Canada immigration dashboard

Read Canada's immigration plan, see the latest monthly permanent residence application intake, and jump straight to the guide that matches your situation.

Updated August 12, 2026

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2026 immigration snapshot

These are national planning targets, not application quotas or promises of approval. They show the direction and scale of Canada's 2026 system.

Permanent residents: 380,000
New temporary arrivals: 385,000
French outside Quebec: 9%
Latest PR applications: 19,485

What the plan means

Canada is holding planned permanent resident admissions at 380,000 a year from 2026 through 2028 while reducing new temporary resident arrivals. Economic immigration remains the largest category, and the plan gives more weight to people already contributing in Canada and to French-speaking immigration outside Quebec.

Monthly PR application intake

IRCC publishes an operational workbook showing permanent residence applications received by source country and month. Canooq reads the total row from that official file and displays the latest available twelve months.

Applications are not admissions. This series counts applications received, not people approved or admitted to Canada.

Choose the next guide from your situation

Start with the route that matches your legal and practical situation. Each Canooq guide explains the sequence, documents, decision points, costs, and official sources.

Canadian immigration pathways by applicant situation
Your situation	Start here	Why this guide
Skilled work, language results, education	Express Entry	Check program eligibility, CRS scoring, language tests, ECA, proof of funds, invitations, and the PR application.
A province fits your work or local ties	Provincial Nominee Programs	Compare base and Express Entry-linked streams, nomination steps, employer factors, and settlement intent.
A Canadian employer is ready	Work permits	Separate employer-specific and open permits, understand LMIA pathways, and prepare the application.
You have a school acceptance	Study permits	Verify the DLI and program, calculate funds, collect the acceptance and provincial documents, and plan work eligibility.
An eligible relative can sponsor you	Family sponsorship	Understand sponsor eligibility, relationship evidence, undertakings, fees, and the application flow.
You are comparing every route	Pathway comparison	Use one decision page to narrow visitor, study, work, IEC, economic, provincial, and family options.

How to read immigration numbers

Three different measures often appear in immigration news. Reading the label prevents misleading comparisons.

Differences between immigration applications, approvals, admissions, and targets
Measure	What it counts	Use it for
Applications received	Files or people entering IRCC's processing inventory, depending on the dataset definition.	Tracking incoming workload and broad demand.
Approvals or finalizations	Applications IRCC has decided, including approval and refusal outcomes where specified.	Understanding decisions, not actual arrival timing.
Admissions	People who became permanent residents during the period.	Comparing completed immigration with the Levels Plan.
Levels Plan target	The government's planned annual range and target by immigration category.	Understanding policy direction; it is not a personal processing forecast.

Turn the dashboard into a next step

Answer a short set of questions, then open the detailed route guide and confirm the current rules on the linked government page.

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Sources

IRCC: 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan · Reviewed August 12, 2026 · Permanent and temporary resident targets by year and category
Open Government: Operational Processing Monthly IRCC Updates · Reviewed August 12, 2026 · Operational Processing – Monthly IRCC Updates
IRCC: Express Entry rounds of invitations · Reviewed August 12, 2026 · Current Express Entry rounds and CRS cut-offs