Canada's Updated Immigration Plan Offers More Chances to Stay Permanently

Liberals could admit up to 662,000 permanent residents in 2027

Budget 2026 targets 370,000 new temporary resident arrivals in 2027, excluding asylum seekers, while an immigration lawyer estimates permanent resident admissions could potentially reach 662,000.

Canada is adding 200,000 permanent resident spots. Here’s how it will work

Ottawa will work with provinces to decide how to divvy up the extra 100,000 permanent resident spots set aside in 2027 for temporary foreign workers already working in Canada and

Ottawa to grant up to 580,000 permanent residence in 2027

Ottawa could grant permanent residence to as many as 580,000 people in 2027, well about its 380,000 target, as a new one-time measure for up to 200,000 people already living in Canada is counted separately, officials said Friday.

Canada to give 200,000 temporary residents permanent status, in a one-time measure

Canada is working to reduce its non-permanent resident population, which boomed during the COVID pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war.

Canada and UK diverge on immigration as one offers 200,000 residents permanent status while the other tightens rules affecting 500,000 migrants, including Africans

Canada and the UK are adopting contrasting approaches to managing international migration.

Canada's updated immigration plan offers more chances to stay permanently

Canada plans to welcome 370,000 new temporary residents annually through 2029, with increases to permanent residents in 2027.