IRCC began holding category-based Express Entry draws towards the end of June 2023 . A total of six categories have been chosen to achieve specific economic goals including meeting the skilled labor demands in certain occupations.
These categories include the following:
French-language proficiency
Healthcare occupations
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) occupations
Trade occupations
Transport occupations
Agriculture and agri-food occupations
In a report from IRCC as shared by the Globe and Mail, IRCC will be prioritizing recruiting applicants with experience in the STEM professions. Between 28 per cent and 31 per cent of invitations that are issued through Express Entry this year are expected to go to people with recent experience in certain STEM jobs which includes software developers and data scientists. Presently, there has only been one round of STEM invites that went to 500 applicants.
The target range for candidates with French proficiency is 11 per cent to 15 percent.
The target for specific occupations within health care is nine percent to 12 percent.
The target for Trades is three to four percent.
The target for Transportation and Agriculture is one to two per cent each.
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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.
Province/Territory
2023 Total
2022 Total
Ontario
115,700
184,960
British Columbia
41,770
61,245
Alberta
31,680
49,535
Quebec
27,670
68,720
Manitoba
14,735
21,685
Saskatchewan
14,000
21,675
Nova Scotia
6,400
12,650
New Brunswick
5,345
10,230
Newfoundland and Labrador
3,150
3,495
Prince Edward Island
1,970
2,670
Yukon
530
455
Northwest Territories
195
235
Nunavut
30
45
Province/Territory not stated
5
20
Total
263,180
437,620
Agri-Food Pilot Program, Canadian Experience Class (CEC), Caregiver programs, Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program (RNIP), Federal Skilled Trades (FST), Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program, Start-Up Visa program, Self-Employed program, and TR2PR Pathway accounted for almost 51% of the new immigrants landing in Canada.
Is Canada planning to reduce immigration targets?
Canada is not planning to reduce immigration targets as a record has been set for immigration goals for the years 2023 to 2025, which Marc Miller, the new immigration minister, will review in November 2023.
Currently, the level of immigration is higher than it has ever been. According to a news interview, Marc Miller said,
“I don’t see a world in which we lower it; the need is too great. It is something that I need to look into to determine whether or not we should update them upward. However, I don’t think we’re in a position where we should be considering lowering them by any stretch of the imagination.”
The leader of the opposition, Pierre Poilievre, has said that if the Conservative Party of Canada wins the next federal election, they will reduce the number of people allowed to immigrate to Canada.
Poilievre has placed some of the responsibility for Canada’s home affordability issue on immigration.
The leader of the Conservative Party asserts that factors like the quantity of unfilled positions in the private sector, the quantity of charitable organizations eager to sponsor refugees, and the quantity of families desiring to reunite with loved ones right away should determine immigration goals.
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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
CandidatesIn Pool
AvailableSpots
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 viaICEX 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
CandidatesIn Pool
AvailableSpots
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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Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program in its latest draw issued on Thursday, August 10, 2023 invited 615 applicants for permanent residency (PR) under all the PNP categories.
43 of the 615 invited MPNP profiles had a valid Express Entry profile as well as a job seeker validation code.
Full Details of MPNP Draw August 10
Skilled Workers in Manitoba – Occupation Targeted Draw
Number of Invitations: 249
Cutoff Score: 605
MPNP targeted profiles with their current employment based on high labour needs as per data published by Statistics Canada
Skilled Workers in Manitoba: All occupations
MPNP profiles with all the occupations that were not selected in the above targeted draw were considered in this category.
Number of Invitations: 279
Cutoff Score: 647
International Education Stream: The number of Invitations sent out was only 47.
MPNP Profiles that were directly invited by under a Strategic Recruitment Initiative by Manitoba were considered under this category.
Number of Letters of Advice to Apply issued: 40
Ranking score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 708
This cutoff score drops by 9 points as compared to the previous MPNP draw on July 13.
This Manitoba PNP targets occupations below major NOC classifications.
NOC Code
Occupation
94100
Machine operators, mineral and metal processing
94101
Foundry workers
94102
Glass forming and finishing machine operators and glass cutters
94103
Concrete, clay and stone forming operators
94104
Inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing
94105
Metalworking and forging machine operators
94106
Machining tool operators
94107
Machine operators of other metal products
94110
Chemical plant machine operators
94111
Plastics processing machine operators
94112
Rubber processing machine operators and related workers
94120
Sawmill machine operators
94121
Pulp mill, papermaking and finishing machine operators
94122
Paper converting machine operators
94123
Lumber graders and other wood processing inspectors and graders
94124
Woodworking machine operators
94129
Other wood processing machine operators
94130
Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers
94131
Weavers, knitters and other fabric making occupations
94132
Industrial sewing machine operators
94133
Inspectors and graders, textile, fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing
94140
Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing
94141
Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
94142
Fish and seafood plant workers
94143
Testers and graders, food and beverage processing
94150
Plateless printing equipment operators
94151
Camera, platemaking and other prepress occupations
94152
Binding and finishing machine operators
94153
Photographic and film processors
94200
Motor vehicle assemblers, inspectors and testers
94201
Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
94202
Assemblers and inspectors, electrical appliance, apparatus and equipment manufacturing
94203
Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and transformers
94204
Mechanical assemblers and inspectors
94205
Machine operators and inspectors, electrical apparatus manufacturing
94210
Furniture and fixture assemblers, finishers, refinishers and inspectors
94211
Assemblers and inspectors of other wood products
94212
Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
94213
Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators
94219
Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
95100
Labourers in mineral and metal processing
95101
Labourers in metal fabrication
95102
Labourers in chemical products processing and utilities
95103
Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
95104
Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing
95105
Labourers in textile processing and cutting
95106
Labourers in food and beverage processing
95107
Labourers in fish and seafood processing
95109
Other labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities
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