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Canada welcomes more than 300,000 new permanent residents per year into the country.
There are more than 550,000 international students inside Canada at any given time.
Canada needs new immigrants as forecasts predict negative population growth for 2035.
There are approx 1 million temporary resident visa holders inside Canada at any given time.
In 2018, 3.2 million temporary resident visas were issued by the Canadian government.
56% of all newcomers to Canada are women through different immigration streams.
In 2018, the province of Ontario received more than 133,000 new permanent residents.
More than 5 million temporary visa applications were received during 2018.
60% of new immigrants in Canada have been through economic immigration programs.
Canada is ranked 4th in the world for accepting international students.
There is an expected shortage of skilled IT workers by the year 2026 in Canada.
More than 75,000 permanent resident immigrants welcomed in 2017 through the Express Entry.
In 2018, the Canadian government issued more than 202,000 citizenship grants.
Approx. 67,000 spouses and children are welcomed to Canada under the family sponsorship.