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According to the most recent IRCC official data as of August 10, 2023, Canada is on course to welcome a record number of new permanent residents in excess of the yearly target specified in the immigration levels plan for 2023–2025.

The Canadian immigration department established a goal in November 2022 to welcome a total of 465,000 new permanent residents in 2023. 485,000 new permanent residents in 2024, and another 500,000 permanent residents in 2025.

In the first three months of 2023 (January through March), Canada received 145,330 new permanent residents despite a general slowdown in immigration levels throughout the months of February and March 2023. This data is the number of new permanent residents who have actually landed in any part of Canada, not those who have permanent residency approved by the IRCC.

The second quarter from April to June 2023 landed comparatively lower, with 117,730 new immigrants among all the categories.

See Below Month-Wise Number of New Permanent Resident landed in 2023

Month	Number of New Immigrants
January	50,920
February	49,660
March	44,865
April	29,550
May	45,975
June	42,205
Total	263,180

Nonetheless, the total number of immigrants who entered Canada up until June is 263,180, which means that in order to meet the IRCC’s target for the rest of 2023, only 202,000 more immigrants are required.

If this pace continues, the number of people who land in Canada as new permanent residents is on track to set a new record of nearly 500,000 in 2023.

Since 2015, Canada has received the most new immigrants in a single month, with 50,905 new permanent residents in January 2023.

This was the largest number of new immigrants in a single month since 2015. Since January 2023, however, there has been a relative decline in the number of new permanent residents that arrive each month, with April 2023 only landing 29,550 newcomers.

Province-Wise Number of New Immigrants landed in 2023

Landing a total of 115,700 new permanent residents in the first half of 2023, the province of Ontario, which is both the largest and most populated in Canada, was by far the most popular site for newcomers to Canada.

British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, and Manitoba welcomed 115,855 newcomers altogether.

In the just concluded week  August 11,  International Experience Canada – IEC 2023 sent out 1,981 invitations to apply (ITAs) for work permits.

This brings it to a total of 107,045 work permit invitations sent out by Canada under the working holiday visa, young professionals and International Co-op categories since the beginning of the 2023 IEC season in January 2023.

The IEC 2023 season opened up with a set quota of accepting 90,000 newcomers from more than 30 eligible countries during this season, and additional quotas are being added as needed.

The IEC 2023 Working Holiday Visa Quota for Korea and the Republic has been increased by 2,000 to a total of 8,500.

750 new spots were added for Chile. Initially, Chile had a quota of only 400, but now a total of 1,150 Chileans will be accepted.

Although more than 100,000 people have been invited so far, around 18,000 spots are still available among all three categories.

IEC Working Holiday visa category sent out 1,818 new open work permit invitations in the just concluded week.

With 96,112 invitations already sent in 2023, this sums up to be the biggest category in IEC.  However, 17,003 spots are still available under the IEC Working Holiday visa category.

127 closed work permit invitations were sent under the Young Professionals category, while only 36 were sent under the least common category, the International Co-op (Internship).

As per latest IRCC processing update of August 9, IEC 2023 season processing time has now increased to 11 weeks.

See below IEC 2023 Working Holiday Visa Invitations

Country	Invitations Sent Week Ending  Aug 11	Total Invitations In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invitation this week
Andorra	0	24	0	15	25	Excellent
Australia	278	8,991	138	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	1	266	33	1	168	Very Low
Belgium	5	1,165	212	0	750	Very Low
Chile	0	2,292	7,939	0	1,618	Very Low
Costa Rica	258	1,827	669	104	1,150	Low
Croatia	3	151	4	182	275	Excellent
Czech Republic	24	1,054	20	361	1,000	Excellent
Denmark	14	400	5	60	350	Excellent
Estonia	2	127	1	37	110	Excellent
France	0	16,886	12,097	0	12,000	Very Low
Germany	139	5,138	74	1,103	4,490	Excellent
Greece	11	382	3	118	378	Excellent
Hong Kong	7	449	118	4	200	Very Low
Ireland	118	7,578	59	6,141	10,500	Excellent
Italy	60	2,569	41	482	1,855	Excellent
Japan	248	7,423	150	703	6,500	Excellent
Korea Republic	0	12,164	1	1,560	8,500	Excellent
Latvia	0	72	36	0	40	Very Low
Lithuania	1	394	72	0	185	Very Low
Luxembourg	1	43	0	48	80	Excellent
Netherlands	23	1,164	14	111	880	Excellent
New Zealand	66	2,637	43	733	2,500	Excellent
Norway	6	137	5	54	130	Excellent
Poland	18	940	10	126	635	Excellent
Portugal	34	1,145	18	1,012	1,750	Excellent
San Marino	0	4	0	22	25	Excellent
Slovakia	3	522	5	24	323	Excellent
Slovenia	1	59	0	54	80	Excellent
Spain	46	2,307	22	576	1,845	Excellent
Sweden	16	464	5	340	580	Excellent
Taiwan	0	4,622	1,798	0	2,425	Very Low
United Kingdom	435	12,716	231	3,032	10,000	Excellent
Total	1,818	96,112	23,823	17,003	71,347

 

See below Young Professionals Invitations

Country	Invitations Sent Week Ending  Aug 11	Total Invitations In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invitation this week
Australia	8	169	0	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	1	13	0	7	10	Excellent
Chile	0	395	74	0	130	Very low
Costa Rica	2	209	1	11	98	Excellent
Croatia	0	8	3	16	20	Excellent
Czech Republic	5	260	3	3	145	Excellent
Estonia	0	15	0	1	10	Excellent
France	72	3,228	42	69	1,950	Excellent
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	12	432	97	62	450	Excellent
Germany	16	500	9	100	350	Excellent
Greece	4	144	1	44	120	Excellent
Ireland	3	135	0	125	150	Excellent
Italy	3	193	1	61	130	Excellent
Latvia	1	9	0	6	8	Excellent
Lithuania	0	22	0	3	13	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	2	0	9	10	Excellent
Netherlands	0	154	0	31	120	Excellent
Norway	0	11	0	9	15	Excellent
Poland	0	86	0	77	110	Excellent
Portugal	0	41	0	188	200	Excellent
Slovakia	0	56	0	0	25	Excellent
Slovenia	0	13	0	7	15	Excellent
Spain	0	193	5	69	150	Excellent
Spain via ICEX Vives	0	10	0	42	50	Excellent
Sweden	0	34	0	88	100	Excellent
Switzerland	0	273	0	11	200	Excellent
Taiwan	0	158	0	14	73	Excellent
Total	127	6,763	236	1,053	4,652

See below International Co-op (Internships) Invitations

Country	Invitations Sent Week Ending  Aug 11	Total Invitations In 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invitation this week
Australia	0	0	0	Unlimited	Unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	2	0	0	2	Excellent
Chile	0	6	0	1	2	Excellent
Costa Rica	0	2	0	2	2	Excellent
Croatia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Czech Republic	0	1	0	4	5	Excellent
Estonia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
France	30	3,913	13	0	2,600	Excellent
Germany	1	110	2	104	160	Excellent
Greece	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Ireland	0	18	0	37	50	Excellent
Italy	3	26	1	6	15	Excellent
Latvia	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Lithuania	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	3	0	9	10	Excellent
Norway	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Poland	0	2	0	3	5	Excellent
Portugal	0	3	0	49	50	Excellent
Slovakia	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Slovenia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Spain	0	3	1	4	5	Excellent
Sweden	0	16	0	19	20	Excellent
Switzerland	2	46	0	22	50	Excellent
Taiwan	0	19	0	2	2	Excellent
Total	36	4,170	17	290	3,006

 

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