{"id":3110,"date":"2025-06-20T18:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/2025\/06\/20\/canadas-on-track-to-meet-lower-immigration-targets\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:49:53","slug":"canadas-on-track-to-meet-lower-immigration-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/featured-analysis\/insights\/canadas-on-track-to-meet-lower-immigration-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s on track to meet lower immigration targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-b-hlf mob-pad-b-hlf\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-carousel-container is-layout-carousel-carousel is-mobile-per-page-1 is-desktop-per-page-1 default is-style-default\"><div class=\"carousel-wpr top-controls\" data-mobile-per-page=\"1\" aria-label=\"Carousel Container\" data-visible-slide=\"1\" data-infinite-loop=\"true\"><div class=\"carousel-ctrl\"><div class=\"carousel-indicators\"><\/div><button class=\"carousel-prev slick-arrow\" aria-label=\"previous slide\"><\/button><button class=\"carousel-next slick-arrow\" aria-label=\"next slide\"><\/button><\/div><div class=\"col-wpr eh-wpr carousel-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-carousel-inner carousel-item\" aria-label=\"Carousel slide\">\n<p class=\"has-rbc-bright-blue-tint-4-background-color has-background\">Canada\u2019s population growth is stalling this year, aligning with the federal government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/corporate\/publications-manuals\/annual-report-parliament-immigration-2024.html#annex-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-dig-id=\"LP-CanadianAnalysis-Insights-3110-5c4d653d\" data-dig-label=\"2024 immigration strategy \" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP-CanadianAnalysis-Insights\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">2024 immigration strategy<\/a> that targeted a 20% reduction in permanent residents in 2025 and aims to reduce non-permanent residents from more than 7% of the population to 5% by 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"everviz-vg2SsWGk3\" class=\"everviz-vg2SsWGk3\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-carousel-inner carousel-item\" aria-label=\"Carousel slide\">\n<p class=\"has-rbc-bright-blue-tint-4-background-color has-background\">The plan set ambitious assumptions about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/how-canadas-new-immigration-targets-will-impact-the-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-dig-id=\"LP-CanadianAnalysis-Insights-3110-5c4d653d\" data-dig-label=\"outflow of non-permanent residents\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP-CanadianAnalysis-Insights\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">outflow of non-permanent residents<\/a>, but population statistics in Q1 suggest Canada is broadly on track to reach those targets. Nearly 210,000 non-permanent residents either left the country or transitioned to permanent residency in Q1\u2014representing 17% of the 1.3 million annual outflow target. Inflows also appear to be consistent with new immigration targets as 18% of the target total of incoming non-permanent residents for 2025 (816,900) arrived in Q1\u2014the lowest quarterly inflow in three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"everviz-ueJq24aEL\" class=\"everviz-ueJq24aEL\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-carousel-inner carousel-item\" aria-label=\"Carousel slide\">\n<p class=\"has-rbc-bright-blue-tint-4-background-color has-background\">The first quarter also saw the largest reduction of non-permanent residents in Canada on net outside of the pandemic. The pullback came almost entirely from study permit holders (-109,500 year-over-year), while asylum claimants continued to rise, up 106,400 y\/y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"everviz-0OjLINdr8\" class=\"everviz-0OjLINdr8\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-carousel-inner carousel-item\" aria-label=\"Carousel slide\">\n<p class=\"has-rbc-bright-blue-tint-4-background-color has-background\">Non-permanent residents now make up 7.1% of Canada\u2019s population\u2014down from 7.4% in Q4 2024. British Columbia (9.1%), and Ontario (8.1%) still had disproportionately high concentrations in Q2. Ontario experienced the most significant adjustment, shedding over 23,000 non-permanent residents from last year, while Quebec (61,100), the Prairies (31,100), and B.C. (8,700) continued to post gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"everviz-LIWeM22h5\" class=\"everviz-LIWeM22h5\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-carousel-inner carousel-item\" aria-label=\"Carousel slide\">\n<p class=\"has-rbc-bright-blue-tint-4-background-color has-background\">Permanent resident arrivals have fallen in Q1 as well (-16,800 y\/y seasonally adjusted), bringing Canada\u2019s quarter-over-quarter annualized population growth down to just 0.8% seasonally adjusted\u2014less than half the rate over the last two years and slightly lower than pre-pandemic norms. Of the 395,000 new permanent residents allotted for 2025, nearly quarter (96,800) arrived or were granted status in Q1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"everviz-z1nBl2FFN\" class=\"everviz-z1nBl2FFN\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-carousel-inner carousel-item\" aria-label=\"Carousel slide\">\n<p class=\"has-rbc-bright-blue-tint-4-background-color has-background\">Consistent with our expectations, population growth is slowing most in Ontario and B.C. as the number of permanent and non-permanent residents decline. These provinces, which depend heavily on international arrivals to offset interprovincial outflows, are experiencing some the most significant demographic adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"everviz-yWjNiC--_\" class=\"everviz-yWjNiC--_\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-carousel-inner carousel-item\" aria-label=\"Carousel slide\">\n<p class=\"has-rbc-bright-blue-tint-4-background-color has-background\">Recent permanent and non-permanent resident estimates confirm our expectations for population growth to slow materially over the next two years, which will have implications for economic growth. Canada&#8217;s robust population growth for years has concealed a concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/canadas-growth-challenge-why-the-economy-is-stuck-in-neutral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-dig-id=\"LP-CanadianAnalysis-Insights-3110-5c4d653d\" data-dig-label=\"productivity deficit\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP-CanadianAnalysis-Insights\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">productivity deficit<\/a>. We expect the slowdown in immigration combined with emerging trade challenges will dampen growth in Canada\u2019s economy in the coming quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"everviz-S7XT93Snd\" class=\"everviz-S7XT93Snd\" data-view=\"graph\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-light-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em><strong>Rachel Battaglia<\/strong>&nbsp;is an economist at RBC. She is a member of the Macro and Regional Analysis Group, providing analysis for the provincial macroeconomic outlook.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plan set ambitious assumptions, but population statistics from Q1 suggest Canada is broadly on track to reach targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":318,"featured_media":487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[83,82,84],"tags":[115,124],"rbc_econ_content_type":[],"class_list":["post-3110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-analysis","category-featured-analysis","category-insights","tag-canada","tag-immigration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 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