Source of Permanent Residents and Destination Province

Around 46% of newcomers landed in Canada in 2022 were from Asia as per new IRCC data unveiled February 2023.

India continues to be the biggest source with more than 1/4th of newcomers to Canada. 118,095 Indians landed as permanent residents (PRs) in 2022.

This is 6 times higher than the second source of new immigrants, China. 31,815 Chinese nationals landed in Canada as PRs in 2022.

Below is the list of source countries for newcomers to Canada in 2022

Country	Total immigrants for 2022	% age of immigrants in 2022
India	118,095	27%
China	31,815	7.2%
Afghanistan	23,735	5.4%
Nigeria	22,085	5.05%
Philippines	22,070	5.04%
France	14,145	3.2%
Pakistan	11,585	2.6%
Iran	11,105	2.5%
United States of America	10,400	2.3%
Syria	8,500	1.9%

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List of Destination Province for Permanent Residents in 2022

Ontario continues to land highest proportion of permanent residents in 2022, but comparatively less (-6.7%) when compared to 2021.

Ontario is followed by Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in landed immigrants.

Quebec saw an increase of 3.4%, Saskatchewan 2.2%, and Alberta 1.4% as compared to 2021. However, British Columbia experienced -3.1% lesser immigration in contrast to 2021.

Province	Permanent Residents in 2022	% of all PRs in 2022
Ontario	184,725	42.2%
Quebec	68,685	15.7%
British Columbia	61,215	14%
Alberta	49,460	11.3%
Manitoba	21,645	4.9%
Saskatchewan	21,635	4.9%
Nova Scotia	12,650	2.8%
New Brunswick	10,205	2.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador	3,490	0.7%
Prince Edward Island	2,665	0.6%
Yukon	455	0.1%
Northwest Territories	235	0.0%
Nunavut	45	0.0%
Province not stated	20	0.0%

Source of International Students Landed and Already In Canada

India again tops the list followed by China and Philippines for new international students landed in 2022.

Indian students account for more than half the total of international students entering Canada last year.

Country	Number of Students Coming in 2022
India	226,450
China	52,165
Philippines	23,380
France	16,725
Nigeria	16,195
Iran	13,525
Korea	11,535
Japan	10,955
Mexico	10,405
Brazil	10,405

Furthermore, there were 319,130 international students from India already living and studying in Canada as of December 2022.

Number of Indian student is 3X the second leading source nation, China. There were almost 100K Chinese students studying in Canada.

Country	Number of students already living and studying in Canada
India	319,130
China	100,075
Philippines	32,455
France	27,135
Nigeria	21,660
Iran	21,115
Korea	16,505
Vietnam	16,140
Mexico	14,930
United States of America	14,485

Ontario being the largest province, continues to accommodate more than 400,000 international students.

This number is even higher when compared to the total of other Canadian provinces altogether. Moreover, this number is double from the second leading province, British Columbia.

In total, 377,785 international students were attending the education institution in rest of the Canadian provinces in 2022.

Province	Number of Students
Ontario	411,000
British Columbia	164,000
Quebec	93,000
Alberta	43,000
Manitoba	22,000
Nova Scotia	20,850
Saskatchewan	13,135
New Brunswick	11,140
Newfoundland and Labrador	6,175
Prince Edward Island	4,485