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Canada
-- A Welcoming Land
1999
Annual Immigration Plan
Tabled in October
1998
CONTENTS
Legislative Requirement for the Annual Immigration
Plan
Annual Immigration Plan
- Immigration Plan, 1999
- Immigration Levels, 1999 -- Canada, Quebec and Other
Provinces
- Projected Immigration Arrivals, 1998
- Immigration by Source Area, 1995-1998
- Immigration (All Classes) Top Ten Source Countries,
1995-1998
- Skilled Workers -- Visas Issued Abroad, Top Ten Source
Countries, 1995-1998
- Economic Category, Persons Admitted, 1995-1997
- Refugees by Category, 1997
- Refugees by Source Area -- Top Ten Source Countries,
1995-1998
- Immigrants and Visitors to Canada, 1995-1997
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.
ANNUAL
IMMIGRATION PLAN
Immigration
Plan, 1999
|
Immigrant
Category
|
Range
|
|
Skilled Workers
|
100,200
- 111,200
|
|
Business
|
17,700
- 19,700
|
|
Spouses, Fiancé(e)s
and Children
|
38,000
- 41,000
|
|
Parents and
Grandparents
|
15,500
- 17,300
|
|
Other
- Live-in Caregiver Program
- Special Categories
- Provincial/Territorial Nominees
|
6,500
|
|
Total Immigrant
|
177,900
- 195,700
|
|
Refugee
Category
|
Range
|
|
Government
Assisted
|
7,300
|
|
Privately Sponsored
|
2,800
- 4,000
|
|
Refugees Landed
In Canada and
|
10,000
- 15,000
|
|
Dependants
Abroad
|
2,000
- 3,000
|
|
Total Refugee
|
22,100
- 29,300
|
|
Total Immigrant
and Refugee
|
200,000
- 225,000
|
Immigration
Levels, 1999
Canada, Quebec* and Other Provinces
|
Immigrant
|
Other
Provinces
|
Quebec***
|
Canada
|
|
Total Family
|
45,900
- 50,300
|
7,600
- 8,000
|
53,500
- 58,300
|
|
Total Economic
|
103,700
- 115,700
|
14,200
- 15,200
|
117,900
- 130,900
|
|
Total Other**
|
6,500
|
|
6,500
|
|
Total Immigrant
|
156,100
- 172,500
|
21,800
- 23,200
|
177,900
- 195,700
|
|
Refugee
|
Other
Provinces
|
Quebec
|
Canada
|
|
Total Refugee
|
14,800
- 21,200
|
7,300
- 8,100
|
22,100
- 29,300
|
|
Total
|
Other
Provinces
|
Quebec
|
Canada
|
|
Total
|
170,900
- 193,700
|
29,100
- 31,300
|
200,000
- 225,000
|
* 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 and Provincial/Territorial Nominees.
*** As of September 1, 1998.
Projected
Immigration Arrivals, 1998
|
Immigrant
|
1998
Plan (as announced
Oct. 23, 1997)
|
Projection
as
of Sept. 1, 1998
|
|
Skilled Workers
|
96,600
- 106,600
|
82,700
|
|
Business
|
19,300
- 21,300
|
14,000
|
|
Spouses, Fiancé(e)s,
and Children
|
35,200
- 38,300
|
37,500
|
|
Parents and
Grandparents
|
18,300
- 20,000
|
15,600
|
|
Other*
|
6,500
|
6,300
|
|
Total Immigrant
|
175,900
- 192,700
|
156,100
|
|
Refugee
|
1998
Plan (as announced
Oct. 23, 1997)
|
Projection
as
of Sept. 1, 1998
|
|
Government
Assisted
|
7,300
|
7,300
|
|
Privately Sponsored
|
2,800
- 4,000
|
2,200
|
|
Refugees Landed
In Canada and
|
12,000
- 18,000
|
11,200
|
|
Dependants
Abroad
|
2,000
- 3,000
|
3,200
|
|
Total Refugee
|
24,100
- 32,300
|
23,900
|
|
Total Immigrant
and Refugee
|
200,000
- 225,000
|
180,000
- 200,000
|
* Includes members of the Live-in Caregiver Class, Special
Categories and Provincial/Territorial Nominees.
