Ottawa, Canada, has said that it will reduce immigration into the country ‘significantly’ for the next two years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday while announcing the Canada’s 2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan.
- The plan represents an overall decrease of 105, 000 admissions in 2025, as compared to previous projections.
- More than 40% of the permanent resident admissions will be of those already in the country as temporary residents.
- It also includes a progressive permanent admissions growth of Francophone immigration, from 8.5% in 2025 to 10% in 2027.
“This is temporary — to pause our population growth and let our economy catch up,” PM Trudeau added in a post on X (formerly Twitter), “Our decision to temporarily reduce the number of immigrants is a pragmatic one that addresses the needs of our economy right now.”
“In response to the evolving needs of our country this plan will pause population growth in the short term to achieve well-managed, sustainable growth,” Marc Miller, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, said.
The 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan is expected to result in a marginal population decline of 0.2% in both 2025 and 2026 before returning to a population growth of 0.8% in 2027, Ottawa said in an explainer. Canada is home to over 13,000 people of Kenyan origin
