IRCC News: The 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan

Immigrant Category		2025^{note 10}
Immigrant Category		Target	Low Range^{note 11}	High Range^{note 11}
	Overall Planned Permanent Resident Admissions	500,000	442,500	550,000
Economic	Federal High Skilled^{note 1}	114,000	93,500	121,000
	Federal Economic Public Policies^{note 2}	–	–	–
	Federal Business^{note 3}	6,000	4,000	8,000
	Economic Pilots:^{note 4} Caregivers^{note 5}; Agri-Food Pilot; Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot; Economic Mobility Pathways Project	14,750	9,000	19,750
	Atlantic Immigration Program	14,500	8,500	16,500
	Provincial Nominee Program	117,500	112,000	129,250
	Quebec Skilled Workers and Business^{note 6}	To be determined
	Total Economic	301,250	265,000	326,000
Family	Spouses, Partners and Children	82,000	77,000	88,000
	Parents and Grandparents	36,000	30,750	48,000
	Total Family	118,000	107,000	135,000
Refugees and Protected Persons	Protected Persons in Canada and Dependents Abroad	29,000	26,000	35,000
	Resettled Refugees – Government-Assisted^{note 7}	15,250	12,000	17,000
	Resettled Refugees – Privately Sponsored	28,250	23,000	30,000
	Resettled Refugees – Blended Visa Office-Referred	250	–	400
	Total Refugees^{note 8} and Protected Persons	72,750	64,000	80,000
Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other	Total Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other^{note 9}	8,000	6,500	9,000
French‑speaking immigration admissions necessary to meet 2023 objective in Francophone Immigration Strategy (PDF, 582 KB)^{Footnote 12}

Footnotes

Footnote 1: Includes the Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, and Canadian Experience Class.
Footnote 2: Includes the time-limited temporary public policies for temporary resident to permanent resident pathways, with all admissions anticipated by the end of 2023.
Footnote 3: Includes the Start-up Visa Program and the Self-employed Persons Program.
Footnote 4: Admissions under the Municipal Nominee Program will be included within this category, following program launch.
Footnote 5: Includes admissions in the Home Child-Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot. Applications received under the legacy caregiver pilots and through the interim pathway will be processed to completion. Some admissions in this category are destined for Quebec.
Footnote 6: Under the Canada-Quebec Accord, Quebec has full responsibility for the selection of immigrants destined to Quebec, with the exception of the family class and protected persons.
Footnote 7: Includes the stream for human rights defenders in need of protection, including women, journalists, and LGBTQ2 people.
Footnote 8: Includes admissions from Canada’s response to the situation in Afghanistan.
Footnote 9: Includes admissions of persons selected on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, for reasons of public policy, and in the permit holder class. This also includes some admissions from Canada’s response to the situation in Afghanistan.
Footnote 10: Notional targets and ranges for 2024 and 2025 will be confirmed or adjusted by November 1 of each year.
Footnote 11: Program and category specific ranges do not total to the overall ranges.
Footnote 12: The Government of Canada set an objective to increase Francophone immigration to reach a target of 4.4% French-speaking immigrants outside Quebec by 2023. This range indicates how many admissions within the federal levels plan would be necessary to meet that target in 2023, based on the overall ranges for admissions outside of Quebec. Once Quebec tables its 2023 immigration levels plan, this range may require updating.