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For the first time, the Canadian government will set targets for temporary residents allowed into the country, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says.
This is being done, Miller said, to ensure “sustainable” growth in the number of temporary residents coming into Canada.
“Starting this fall, for the first time, we will expand the immigration levels plan to include both temporary resident arrivals and permanent resident arrivals,” Miller told reporters in Ottawa on Thursday.
Miller said as of 2023, Canada was home to 2.5 million temporary residents, who make up 6.2 per cent of Canada’s entire population. Over the next three years, the government plans to bring that percentage down to five per cent.
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