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Canada welcomed 13180 new permanent residents through the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) in the first eight months of 2022, shows data. The number is 233.5 per cent higher compared to the same period last year. Data shows that PGP’s performance in the current year is even stronger than 2019, the year before the onset of the pandemic. Compared to 2019, the number of new permanent residents arrived through PGP is higher by 2640 parents and grandparents or 16.3 per cent.
As per the Immigration Levels Plan of Canada for 2022-2024, the plan is to bring 25000 parents and grandparents through PGP this year. For the next year, the target for Parents and Grandparents Program is 28500 new permanent residents. Based on the current trend, it can be predicted that PGP will surpass its target for 2022 as well as for 2023.
In the current year, on an average, Canada welcomes 2353 new permanent residents every month. If this trend continues, Canada will be welcoming 28237 parents and grandparents with permanent resident status by the end of this year. This is 132.8 per cent higher compared to 11740 parents and grandparents welcomed through the program last year.
This is double the number of immigrants who came to Canada through Parents and Grandparents Program(PGP) compared to the previous year.
Canada PGP in previous years
In 2021, Canada welcomed a record-breaking number of 406025 new permanent residents. A total of 11740 among them were welcomed through Canada PGP. Ever since 2015, the Parents and Grandparents Program of Canada has been growing steadily. In that year, Canada welcomed 15490 new permanent residents through PGP. In the next year, the number rose to 17040. In 2017, the number further swelled to 20495. Though there was a slump in 2018 with only 18030 new permanent residents admitted through PGP, the number rebounded to 22010 in 2019.
Canada set to break immigration records this year
By the end of August this year, the total number of new permanent residents admitted by Canada is 32215. If this trend continues, the country will welcome 463860 new permanent residents in the current year, higher than the immigration target set for this year, which is 431645 new permanent residents.
Canada Parents and Grandparents Program
The Parents and Grandparents Program of Canada allows Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their parents/grandparents for permanent residence in Canada. Those who are interested to sponsor their parents through the program must first submit an Interest to sponsor form. The IRCC conducts random draws to invite eligible sponsors to apply for sponsoring their parents/grandparents under the PGP program.
To be eligible to become a sponsor, a person must be at least 18 years old. They must be a Canadian permanent resident or citizen living in Canada. They must also demonstrate enough financial capacity to financially support whom they are planning to sponsor.
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