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Canada welcomed more than 300,000 permanent residents in 2022

by | Sep 8, 2022 | Immigration Blog | 0 comments

Over the last week, Canada held new invitation rounds in the pools of the International Experience Canada (IEC) program. From March 15 to March 19, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 682 Invitations to Apply (ITA) for an IEC open work permit. As of March 22, there are 12,411 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 20 ITAs for Australia, 4 ITAs for Belgium, 78 ITAs for Chile, 7 ITAs for Costa Rica, 40 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 254 ITAs, for France, 13 ITAs for Greece, 88 ITAs for Ireland, 6 ITAs for Italy, 4 ITA for Japan, 40 ITAs for South Korea, 1 ITA for Luxembourg, 13 ITAs for Portugal, 14 ITAs for Slovakia, 15 ITAs for Spain, 11 ITAs for Switzerland, 17 ITAs for Taiwan, and 58 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In total, Canada issued 2,003 ITAs in 2021.

As of August 22, 2022, Canada welcomed more than 300,000 permanent residents, surpassing the record earlier than in any previous year. Over 217,000 new Canadians were granted Canadian citizenship in 2021–2022, which is more than the country’s targets. So far, this fiscal year (from April 1 to July 31), Canada has welcomed over 116,000 new citizens, compared to 35,000 during the same period last year. On April 1, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) started offering virtual citizenship ceremonies and by July 31, 2022, close to 394,000 people had taken the Oath of Citizenship in nearly 15,000 events using a digital platform.