Canada admitted refugees almost exactly to plan: 3 years of 3 within 5%
- 2021: plan 60kfact 60k
- 2022: plan 77kfact 74k
- 2023: plan 76kfact 75k
Came true: the fact within 5% of the plan
3 years of 3 within 5%.
The plan rose from 59,500 people in 2021 to 76,545 in 2022. Admissions were 60,225 and 74,350.
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Each year the Canadian government writes into its plan how many refugees and people granted protection will become permanent residents. Here the plan is beside the fact.
A row is one promise: who, what and by when. The question is whether at least half came true. Answer Yes or No, or just open the answer: each row gets its outcome and what actually came of it, the card a stamp counting those that came true. Quotes and links to the facts are below.
- 2021 — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) refugees and protected persons admitted in the year
plan 59,500; fact 60,225
IRCC, Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan
- 2022 — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) refugees and protected persons admitted in the year
plan 76,545; fact 74,350
IRCC, Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2022-2024 Immigration Levels Plan
- 2023 — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) refugees and protected persons admitted in the year
plan 76,305; fact 74,965
IRCC, Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan
Plan: the yearly immigration levels plans (canada.ca), the target for the year from the plan announced before it began. Fact: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), open data on permanent residents. Outcome: «came true» — the promised number reached by the deadline («about» within 5%), an event happened before the end of the year promised; «exceeded» — with room to spare; «nearly» — short by no more than 10%; «late» — reached, but after the deadline; «did not come true» — not reached; «came true, then undone» — reached, then reversed. The deadline is the end of the year named.
This includes refugees resettled from abroad and people granted protection in Canada. The plan has a range: for 2022, 55,000 to 79,500 people. Family and economic admissions are separate claims of the set.
A question for this picture
Why do refugee admissions match the plan more closely than parents’ admissions?