84,720 Immigrants Became New Canadian Citizens In Q1 2023

Last Updated On 22 May 2023, 12:50 PM EDT (Toronto Time)

In the first quarter of 2023 (January to March), 84,720 immigrants from 212 countries became new Canadian citizens as per the latest data updated by IRCC in May 2023.

This number declined by almost 12% as compared to the number of new Canadian citizens added in first quarter of 2022, but higher than the pre-pandemic levels.

A record number of 373,000 new citizens were welcomed by Canada in 2022.

People from around 212 countries became new citizens of Canada in the beginning of 2023.

Country of Birth	Number of New Canadian Citizens Q1 2023 (January – March)
India	16,068
Philippines	8,738
Nigeria	3,765
Syria	3,545
Pakistan	3,253
Iran	2,774
People’s Republic of China	2,572
United States of America	2,043
United Kingdom and Colonies	1,521
Iraq	1,506
Total	45,785

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New Oath of Canadian Citizenship 2023

New oath of Canadian citizenship now vows to his majesty, King Charles as the 3rd king of Canada.

Furthermore, the oath now also includes recognition and affirmation to the Aboriginal and treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.

Oath At Canadian Citizenship Ceremony – Here Is What Happens

Country-Wise List of New Canadian Citizens

Full List of Country-Wise New citizens of Canada in 2023

Country of Birth	Q1 2023	Q1 2022	Q1 2021	Q1 2020
Total	84,720	96,207	9,514	61,919
India	16,068	14,899	1,280	8,849
Philippines	8,738	9,872	1,099	8,396
Nigeria	3,765	2,569	128	1,154
Syria	3,545	5,620	574	4,257
Pakistan	3,253	4,147	274	2,824
Iran	2,774	3,835	477	2,720
People’s Republic of China	2,572	3,032	573	2,701
United States of America	2,043	2,361	321	1,266
United Kingdom and Colonies	1,521	1,651	225	1,072
Iraq	1,506	1,893	146	1,291
Brazil	1,452	1,321	117	445
France	1,257	2,665	513	1,150
Jamaica	1,200	1,501	106	859
Egypt	1,158	1,333	110	811
Socialist Republic of Vietnam	1,103	1,191	73	677
Eritrea	1,102	546	49	273
Bangladesh	1,098	1,356	96	864
Mexico	988	1,271	159	830
Algeria	941	1,174	90	772
Afghanistan	898	993	85	531
Colombia	890	1,199	116	636
Haiti	881	1,119	61	834
Turkey	859	724	56	308
Ukraine	857	1,913	87	753
Saudi Arabia	821	720	58	339
Morocco	801	1,051	70	698
United Arab Emirates	786	758	55	451
Sri Lanka	769	774	77	589
Ethiopia	750	633	48	308
Lebanon	705	893	86	621
Russia	639	815	82	527
Federal Republic of Cameroon	620	858	69	470
Republic of South Africa	602	543	58	291
Korea, Republic of	548	720	133	706
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	544	555	35	333
Somalia, Democratic Republic of	510	427	23	301
Venezuela	504	641	68	391
Tunisia	435	619	38	348
Hong Kong SAR	427	518	62	226
Australia	414	429	38	197
Republic of Ivory Coast	401	518	44	350
Burundi	388	198	19	151
Israel	378	512	49	292
Jordan	368	503	41	405
Republic of Ireland	368	444	52	287
Nepal	364	348	69	376
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	350	460	37	224
Italy	334	327	39	219
Democratic Republic of Sudan	323	298	20	151
Federal Republic of Germany	298	308	76	219
Taiwan	295	344	39	181
Romania	290	427	57	347
Kenya	278	248	34	197
Poland	278	335	37	234
Ghana	267	316	13	159
Kuwait	252	261	40	194
Cuba	245	366	31	226
Portugal	244	274	38	181
Albania	232	275	8	151
Guyana	230	326	20	202
Mauritius	222	250	16	193
El Salvador	218	317	25	159
Dominican Republic	211	260	27	132
Libya	210	306	18	116
Thailand	206	203	31	205
Moldova	190	334	42	306
Senegal	184	269	25	156
Zimbabwe	178	188	17	112
Peru	169	273	29	163
Kazakhstan	161	215	22	125
Spain	160	215	14	110
Uganda	157	164	11	60
Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of	156	239	21	128
Rwanda	150	133	10	92
Belgium	148	140	14	88
Serbia, Republic of	141	178	18	97
