Canada met its plan for immigrants’ parents and grandparents in 2 years of 4
- 2021: plan 24kfact 12k
- 2022: plan 25kfact 27k
- 2023: plan 29kfact 28k
- 2024: plan 32kfact 27k
Came true: the fact within 5% of the plan
In 2021, 11,740 people were admitted against a plan of 23,500: half. In 2022, 27,275 were admitted, above plan; in 2024 fewer again: 27,325 against a plan of 32,000.
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Immigrants in Canada can sponsor their parents and grandparents for permanent residence. How many such places there will be in a year, the government writes into its immigration plan.
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) parents and grandparents admitted in the year
plan 23,500; fact 11,740
IRCC, Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan
- 2022 — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) parents and grandparents admitted in the year
plan 25,000; fact 27,275
IRCC, Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2022-2024 Immigration Levels Plan
- 2023 — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) parents and grandparents admitted in the year
plan 28,500; fact 28,305
IRCC, Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan
- 2024 — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) parents and grandparents admitted in the year
plan 32,000; fact 27,325
IRCC, Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2024-2026 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.
Each plan has a range: for 2021, 15,000 to 24,000 people, and the fact fell below even the low end. The 2021 plan was announced in October 2020, with the borders closed. A year counts as met when at least 95% of the plan was admitted.
A question for this picture
Why is the plan for parents sometimes half-filled and sometimes overshot?