No fewer than 1.4 million migrants would be welcomed to Canada from 2023, NewsSpecng learnt.
The Canadian Federal Government said it would absolve 500,000 migrants each year for the next three years from 2023 to 2025.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser said is aimed at tackling labour shortage.
Statement by the Canadian Government stated that the released Canada’s 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan, embraces immigration as a strategy to help businesses find workers and to attract the skills required in key sectors.
According to the new statement by the immigration ministry, the Canadian economy is now facing critical labour market shortages, causing uncertainty for the country’s businesses and workers.
The ambitious immigration plan will manage the social and economic challenges Canada will face in the decades ahead.
In 2021, Canada welcomed over 405,000 newcomers, the most in a single year.
According to the plan, the government is continuing that ambition by setting targets in the new levels plan of 465,000 permanent residents in 2023; 485,000 in 2024; and 500,000 in 2025.
“Our plan has a focus on economic growth.
“By the third year of this plan, 60 per cent of new immigrants will be admitted under economic immigration categories,” Fraser said.
The plan also brought an increased focus on attracting newcomers to different regions of the country, including small towns and rural communities.
Immigration accounted for almost 100 per cent of Canada’s labour force growth, and by 2032, it’s projected to account for 100 per cent of Canada’s population growth, the statement said.
According to the statement, Canada’s worker-to-retiree ratio is expected to shift from seven to one 50 years ago, to two to one by 2035.
