Canada expected to announce 2027-2029 immigration targets in November
Canada is expected to table its next Immigration Levels Plan in early November, setting targets for permanent residents and temporary residents such as international students and foreign workers. The plan will include the country’s first official permanent-resident target for 2029 and could indicate how Ottawa intends to manage population growth.
Canada is expected to unveil its Immigration Levels Plan for 2027 to 2029 in early November, setting new targets for permanent-resident admissions and temporary-resident arrivals. The plan will cover international students and temporary foreign workers as well as permanent residents. It is expected to establish Canada’s first official permanent-resident target for 2029 and confirm or revise indicative targets for 2027 and 2028 in the current 2026-2028 plan.
The information was published by Immigration news Canada in a post on X on Thursday. Under Section 94(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the immigration minister must table an annual report containing the levels plan in each House of Parliament on or before November 1. However, November 1, 2026 falls on a Sunday, when Parliament will not be sitting.
The report is therefore expected to be tabled when Parliament next sits, likely in the first few days of November, according to the post. The current plan was released on November 5, 2025. The forthcoming targets are being watched by prospective immigrants, international students and temporary workers as the federal government adjusts immigration levels after measures intended to reduce the number of temporary residents and moderate population growth.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a September 29 interview with The New York Times that, with Canada’s immigration system back under control, the question was when the country would resume a “controlled increase” in population. The government has not announced specific targets for 2027 to 2029. The new plan is expected to show how admissions will be distributed among economic immigration, Express Entry, provincial nominee programmes, family reunification and Francophone immigration.
It is also expected to set out the approach to temporary residents, particularly international students and temporary foreign workers. The allocation could influence opportunities available through individual immigration routes.
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