Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has released the new figures about immigration to Canada. In the first half of the year, the country admitted 103,420 immigrants. According to the 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan, Canada was supposed to admit about 170,500 by June 30. Unfortunately, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic ruined those plans. Almost 63.7% of all immigrants were admitted through economic immigration programs. Among them, about 21,8% were nominated by the provinces. Business immigrants were less than 1% in 2020. As for the family class, 24% of immigrants were sponsored by their relatives: 17.6% were spouses of Canadians and 5% were parents or grandparents. Finally, 10.8% of the newcomers were refugees and protected persons.
Skilled Workers – 42,360 (40.96%)
PNP – 22,505 (21.76%)
Business – 955 (0.92%)
Sponsored spouses – 18,155 (17.55%)
Sponsored parents and grandparents – 5310 (5.13%)
Sponsored children 1,200 – (1.16%)
Refugees and protected persons – 11,170 (10.80%)
Total – 103,420