Impact of Covid-19 on Immigration to Canada – Working Deck – Full November 2020 data
2021/01/18 Leave a comment
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.
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