Permanent residents so far this year beside the Immigration Levels Plan 2026–2028 target, 2026

From January to August 2026 (so far), IRCC's figures show 142,330 people who became permanent residents in the Economic category. The government's Immigration Levels Plan 2026–2028 sets a target of 239,800 permanent resident admissions in the Economic category for 2026 (a range of 224,000 to 264,000). From January to August 2026 (so far), IRCC's figures show 59,025 people who became permanent residents in the Sponsored Family category. The government's Immigration Levels Plan 2026–2028 sets a target of 84,000 permanent resident admissions in the Family category for 2026 (a range of 78,500 to 92,000). From January to August 2026 (so far), IRCC's figures show 56,530 people who became permanent residents in the Resettled Refugee & Protected Person in Canada category. The government's Immigration Levels Plan 2026–2028 sets a target of 49,300 permanent resident admissions in the Refugees and Protected Persons category for 2026 (a range of 42,000 to 55,000). From January to August 2026 (so far), IRCC's figures show 4,360 people who became permanent residents in the All Other Immigration category. The government's Immigration Levels Plan 2026–2028 sets a target of 6,900 permanent resident admissions in the Humanitarian & Compassionate and Other category for 2026 (a range of 6,000 to 9,000). IRCC states that its one-time transition initiatives are in addition to the targets in the plan. Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) open data, up to August 2026. These are the figures IRCC publishes, added up by year, shown exactly as published. IRCC rounds each figure to the nearest 5 and does not publish counts of 5 or fewer. This describes what happened in the past. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about any individual application. All the figures: https://rawstatistics.ca Questions about your own case? Free Friday Q&A: https://polinsys.co/q