Immigration Visas Of Canada Fell By 26 Percent In March 2020

Data that was provided by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada allows us to take a look at how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the immigration system of Canada.

According to the data released by the IRCC, PR (Permanent Resident) visas that were issued by the Canadian government fell by 26 percent in March 2020, compared with the previous month.

This new data released by the IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) shows the immediate impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on the immigration system of Canada.

While the provinces and territories and federal government employees of Canada did not begin to go into lockdown until, In the second half of March, this 2-week disruption was enough to contribute to a steep decline in new PR visas issued.

In 2019, the PR intake of Canada increased by 33 percent in March 2019 compared with February 2019.

Effects Of Coronavirus Towards Canada’s Immigration Visas

According to the data that was shared by the IRCC, it shows that nearly every province Canadian immigration Canada saw their immigration levels fall by 30 percent between February and March 2020.

The 2 major exceptions were New Brunswick, 0 percent chance, and Alberta, which only showed an 8 percent decline.

Economic class immigration suffered across the board. Family reunification and refugee class immigration fluctuated by province, seeing some losses but also some gains, said CIC News.

The province of Alberta saw the smallest change in immigration across the board. The province only showed 9 percent loss of new economic class immigrants, 8 percent loss in the family class and 5 percent loss in refugee class immigration.

New Brunswick only saw a loss in its economic class immigration of 9 percent. The family and refugee classes reportedly had 40 percent and 43 percent gains each, showed the data.

For the month of March 2020, the largest gain in family class immigration was seen in Newfoundland and Labrador, which saw a massive 67 percent increase over the month of February.

There was no change in the refugee class immigration lawyer in Calgary, however, the province saw a 53 percent loss in its economic class immigration, the biggest hit in Canada.

The largest gain in the refugee class was seen in Saskatchewan, which showed an increase of 67 percent. However, the data showed that Saskatchewan lost 35 percent of economic class immigration and 36 percent of family class immigration.