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Since the beginning of the year by the end of November, the Department of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship of Canada (IRCC) has processed approximately 4.8 million applications which is almost twice as much as the figure for the same period last year.
Temporary residence. As for obtaining study permits, Canada is close to setting a new record this year. As of November 30 this year, IRCC has processed more than 670,000 study permits, compared to more than 500,000 in the same period last year. As a result of these efforts, most new study permits are currently issued within the 60-day service standard.
Processing of work permits has also improved significantly: by November 30, about 700,000 work permits had been processed, compared to about 223,000 in the same period in 2019, before the pandemic.
IRCC continues to reduce queues and process visitor visas faster to respond to the growing number of people wishing to visit Canada. Canada now processes more visitor visa applications every month than before the pandemic. In November alone, more than 260,000 visitor visas were issued. For comparison, in 2019, the average monthly number of applications was about 180,000.
Permanent residence. Canada welcomed a record 405,000 new permanent residents in 2021, surpassing the previous record from 1913. After another record year in 2022, Canada remains on track to achieve its goal of more than 431,000 new permanent residents.
Source: Government of Canada
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