Canada Welcomed Over 370,000 New Canadian Citizens In 2023

Canada welcomed 379,448 new Canadian citizens in 2023, the highest annual number in the last four years.

This number includes the grant, adoption, or resumption of Canadian citizenship under various categories.

The third quarter (July–September) of 2023 welcomed the most new citizens last year, with 104,656. April had the lowest citizenship uptake at just 15,337 new Canadian citizens.

2023	379,448
2022	375,610
2021	137,164
2020	110,994

Yearly Comparison of New Canadian Citizens

In 2023, people from more than 200 countries became new Canadian citizens.

Indians continue to account for the largest proportion (approximately 21%) of new citizens welcomed by Canada.

Along with Indians, nationals of the Philippines, Nigeria, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, China, the United States, and France accounted for 50% of new Canadian citizens.

Country of Birth	2023	2022	2021	2020
Total	379,448	375,610	137,164	110,994
India	78,714	59,580	20,860	15,418
Philippines	36,871	41,586	18,242	15,991
Nigeria	14,323	12,688	3,292	2,287
Pakistan	13,384	15,207	5,551	4,740
Syria	12,999	20,519	10,054	7,247
People’s Republic of China	12,621	10,821	5,147	4,708
Iran	10,757	13,085	4,853	4,888
United States of America	8,599	9,243	3,479	2,480
France	8,266	8,174	2,733	2,319
Brazil	6,895	5,294	1,356	843

Top 10 sources of new Canadian Citizens

According to the most recent official IRCC processing report, IRCC has taken an average of 15 months to process Canadian citizenship applications during the last six months.

To be eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship, an individual must be a permanent resident (PR) who has lived in Canada for at least three years out of the previous five years.

