CIC News has received data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) showing the following number of applications in IRCC’s inventory as of October 27, 2021 (figures are rounded):
IRCC also shared data on the number of applications it has processed during the pandemic:
- 548,000 permanent residence applications (economic, family, refugee, and humanitarian class applicants)
- 776,000 temporary residence applications (applications for study permits, work permits, temporary resident visas, and visitor extensions)
- 468,000 Canadian citizenship applications (as of October 26)
- 1,792,000 total applications in inventory
IRCC also shared data on the number of applications it has processed during the pandemic:
- 337,000 permanent residence applications processed between January and September 2021. It processed some 214,000 applications in 2020.
- 1,500,000 temporary residence applications processed between January and September 2021. This compares to nearly 1,700,000 applications in 2020.
- 134,000 Canadian citizenship applications processed between January and September 2021. This compares to about 80,000 applications processed in 2020.
