Impact of Covid-19 on Immigration to Canada – Working Deck – Full November 2020 data

Shout out to IRCC for releasing all the November data to allow for this comprehensive November portrait.

Highlights:

• Overall, numbers of permanent residents, temporary residents and students remained flat compared to October;
• Permanent resident admissions three times more than temporary residents and twice more than students April to November 2020/19;
• Applications for permanent residency and study permits declined by over 60 percent April to November 2020/19;
• Permanent Residents: A large proportion of admissions are from previous temporary residents, particularly those in the Post-graduate work program;
• Temporary Residents IMP mainly Canadian interests, mainly the post-graduate work program;
• Temporary Residents TFWP, small increase driven by agriculture works;
• Citizenship decline of over 70 percent April to November 2020/19;
• Visitor visa virtual shutdown, 96 percent decline April to November 2020/19

This data, and the ongoing nature of COVID waves, travel restrictions and expect vaccination roll-out make the government’s planned immigration levels of 401,000 in 2021 and possibly 411,000 in 2022 increasingly unlikely.