Immigration is on track to bust record-high targets for next year and even 2025

Immigration is on track to bust record-high targets for next year and even 2025

An immigration level of 526,360 new permanent residents this year would be 5.7 more of these immigrants to Canada than the target of 465,000 under the current immigration levels plan – and almost 5.3 percent above the much-higher immigration target of 500,000 set for 2025.

In June, immigration to Canada softened by 8.2 percent, to 42,205 new permanent residents, down from 45,975 the previous month. But that was coming off a strong month. The May arrivals were up substantially, 55.1 percent, from the 29,550 new permanent residents in April.

By far the most popular destination for newcomers to Canada in the first half of the year was Ontario which attracted 101,455 new permanent residents, or about 38.5 percent of the total for Canada.

Newfoundland and Labrador immigration is up 80.3 percent so far this year. In the first half of this year, the Rock, as the province is affectionately called, saw an immigration boom of 80.3 percent compared to the same six months last year, with 3,150 new permanent residents for that period.