ARTICLE · 09 MARCH 2016

Canada Announces Highest Immigration Levels In More Than 100 Years

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Federal Immigration Minister John McCallum announced Canada's immigration levels for 2016 representing the highest in modern times. The details signal a major shift in government policy from the previous government.

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Federal Immigration Minister John McCallum announced Canada's immigration levels for 2016. The planned intake released in the Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration, indicates levels ranging between 280,000 – 305,000 covering Family Class, Economic Class, Refugees and Humanitarian persons, represents the highest immigration levels in modern times.

The outlook represents a major shift in government policy from the previous government with plans to increase the numbers of refugees and protected persons and slightly decrease economic class immigrants from 2015 levels but the latter remain consistent with the range of numbers seen in recent years.

The planned 2016 levels:

Economic Class: 151,200 – 162,400

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