Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said that the country would target 465,000 newcomers in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025 in the federal government’s new Immigration Levels Plan.Canada has announced plans to welcome an unprecedented 1.45 million immigrants over the next three years as it looks to step up efforts to curb a chronic labour shortage by welcoming more newcomers.

Canada is already on track to exceed the 431,645 target for 2022 announced in the previous Immigration Levels Plan in February. Canada has announced plans to welcome an unprecedented 1.45 million immigrants over the next three years as it looks to step up efforts to curb a chronic labour shortage by welcoming more newcomers.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Tuesday the country would target 465,000 newcomers in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025 in the federal government’s new Immigration Levels Plan. Canada is already on track to exceed the 431,645 target for 2022 announced in the previous Immigration Levels Plan in February.