Canada’s new immigration plan revealed in federal budget

CTV News · The Canadian Press · 2026-11-06 11:09 UTC

The government’s updated immigration plan looks to maintain broad targets for permanent and temporary resident admissions while offering permanent status to up to 200,000 longtime temporary residents who have already applied.

OTTAWA — The government’s updated immigration plan looks to maintain broad targets for permanent and temporary resident admissions while offering permanent status to up to 200,000 longtime temporary residents who have already applied.

The government says its 2027-2029 immigration levels plan will admit 380,000 permanent residents and 370,000 temporary residents each year. New temporary resident targets are split between 220,000 workers and 150,000 students for each year of the plan.

Those targets for 2027 and 2028 are the same as they were in the plan released last year.

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