The latest immigration data (December 2022) has been released by IRCC and the complete 2022 data updates can be found on our immigration dashboard. Data are released by IRCC on a two-month lag. The visualizations below are based on a 2018 baseline.
The number of new citizens in December 2022 was down by 37% (-13,172) compared to November 2022.
Permanent resident admissions in December 2022 were down by 10.20% (-2,585) compared to November 2022.
Key Insights – Source Countries
Source Countries (December 2022)
- India represented the largest source country of new citizens (3,886) and permanent residents:(4,555).
- China did not make the list of top 5 source countries for new citizens (735), but was the third largest source country for new permanent residents (1,595).
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