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

• Immigration Plan, 1997
• Immigration Levels, 1997 -- Canada, Quebec and Other Provinces
• 1996 Projected Immigration Arrivals
• 1996 Projected Immigration Arrivals -- Canada, Quebec and Other Provinces
• Landings (All Classes) Top Ten Source Countries, 1995
• Landings (All Classes) Top Ten Source Countries, 1993-1995
• Refugees by Category, 1995

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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

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

 

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

C&I-106-10-96