Overview

• Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge outlined three scenarios setting annual permanent arrivals at 25,000, 35,000, or 45,000.
• The province is currently projected to welcome about 64,000 permanent immigrants in 2025, highlighting the scale of the proposed cuts.
• Roberge cited rising unemployment, increasing housing strain, and challenges to protecting Quebec’s French language as drivers of the policy shift.
• Quebec has asked Ottawa to halve temporary migrant admissions in the province to around 200,000 from more than 400,000.
• Final immigration targets for 2026 through 2029 will be determined after provincewide consultations on the proposed scenarios.