Syed Khan – November 12, 2021
In the past few years, India has been the biggest source country for permanent residents with China coming in second. The trend for 2021 shows a significant increase in the number of Indians choosing Canada as the country to move to, work or study in. Notably, in 2019, Indians accounted for 46% of Express Entry invites sent out.
India to Canada flight ban has also been lifted recently hereby boosting the arrivals of skilled immigrants and international students to enter Canada and complete their immigration process.
Up until August 2021, over 69,014 Indians migrated to Canada and became permanent residents. The data for this year was significantly higher than data for 2020 where almost 37,125 Indians became permanent residents in a year marred with travel restrictions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The IRCC, in previous announcements, has stated that it will accept 40,000 permanent residence applications from international students who have graduated from a Canadian institution.
In May, the IRCC launched 6 new temporary streams and announced that it would be accepting more applications than ever in the following sectors:
| Name / Type of occupation | The number of applications to be accepted: |
| Temporary workers in the healthcare sector | 20,000 |
| Temporary workers in non-healthcare essential occupations | 30,000 |
Indian and Chinese migrants continue to be crucial to Canada meeting its immigration targets, both combined representing over 33% of new arrivals in 2021.
Canada has also announced an ambitious Immigration Levels Plan for 2021‒2023 that aims to bring in a record number of permanent residents and boost the economy.
| Immigration Plan target: | Year: |
| 401,000 new immigrants | 2021 |
| 411,000 new immigrants | 2022 |
| 421,000 new immigrants | 2023 |
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