Honduras	129	145	9	101
Hungary	128	142	10	95
Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank)	126	120	10	63
Greece	125	140	13	96
Ecuador	119	135	11	72
Croatia	117	111	10	85
Guinea, Republic of	113	125	6	76
Yemen, Republic of	113	114	2	39
Chile	112	143	6	69
Azerbaijan	111	102	13	52
Qatar	111	94	4	72
New Zealand	108	105	16	56
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	106	129	7	103
Argentina	100	146	3	80
Republic of Indonesia	98	115	23	75
Belarus	97	153	8	86
Republic of Djibouti	97	44	3	33
Malaysia	96	127	14	81
The Netherlands	96	147	33	99
Peoples Republic of Benin	94	97	3	67
Armenia	90	86	14	79
Togo, Republic of	85	92	7	67
Cambodia	84	73	6	67
Fiji	83	88	10	52
Guatemala	82	124	8	68
Uzbekistan	82	122	13	69
Singapore	80	69	12	56
Switzerland	80	72	7	40
St. Lucia	76	134	12	76
Czech Republic	74	101	10	59
United Republic of Tanzania	74	101	4	60
Bulgaria	73	127	24	99
Kyrgyzstan	70	86	5	46
Bosnia-Hercegovina	69	79	4	53
Chad, Republic of	68	52	3	15
Myanmar (Burma)	66	86	11	76
Slovak Republic	66	58	7	39
Burkina-Faso	59	100	11	63
Congo, People’s Republic of the	59	71	2	35
Georgia	58	44	1	23
Japan	58	95	10	72
Kosovo, Republic of	57	87	2	31
Bhutan	53	51	6	57
Bahrain	48	40	7	30
Oman	48	35	2	24
Barbados	47	79	3	34
Namibia	42	24	0	26
Sweden	42	44	9	28
Central African Republic	41	40	3	26
Denmark	39	34	3	28
Grenada	39	61	5	44
Costa Rica	38	58	6	28
Finland	38	23	2	18
Mali, Republic of	38	65	11	62
Nicaragua	38	38	3	23
Norway	38	52	2	12
Bahama Islands, The	37	37	1	14
Latvia	37	54	2	31
Macedonia	37	58	5	34
Mongolia, People’s Republic of	36	52	6	18
Azores	35	63	4	35
Liberia	35	31	0	21
Zambia	34	38	3	29
Lithuania	33	26	4	25
Bolivia	32	59	17	24
Panama, Republic of	32	35	3	9
Tadjikistan	28	27	6	21
Yugoslavia	27	34	2	27
Madagascar	26	62	6	21
Sierra Leone	25	20	0	15
Others	23	27	6	14
Botswana, Republic of	20	31	1	17
Gabon Republic	19	30	3	19
Paraguay	19	16	8	17
Antigua and Barbuda	18	21	0	4
Tibet	18	24	1	12
Uruguay	18	22	4	11
Angola	17	22	5	11
Austria	15	19	6	4
Czechoslovakia	15	19	2	5
Mauritania	15	38	2	13
Republic of the Niger	15	25	2	17
Belize	14	17	11	7
Gambia	14	20	2	11
Malawi	14	10	1	6
Serbia and Montenegro	14	19	2	16
Slovenia	14	10	1	5
South Sudan, Republic Of	14	19	5	3
Dominica	13	17	1	11
Cyprus	12	18	0	10
Laos	12	4	2	8
Brunei	10	6	2	6
Martinique	10	18	3	6
Bermuda	9	10	1	6
Swaziland	9	9	0	7
Macao SAR	8	24	0	4
Mozambique	8	9	0	5
Guadeloupe	7	12	5	7
St. Kitts-Nevis	7	4	0	1
Turkmenistan	7	15	0	6
Lesotho	6	0	0	2
New Caledonia	6	6	0	2
Puerto Rico	6	4	0	2
Estonia	5	20	3	9
Turks and Caicos Islands	5	0	0	3
Cayman Islands	4	5	0	6
Channel Islands	4	1	0	6
Iceland	4	10	0	2
Malta	4	8	0	5
Seychelles	4	2	0	2
Surinam	4	4	1	3
Andorra	3	1	1	0
Comoros	3	6	0	2
French Polynesia	3	8	1	4
Luxembourg	3	2	0	7
Reunion	3	20	2	4
Guinea-Bissau	2	2	0	2
Korea, People’s Democratic Republic of	2	6	1	2
Madeira	2	1	0	1
Monaco	2	2	0	0
Papau New Guinea	2	3	0	1
Samoa, Independent State Of	2	1	0	0
Tonga	2	2	0	2
Aruba	1	1	0	1
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	1	0	0	1
East Timor, Democratic Republic of	1	0	0	0
French Guiana	1	4	0	4
Gibraltar	1	1	0	0
Guam	1	0	0	1
Montenegro, Republic of	1	6	1	6
Montserrat	1	0	0	2
The Netherlands Antilles	1	6	1	1
Virgin Islands, British	1	1	0	0
Virgin Islands, U.S.	1	0	0	0

Country Wise List of New Canadian Citizens 2023

How many individuals are Canadian Citizens?

33.1 million Canada citizens were reported as per the latest official Census in 2021.

More than 3.7 million Canadian citizens held citizenship in more than one country.

What is eligibility for Canadian citizenship?

To be eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship, you need to be a permanent resident who have lived in Canada for at least 3 out of the last 5 years (1,095 days) and have filed your taxes.