|
|
|
| Canada welcomes thousands of immigrants to its shores each year and there are
targets set by Parliament for each category.
|
| Immigration Levels Plan 2007 |
Ranges |
|
Lower |
Upper |
| Skilled workers |
90,000 |
100,500 |
| Quebec Selected Skilled Workers |
26,000 |
27,500 |
| Federal/Quebec Business |
9,000 |
11,000 |
| Live-in Caregiver |
3,000 |
5,000 |
| Provincial Nominees |
13,000 |
14,000 |
| Total Economic |
141,000 |
158,000 |
| Spouses, Partners and Children |
49,000 |
50,000 |
| Parents and Grandparents |
18,000 |
19,000 |
| Total Family |
67,000 |
69,000 |
| Government-Assisted Refugees |
7,300 |
7,500 |
| Privately Sponsored Refugees |
3,000 |
4,500 |
| Protected Persons in Canada |
10,600 |
12,000 |
| Dependants Abroad |
5,000 |
6,800 |
| Total Protected Persons |
25,900 |
30,800 |
| Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds/Public Policy |
6,000 |
7,000 |
| Permit Holders |
100 |
200 |
| Total Others |
6,100 |
7,200 |
| TOTAL |
240,000 |
265,000 |
|
|
Visa Post Targets and Inventories for Economic
Cases
|
| Immigration Processing Post |
Targets for 2005
All Economic Cases
|
Inventory Backlogs as of
the end of December 2004 |
| Abidjian
|
350
|
309
|
| Accra
|
520
|
2,594
|
| Ankara
|
760
|
2,212
|
| Beijing
|
7,400
|
15,407
|
| Berlin
|
2,800
|
1,200
|
| Bogota
|
1,200
|
994
|
| Bucharest
|
6,200
|
3,037
|
| Buenos Aires
|
1,200
|
491
|
| Buffalo
|
23,800
|
31,259
|
| Cairo
|
1,100
|
2,156
|
| Caracas
|
850
|
378
|
| Colombo
|
900
|
2,130
|
| Damascus
|
5,500
|
11,981
|
| Guatemala
|
250
|
101
|
| Havana
|
150
|
238
|
| Hong Kong
|
15,500
|
17, 282
|
| Islamabad
|
3,600
|
12,358
|
| Kingston
|
550
|
388
|
| Kuala Lumpur
|
200
|
200
|
| Kyiv
|
900
|
1,088
|
| Lima
|
600
|
265
|
| London
|
12,600
|
18,317
|
| Manila
|
7,300
|
17,322
|
| Mexico City
|
850
|
455
|
| Moscow
|
2,800
|
5,037
|
| Nairobi
|
1,550
|
1,506
|
| New Delhi
|
11,350
|
38,483
|
| Paris
|
10,200
|
7,343
|
| Port-au-Prince
|
700
|
313
|
| Port-of-Spain
|
780
|
1,010
|
| Pretoria
|
760
|
926
|
| Rabat
|
1,500
|
Included in Paris
|
| Rome
|
1,200
|
1,472
|
| Santiago
|
200
|
103
|
| Sao Paulo
|
490
|
161
|
| Seoul
|
4,500
|
3,351
|
| Singapore
|
2,300
|
7,022
|
| Sydney
|
750
|
857
|
| Taipei
|
600
|
1,041
|
| Tel Aviv
|
1,600
|
1,530
|
| Vienna
|
1,300
|
648
|
| Warsaw
|
840
|
2,199
|
| TOTAL:
|
138,500
|
98,250
|
|
|
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