Canada immigration levels plan, 2026
Permanent and temporary resident plans, ranges, actuals, and provincial nomination allocations in 2026, drawn from official IRCC, MIFI, and provincial publishers.
Data as of May 2026
Frequently asked questions
What is the immigration levels plan?
It is the planned supply ceiling for Canadian immigration, published a year at a time. Express Entry draws and PNP rounds tell you what was invited recently; the levels plan tells you how much room the year is planned to hold. Three publishers cover different parts of it: IRCC sets federal permanent and temporary resident targets and ranges, MIFI publishes Quebec's plan, and each province or territory publishes its own PNP nomination allocation.
Are these official targets?
Yes. Federal rows come from IRCC's published supplementary table for 2026-2028. Quebec rows come from MIFI's 2026 plan. PNP allocation rows come from each province's or territory's own publication. Every row links back to its source.
Does a target guarantee that many people will be admitted?
No. Federal targets and planning ranges are planned admissions or arrivals, not commitments to an exact count, and the plan says nothing about any individual application. A range means the department expects to manage the year within that band.
Why does Quebec appear separately from PNP?
Quebec is not a Provincial Nominee Program. Under the Canada-Quebec Accord, Quebec selects its own economic immigrants and publishes its plan independently of IRCC's federal levels.
Are PNP quotas and allocations the same as PNP draws?
No. An allocation is a provincial nomination ceiling for the year, not a count of invitations and not a count of admissions; a draw is an invitation round in which a province asks candidates to apply for nomination. Invitations across draws routinely exceed the allocation, because provinces over-invite to absorb withdrawal and refusal attrition. Jurisdictions that have not published a numeric allocation are listed separately with their status rather than shown as zero.
Why are temporary residents on a separate page from permanent residents?
Because the two count different things. Temporary resident rows count arrivals, along with CAQs and permit holders; permanent resident rows count admissions, meaning people who landed as PRs. Putting them in one table would imply a work permit and a PR admission are interchangeable units.
How is this data maintained?
Values are republished from the original publisher with a citation on every row. We do not adjust, smooth, or forecast them, and the page carries no figure that its publisher has not put in print. It is informational and not immigration advice.