian permanent residents shifted slightly from 2021, as countries such as Brazil, South Korea dropped off the top 10 list in favor of Afghanistan and Syria.
Afghanistan on the third spot will see 23,735 immigrants in 2022, followed by Nigeria (22,085 immigrants), Philippines (22,070 immigrants), France (14,145 immigrants), Pakistan (11,585 immigrants), Iran (11,105 immigrants), US (10,400 immigrants) and Syria with 8,500 immigrants.
Talking about the top immigration destination, Ontario ranked among PRs in Canada with 184,725 immigrants, which is about 42.2 percent. Next on the list was Quebec (68,685 immigrants) which surpassed British Columbia (61,215) as the second most common initial settlement location among this group.
The report further states that in 12 months, the country welcomed over 23,000 new PRs. It further said that 256,000 new PRs arrived in the country through economy-class immigration programs, which was 14,150 more economic immigrants than targeted as part of the 2022-2024 immigration leveling plan released in mid-February.
Meanwhile, according to recent reports, the country has added a record number of jobs in the past few months. Statistics Canada reports that a total of 150,000 jobs were added in the month of January alone, which is far more than expected. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent, near a record low. January's figure was more than double that of December, which saw nearly 70,000 jobs added.
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