Federal government to announce new immigration level plan today

Today, the federal government will announce its new immigration level plan.

Under this plan, targets will be set regarding how many immigrants Canada wants to admit to the country during the next 3 years.

Announcing these targets last year, the government said 465,000 new immigrants would be admitted to the country in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025.

Setting of these targets is done annually.

Normally there is not much debate about these goals, but this time Canada is dealing with inflation and a housing crisis, which has led to reports and surveys in recent days expressing concern about the number of new immigrants.

It is worth noting that in addition to 400,000 permanent residents, about 700,000 temporary residents and refugees have also come to Canada on study or work permits.

These targets will be announced today by Immigration Minister Mark Miller.