OTTAWA – The Liberal government released its plan Tuesday for how many new permanent residents they will seek to welcome to Canada in 2016.
The program is divided into three general streams – economic, family and humanitarian – and the Liberals say their plan represents a shift toward the latter two categories.
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Overall, they’re looking to increase the maximum by about 20,000 more people than the previous Conservative government had aimed for last year.
Here is a look at the Liberal plan and how it stacks up against previous ones, by the numbers:
2016
Planned total: 285,000 to 305,000.
Planned economic: 151,200 to 162,400.
Planned family class: 75,000 to 82,000.
Planned refugees, protected persons, humanitarian and other: 51,000 to 57,000.
2015
Planned total admissions: 260,000 to 285,000.
Planned economic: 172,100 to 186,700.
Planned family class: 63,000 to 68,000.
Planned refugees, protected persons, humanitarian and other: 24,900 to 30,200.
* actual admissions for 2015 are not yet available.
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2014
Planned total: 240,000 to 265,000.
Actual admissions: 260,404.
Planned economic class: 151,400 to 167,200.
Actual admissions: 165,089.
Planned family class: 63,000 to 68,000.
Actual admissions: 66,661
Planned refugees, protected persons, humanitarian and other: 25,600 to 29,700.
Actual admissions: 28,622.
2013
Planned total: 240,000 to 265,000.
Actual: 258,953.
Planned economic: 152,100 to 162,300.
Actual: 148,181.
Planned family: 63,800 to 73,500.
Actual: 81,831.
Planned refugees, protected persons, humanitarian and other: 24,000 to 29,000.
Actual: 28,941.
SOURCE: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Department
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