Overview
- An Aug. 30–Sept. 3 Nanos poll finds nearly three-quarters of Canadians support reducing new immigrants and about two-thirds favor cutting temporary resident targets, with a margin of error of 3.1 points.
- Immigration Minister Lena Diab is consulting stakeholders on 2025–28 levels, with the next plan expected late next month or in early November as opposition figures call for deeper curbs or ending the temporary foreign worker program.
- Ottawa has stated goals to bring temporary residents to about 5% of the population and to lower permanent resident admissions from 395,000 in 2025 to 365,000 by 2027.
- IRCC reports 214,520 fewer new temporary workers and international students in the first half of 2025 than a year earlier, and Statistics Canada says population growth rose by just 20,107 in the first quarter.
- A new Institute for Canadian Citizenship survey of roughly 5,000 immigrants highlights belonging, optimism, security and trust in institutions as retention factors, with 76% saying housing is unaffordable.