The Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration provides the opportunity to inform Parliament and Canadians of key highlights and related information on immigration to Canada. This Report on immigration and its tabling in Parliament is a requirement of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), and serves to offer key details on the successes and challenges that have occurred in welcoming immigrantsFootnote1 to Canada in the past year.
This Report sets out information and statistical details regarding permanent resident admissions, temporary resident volumes, and the immigration levels plan for the upcoming year. In addition, this Report contextualizes the efforts undertaken with provinces and territories in our shared responsibility for immigration, highlights efforts made on Francophone immigration and ends with an analysis of gender and diversity considerations in Canada’s approach to immigration.