Ontario: The IRCC data revealed that Canada has over 1.8 million applications in the queue.
Adding up these categories brings the total to a backlog of 1,813,144 applications in December.
In October, IRCC reported a backlog of 1,791,936. The difference means the backlog has grown by more than 21,000 immigration applications in a span of 49 days, a growth of 1%.
As of December, the Express Entry backlog was at more than 119,000, compared to October when it was nearly 138,000.