Immigration
by Source Area, 1995-1998
Immigration
(All Classes)
Top Ten Source Countries, 1995-1998
|
Country
|
Jan-Dec
1995
|
Rank
|
Jan-Dec
1996
|
Rank
|
Jan-Dec
1997
|
Rank
|
Jan-Sept
1998
|
Rank
|
|
China
|
13,209
|
4
|
17,496
|
3
|
18,498
|
3
|
13,793
|
1
|
|
India
|
16,024
|
2
|
21,169
|
2
|
19,541
|
2
|
11,381
|
2
|
|
Hong Kong (SAR)
|
31,622
|
1
|
29,913
|
1
|
22,212
|
1
|
6,986
|
3
|
|
Philippines
|
15,071
|
3
|
13,127
|
5
|
10,849
|
6
|
6,301
|
4
|
|
Pakistan
|
3,981
|
10
|
7,734
|
6
|
11,210
|
5
|
6,164
|
5
|
|
Taiwan
|
7,659
|
6
|
13,178
|
4
|
13,295
|
4
|
6,074
|
6
|
|
Iran
|
-
|
-
|
5,809
|
9
|
7,458
|
7
|
5,301
|
7
|
|
Korea
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,658
|
8
|
|
United States
|
5,211
|
9
|
5,854
|
8
|
5,034
|
9
|
3,389
|
9
|
|
Russia
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,245
|
10
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
8,819
|
5
|
6,125
|
7
|
5,046
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
|
Great Britain
|
6,148
|
8
|
5,579
|
10
|
4,655
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
|
Bosnia-
Hercegovina
|
6,278
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Top Ten
Total
|
114,022
|
|
125,984
|
|
117,798
|
|
66,292
|
|
|
%
|
54%
|
56%
|
55%
|
50%
|
|
Other countries
|
98,176
|
99,848
|
98,046
|
66,490
|
|
%
|
46%
|
44%
|
45%
|
50%
|
|
Total
|
212,198
|
225,832
|
215,844
|
132,782
|
Skilled
Workers -- Visas Issued Abroad,
Top Ten Source Countries, 1995-1998
|
Country
|
Jan-Dec
1995
|
Rank
|
Jan-Dec
1996
|
Rank
|
Jan-Dec
1997
|
Rank
|
Jan-Sept
1998
|
Rank
|
|
China
|
9,381
|
2
|
21,023
|
1
|
20,083
|
1
|
21,272
|
1
|
|
Pakistan
|
3,181
|
8
|
10,456
|
5
|
14,106
|
2
|
8,641
|
2
|
|
India
|
5,830
|
5
|
10,632
|
4
|
10,621
|
4
|
7,522
|
3
|
|
Taiwan
|
6,429
|
3
|
13,302
|
3
|
11,352
|
3
|
5,713
|
4
|
|
Iran
|
-
|
-
|
4,155
|
7
|
6,103
|
7
|
4,485
|
5
|
|
Hong Kong (SAR)
|
16,732
|
1
|
19,396
|
2
|
10,003
|
5
|
3,397
|
6
|
|
South Korea
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,122
|
7
|
|
France
|
4,562
|
6
|
3,132
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
2,987
|
8
|
|
Russia
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4,014
|
8
|
2,829
|
9
|
|
Philippines
|
5,841
|
4
|
7,098
|
6
|
6,608
|
6
|
2,775
|
10
|
|
Great Britain
|
4,406
|
7
|
3,975
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Romania
|
3,044
|
9
|
3,493
|
9
|
3,160
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
|
United States
|
2,129
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,761
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
|
Top Ten
Total
|
61,535
|
|
96,662
|
|
89,811
|
|
62,743
|
|
|
%
|
63%
|
67%
|
65%
|
62%
|
|
Other countries
|
36,772
|
47,537
|
47,773
|
38,889
|
|
%
|
37%
|
33%
|
35%
|
38%
|
|
Total
|
98,307
|
144,199
|
137,584
|
101,632
|
Economic
Category, Persons Admitted, 1995-1997
Refugees
by Category, 1997
Refugees
by Source Area -- Top Ten
Source Countries, 1995-1998
|
Country
|
Jan-Dec
1995
|
Rank
|
Jan-Dec
1996
|
Rank
|
Jan-Dec
1997
|
Rank
|
Jan-Sept
1998
|
Rank
|
|
Bosnia-
Hercegovina
|
5,985
|
1
|
4,961
|
1
|
3,673
|
1
|
2,903
|
1
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
5,952
|
2
|
3,604
|
2
|
2,553
|
2
|
1,657
|
2
|
|
Iran
|
1,344
|
3
|
1,720
|
4
|
1,662
|
4
|
1,134
|
3
|
|
Afghanistan
|
1,113
|
6
|
1,794
|
3
|
1,731
|
3
|
1,063
|
4
|
|
Croatia
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
995
|
6
|
1,043
|
5
|
|
Somalia
|
1,142
|
5
|
800
|
8
|
727
|
10
|
891
|
6
|
|
India
|
482
|
9
|
1,233
|
6
|
773
|
8
|
659
|
7
|
|
Iraq
|
1,273
|
4
|
1,342
|
5
|
1,348
|
5
|
646
|
8
|
|
Pakistan
|
561
|
8
|
652
|
10
|
750
|
9
|
534
|
9
|
|
Yugoslavia
|
618
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
447
|
10
|
|
Bangladesh
|
-
|
-
|
828
|
7
|
791
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
|
Algeria
|
-
|
-
|
677
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
China
|
478
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Top Ten
Total
|
18,948
|
|
17,611
|
|
15,003
|
|
10,977
|
|
|
%
|
68%
|
62%
|
62%
|
63%
|
|
Other countries
|
8,812
|
10,738
|
9,211
|
6,340
|
|
%
|
32%
|
38%
|
38%
|
37%
|
|
Total Refugees
|
27,760
|
28,349
|
24,214
|
17,317
|
Immigrants
and Visitors to Canada, 1995-1997
|
Immigrant
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
|
Family
|
77,307
|
68,344
|
59,966
|
|
Economic
|
100,912
|
120,285
|
125,491
|
|
Other
|
6,219
|
8,854
|
6,173
|
|
Refugee
|
27,760
|
28,349
|
24,214
|
|
Total Immigrant
and Refugee
|
212,198
|
225,832
|
215,844
|
|
Temporary
Entry
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
|
Visitor Visas
Issued
|
582,094
|
659,180
|
650,618
|
|
Employment
Authorizations*
|
97,157
|
98,152
|
102,737
|
|
Student Authorizations
|
84,294
|
95,354
|
97,393
|
* Excludes employment authorizations issued to spouses
who apply for landing in Canada, refugee claimants, foreign students and
their spouses.
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 Public Works and Government Services
Canada 1998
Cat. No.: Ci1-1999
ISBN 0-662-63856-5
C&I-106-10-98
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