Canada granted (PR) to nearly 24,000 including Refugees, protected persons, humanitarian, and other fewer people during the first seven months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025.
That represents a decline of 23,955 PRs and a 9.7% year-over-year reduction in the number of people granted permanent resident status.
The 2026–2028 Immigration Levels Plan sets a target of 380,000 permanent residents for 2026.
However, that target does not include 2 one-time permanent residence initiatives being implemented in 2026 and 2027.
IRCC separately reports 188,800 PRs under the Immigration Levels Plan through July, while another 33,900 people received PR through two one-time initiatives operating outside the plan.
Together, those separately rounded figures broadly reconcile with the 222,625 PRs recorded in IRCC’s country-of-citizenship dataset.
IRCC explicitly notes that independently rounded figures may not sum exactly. A country-by-country breakdown of the data reveals a sharply uneven picture.
Some countries of citizenship saw dramatic increases in the number of their nationals granted Canadian permanent residence, even as the national total contracted.
Others experienced steep declines, with a single country of citizenship accounting for nearly two-thirds of Canada’s entire year-over-year reduction.
Importantly, these figures do not represent the number of people arriving in Canada from each country. IRCC’s data counts people granted permanent resident status in Canada by country of citizenship.
Many may already have been living in Canada as temporary residents before transitioning to permanent residence.
Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank) are tied at +90 PRs and are both included rather than arbitrarily excluding one side of a tie.
Throughout this analysis, “country” refers to the country of citizenship recorded by IRCC, not necessarily a person’s country of birth or previous residence.
That represents a decline of 23,955 PRs and a 9.7% year-over-year reduction in the number of people granted permanent resident status.
The 2026–2028 Immigration Levels Plan sets a target of 380,000 permanent residents for 2026.
However, that target does not include 2 one-time permanent residence initiatives being implemented in 2026 and 2027.
IRCC separately reports 188,800 PRs under the Immigration Levels Plan through July, while another 33,900 people received PR through two one-time initiatives operating outside the plan.
Together, those separately rounded figures broadly reconcile with the 222,625 PRs recorded in IRCC’s country-of-citizenship dataset.
IRCC explicitly notes that independently rounded figures may not sum exactly. A country-by-country breakdown of the data reveals a sharply uneven picture.
Some countries of citizenship saw dramatic increases in the number of their nationals granted Canadian permanent residence, even as the national total contracted.
Others experienced steep declines, with a single country of citizenship accounting for nearly two-thirds of Canada’s entire year-over-year reduction.
Importantly, these figures do not represent the number of people arriving in Canada from each country. IRCC’s data counts people granted permanent resident status in Canada by country of citizenship.
Many may already have been living in Canada as temporary residents before transitioning to permanent residence.
Top Countries Of Citizenship For Increase In PRs Granted In 2026
The following table ranks the top 21 countries of citizenship by the number of additional people granted permanent resident status in Canada in the January-to-July period of 2026 compared with the same months in 2025.Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank) are tied at +90 PRs and are both included rather than arbitrarily excluding one side of a tie.
Throughout this analysis, “country” refers to the country of citizenship recorded by IRCC, not necessarily a person’s country of birth or previous residence.
| 1 | Turkey | 1,050 | 2,995 | +1,945 | +185.2% |
| 2 | Iran | 4,175 | 5,495 | +1,320 | +31.6% |
| 3 | Nigeria | 10,450 | 11,565 | +1,115 | +10.7% |
| 4 | Sudan | 2,565 | 3,640 | +1,075 | +41.9% |
| 5 | Syria | 2,195 | 3,260 | +1,065 | +48.5% |
| 6 | Mexico | 3,265 | 4,140 | +875 | +26.8% |
| 7 | Uganda | 395 | 1,100 | +705 | +178.5% |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 2,025 | 2,500 | +475 | +23.5% |
| 9 | Iraq | 620 | 1,080 | +460 | +74.2% |
| 10 | Ghana | 1,115 | 1,565 | +450 | +40.4% |
| 11 | Nepal | 1,290 | 1,695 | +405 | +31.4% |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 2,080 | 2,480 | +400 | +19.2% |
| 13 | Kenya | 670 | 1,010 | +340 | +50.7% |
| 14 | Burundi | 600 | 900 | +300 | +50.0% |
| 15 | Rwanda | 595 | 795 | +200 | +33.6% |
| 16 | Yemen | 260 | 460 | +200 | +76.9% |
| 17 | Peru | 635 | 795 | +160 | +25.2% |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 370 | 505 | +135 | +36.5% |
| 19 | Tanzania | 155 | 250 | +95 | +61.3% |
| 20 | Jordan | 580 | 670 | +90 | +15.5% |
| 20 | Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank) | 200 | 290 | +90 | +45.0% |
