According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), there are now slightly less than 2.1 million applications in the system than there were in December, a drop from over 2.2 million.
Since July 2021, the inventory across all business lines has developed as follows:
- January 2-3 2023: 2,152,220 persons
- December 3, 2022: 2,243,097 persons
- November 3, 2022: 2,411,388 persons
- September 30, 2022: 2,600,000 persons (figure rounded by IRCC)
- August 31, 2022: 2,583,827 persons
- July 15-17, 2022: 2,679,031 persons
- June 1-6, 2022: 2,387,884 persons
- April 30-May 2, 2022: 2,130,385 persons
- April 11-12, 2022: 2,031,589 persons
- March 15 and 17, 2022: 1,844,424 persons
- February 1, 2022: 1,815,628 persons
- December 15, 2021: 1,813,144 persons
- October 27, 2021: 1,792,404 persons
- July 6, 2021: 1,447,474 persons
As of January 3, there were 301,388 candidates for citizenship, down from 314,630 on November 30.
As of January 2, there are 521,552 residents in permanent residences, up from 512,342 on December 2.
Also on January 3, the temporary residence inventory stood at 1,329,280 people, compared to 1,416,125 persons as of December 3.
| Immigration Category | Persons as of January 2-3 |
|---|---|
| Permanent Residence | 521,552 |
| Temporary Residence | 1,329,280 |
| Citizenship | 301,388 |
| Grand total | 2,152,220 |
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