Country-Wise New Canadian Citizens

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

Country of Birth	2023 Total
Total	379,448
India	78,714
Philippines	36,871
Nigeria	14,323
Pakistan	13,384
Syria	12,999
People’s Republic of China	12,621
Iran	10,757
United States of America	8,599
France	8,266
Brazil	6,895
United Kingdom and Colonies	6,768
Iraq	6,087
Algeria	5,460
Socialist Republic of Vietnam	5,392
Eritrea	5,349
Jamaica	5,138
Morocco	4,844
Bangladesh	4,585
Egypt	4,446
Haiti	4,283
Mexico	4,218
Afghanistan	4,186
Ukraine	4,022
Colombia	3,756
Sri Lanka	3,615
Ethiopia	3,443
Saudi Arabia	3,353
Turkey	3,347
Federal Republic of Cameroon	3,328
United Arab Emirates	3,149
Lebanon	3,146
Tunisia	2,806
Russia	2,742
Republic of South Africa	2,665
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,642
Republic of Ivory Coast	2,443
Somalia, Democratic Republic of	2,412
Korea, Republic of	2,184
Venezuela	2,092
Hong Kong SAR	2,028
Burundi	1,740
Australia	1,693
Nepal	1,581
Democratic Republic of Sudan	1,543
Republic of Ireland	1,512
Israel	1,453
Jordan	1,375
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	1,367
Taiwan	1,303
Federal Republic of Germany	1,272
Ghana	1,257
Italy	1,257
Cuba	1,205
Romania	1,167
Kenya	1,123
Portugal	1,093
Poland	1,049
Kuwait	1,029
El Salvador	1,019
Guyana	981
Mauritius	980
Albania	978
Senegal	937
Peru	925
Dominican Republic	920
Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of	883
Thailand	871
Libya	852
Moldova	750
Zimbabwe	728
Uganda	701
Kazakhstan	660
Rwanda	610
Belgium	608
Spain	598
Chile	572
Peoples Republic of Benin	566
Togo, Republic of	548
Argentina	544
Serbia, Republic of	541
Ecuador	530
Yemen, Republic of	527
The Netherlands	524
Guinea, Republic of	516
New Zealand	513
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	479
Honduras	478
Malaysia	473
Greece	464
Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank)	448
Republic of Indonesia	443
Hungary	437
Qatar	428
Belarus	413
United Republic of Tanzania	404
Azerbaijan	400
Cambodia	372
Croatia	371
Guatemala	369
Republic of Djibouti	360
Switzerland	359
Uzbekistan	348
Myanmar (Burma)	347
Burkina-Faso	344
St. Lucia	322
Czech Republic	321
Fiji	316
Armenia	308
Bhutan	307
Singapore	307
Slovak Republic	300
Mali, Republic of	296
Bulgaria	293
Kosovo, Republic of	274
Bosnia-Hercegovina	259
Japan	252
Central African Republic	250
Congo, People’s Republic of the	247
Chad, Republic of	235
Barbados	229
Kyrgyzstan	214
Costa Rica	210
Sweden	210
Georgia	207
Grenada	197
Madagascar	197
Oman	190
Zambia	189
Bahrain	185
Namibia	175
Denmark	168
Bahama Islands, The	154
Others	153
Norway	150
Nicaragua	145
Bolivia	142
Mongolia, People’s Republic of	136
Macedonia	134
Finland	129
Azores	128
Latvia	127
Liberia	125
Republic of the Niger	120
Sierra Leone	115
Tadjikistan	109
Uruguay	105
Lithuania	104
South Sudan, Republic Of	104
Angola	102
Botswana, Republic of	98
Yugoslavia	94
Mauritania	91
Panama, Republic of	89
Gabon Republic	77
Dominica	71
Gambia	67
Austria	63
Cyprus	62
Antigua and Barbuda	58
Paraguay	58
Laos	55
Malawi	55
Slovenia	52
Reunion	51
Guadeloupe	50
Belize	48
Macao SAR	48
Serbia and Montenegro	47
Tibet	45
Czechoslovakia	43
Martinique	43
Mozambique	42
Estonia	41
Turkmenistan	39
Swaziland	37
Bermuda	34
St. Kitts-Nevis	28
Surinam	28
Puerto Rico	27
French Polynesia	26
New Caledonia	25
Brunei	22
Iceland	20
Montenegro, Republic of	19
Luxembourg	18
Malta	18
French Guiana	17
Comoros	16
Monaco	15
Seychelles	14
Lesotho	13
Cayman Islands	12
Papau New Guinea	11
Turks and Caicos Islands	11
Channel Islands	10
Samoa, Independent State Of	10
The Netherlands Antilles	10
Equatorial Guinea	9
Korea, People’s Democratic Republic of	8
Cape Verde Islands	6
Guinea-Bissau	6
Madeira	6
Virgin Islands, U.S.	6
Federated States of Micronesia	5
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	4
Maldives, Republic of	4
Tonga	4
Andorra	3
Guam	3
Solomons, The	3
Virgin Islands, British	3
East Timor, Democratic Republic of	2
Gibraltar	2
Montserrat	2
Republic of Palau	2
Aruba	1
Bailwick of Jersey	1
Faroe Islands	1
Kiribati	1
St. Pierre and Miquelon	1
Wallis And Futuna	1
American Samoa	0
Falkland Islands	0
San Marino	0
Sao Tome and Principe	0

New Oath of Canadian Citizenship

In 2023, the new oath of Canadian citizenship pledges allegiance to King Charles, the country’s third monarch.

Furthermore, the oath now contains recognition and affirmation of Aboriginal and treaty rights for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.

How many individuals are Canadian citizens?

According to the most recent official census in 2021, there are 33.1 million Canadian citizens.

More than 3.7 million Canadians were citizens of many countries.

What is the eligibility for Canadian citizenship?

To be eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship, you must be a permanent resident who has lived in Canada for at least three of the previous five years (1,095 days) and submitted your taxes.

How much time does it take to get Canadian citizenship?

According to the most recent official report, IRCC took an average of 15 months to process 80% of citizenship applications over the last six months.

How much is the Canadian citizenship fee?

The Canadian citizenship application price is $630 for adults (18 and older) and $100 for minors (under 18).

Satinder Bains

Satinder brings expertise, knowledge, and experience related to internal work flows at IRCC. She worked at Canadian Consulate in Chandigarh before moving to Canada. Her articles on “Chinook – An internal IRCC tool used to bulk process temporary applications” was one of the notable work on our news website