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Section Title: Media and Publications

Staying the Course

1997 Annual Immigration Plan

[Tabled on October 29, 1996]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Legislative Requirement for the Annual Immigration Plan

Annual Immigration Plan

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LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT FOR
THE ANNUAL IMMIGRATION PLAN

 
Section 7(1)
of Canada's Immigration Act requires that:

The Minister, after consultation with the provinces and such persons, organizations and institutions as the Minister deems appropriate, shall, not later than the prescribed date in each calendar year, which prescribed date shall be no later than November 1, cause the immigration plan for the next calendar year to be laid before each House of Parliament, or, if either House is not sitting on the prescribed date, not later than the fifteenth day next thereafter on which the House is sitting.

Section 7(2) of the Act sets out the information that an immigration plan must provide. It must include an estimate of the total number of immigrants, Convention refugees and others who will be admitted to Canada on humanitarian grounds during the next year. As well, where any province has sole responsibility for the selection of immigrants, Convention refugees or humanitarian applicants, the Plan must also set out, for each class, the number to be admitted for all of Canada, the number for the provinces with sole selection powers and the number for the rest of the provinces. Quebec is the only province with sole selection powers.

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ANNUAL IMMIGRATION PLAN

Immigration Plan, 1997

Immigrant Category

Range

Skilled Worker

82,000 - 90,000

Business

20,000 - 23,000

Spouses, Fiancé(e)s and Children

35,000 - 40,000

Parents and Grandparents

23,400 - 26,200

Other
- Live-in Caregiver Program
- Special Categories
- Humanitarian and Compassionate
- Provincial/Territorial Nominees

8,500

Total Immigrant

168,900 - 187,700

Refugee Category

Range

Government-Assisted

7,300

Privately-Sponsored

2,800 - 4,000

Refugees Landed In Canada and
Dependants Abroad

14,000 - 18,000
2,000 - 3,000

Total Refugee

26,100 - 32,300

Total Immigrant and Refugee

195,000 - 220,000

 

Immigration Levels, 1997
Canada, Quebec* and Other Provinces

 

Other Provinces

Quebec

Canada

Immigrant

Total Family

50,400 - 58,200

8,000

58,400 - 66,200

Total Economic

90,000 - 101,000

12,000

102,000 - 113,000

Total Other**

8,500

-

8,500

Total Immigrant

148,900 - 167,700

20,000

168,900 - 187,700

Refugee

Total Refugee

19,100 - 25,300

7,000

26,100 - 32,300

Total

Total

168,000 - 193,000

27,000

195,000 - 220,000

* The Immigration Act requires that the government's annual immigration plan include separate numbers for provinces with selection powers. At this time, Quebec is the only province with this responsibility.

** Includes members of the Live-in Caregiver Class, Special Categories, Provincial/Territorial Nominees, and those landed on Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds.

 

1996 Projected Immigration Arrivals

Immigrant

1996 Plan (as
announced Nov. 1, 1995)

1996 Projection as
of Sept. 15, 1996

Skilled Worker

66,500 - 73,000

83,000 - 85,900

Business

18,000 - 20,500

20,700 - 21,400

Spouses, Fiancé(e)s, and Children

47,000 - 51,000

38,000 - 39,500

Parents and Grandparents

31,000 - 34,700

22,500 - 23,400

Other
- Live-in Caregiver Program
- Special Categories
- Humanitarian and Compassionate
- Provincial/ Territorial Nominee

8,500

8,800

Total Immigrant

171,000 - 187,700

173,000 - 179,000

Refugee

1996 Plan (as
announced Nov. 1, 1995)

1996 Projection as
of Sept. 15, 1996

Government Assisted*

7,300

7,300

Privately Sponsored

2,700 - 4,000

3,200

Refugees Landed In Canada
and Dependants Abroad

12,000 - 18,000
2,000 - 3,000

13,000
2,500

Total Refugee

24,000 - 32,300

26,000

Total Immigrant and Refugee

195,000 - 220,000

199,000 - 205,000

* Includes refugees resettled under the 3/9 program in 1996.

 

1996 Projected Immigration Arrivals
Canada, Quebec* and Other Provinces

 

Other Provinces

Quebec

Canada

Immigrant

Total Family

51,900 - 54,300

8,600

60,500 - 62,900

Total Economic

93,730 - 97,330

9,970

103,700 - 107,300

Total Other**

7,700

1,100

8,800

Total Immigrant

153,330 - 159,330

19,670

173,000 - 179,000

Refugee

Total Refugee

18,070

7,930

26,000

Total

Total

171,400 - 177,400

27,600

199,000 - 205,000

* The Immigration Act requires that the government's annual immigration plan include separate numbers for provinces with selection powers. At this time, Quebec is the only province with this responsibility.

** Includes members of the Live-in Caregiver Class, Special Categories, Provincial/Territorial Nominees, and those landed on Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds.

 

Landings (All Classes) Top Ten Source Countries, 1995

Graph – Landings (All Classes), Top Ten Source Countries, 1995

 

 

Landings (All Classes) Top Ten Source Countries, 1993-1995

Country

Jan-Dec
1993

Rank

Jan-Dec
1994

Rank

Jan-Dec
1995

Rank

Hong Kong

36,582

1

44,174

1

31,744

1

India

20,479

2

17,228

3

16,207

2

Philippines

19,781

3

19,098

2

15,143

3

China

9,469

5

12,487

4

13,277

4

Sri Lanka

9,113

6

6,671

6

8,925

5

Taiwan

9,867

4

7,412

5

7,691

6

Bosnia-Hercegovina

-

-

4,906

10

6,256

7

England

6,237

10

5,347

9

5,408

8

U.S.A.

8,025

8

6,243

7

5,178

9

Pakistan

-

-

-

-

3,996

10

Vietnam

8,304

7

6,230

8

-

-

Poland

6,877

9

-

-

-

-

Top Ten Total

134,734

 

129,796

 

113,825

 

%

53

 

58

 

54

 

Other countries

121,204

 

94,119

 

98,445

 

%

47

 

42

 

46

 

Total

255,938

 

223,915

 

212,270

 

 

Refugees by Category, 1995

Graph – Refugees by Category, 1995

 

 

For additional copies, please contact:

Communications Branch
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1L1
Fax: (613) 954-2221

This is not a legal document.

© Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1996
Cat. No.: Ci1-1997
ISBN 0-662-62732-6

C&I-106-10-96

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