Canada will welcome a record number of immigrants through family sponsorship programs

Highlights of family sponsorship programs 2022

• IRCC reveals that 41,625 permanent residents arrived in Canada by May 2022 end through family sponsorship programs
• Canada welcomed 81,420permanent residents in 2021 through family sponsorship programs
• More permanent residents will be welcomed in 2022 through these programs and the number can go up to 99,900

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Canada to welcome permanent residents through family sponsorship programs

Canada has plans to welcome a large number of permanent residents through family sponsorship programs. According to the latest data provided by IRCC, 41,625 permanent residents were invited in Canada in May 2022. It is claimed that if such speed will prevail, the number of immigrants can go up to 99,900.

This will break the previous record of 91,300 that was made in 2019. In 2015, the number of candidates invited through these programs was 65,485. In 2016, the number grew to 78,005. In 2017, the number again increased and went up to 82,465.

In 2018, the rate of welcoming immigrants through these programs slowed down but still, 85,165 permanent residents were invited. In 2019, the rate again grew but then the pandemic hit. In 2020, the immigration dropped by 46 percent and only 49,310 permanent residents were invited

Details of immigration through family sponsorship programs

The table below will reveal the details of permanent residents welcomed through family sponsorship programs in each year.

Year	Number of permanent residents welcomed
2015	65,485
2016	78,005
2017	82,465
2018	85,165
2019	91,300
2020	49,310
2021	81,420
2022	41,625 (till May end)

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