Toronto: After ban over five months on direct flights from India, new data showing that Indian immigration arriving in Canada is expected to set a new record this year.
In 2021, 69,014 Indian nationals becoming permanent residents by the end of August this year. By comparison, the figure for all of 2020 was 37,125. And the trend for 2021 indicates that the intake numbers for the year will be higher than the previous all-time high of 84,114, which was set in 2019.
Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced three streams to enable that process.
Under that process, IRCC said it would accept 20,000 applications for temporary workers in the healthcare sector, 30,000 applications for temporary workers in other selected essential occupations, and 40,000 applications for international students who graduated from a Canadian institution.