Canada welcomed a record breaking 166,999 candidates via Express Entry and Provincial Nominee in 2023

Highlights: 166,999 candidates have been invited in 2023

The IRCC has issued 166,999 candidates to Apply for ITAs via Express Entry and PNP. 

Canada’s Express Entry program issued 95,221 invitations from January to October 2023.

71,778 candidates were invited via the Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP). Ontario, a Canadian Province, has issued the highest number of ITAs, 37,512 candidates in the first ten months of 2023.

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The Express Entry program and PNP were issued from January to October 2023, which collectively issued 166,999 ITAs to the candidates applying for Canada PR. The Express Entry issued 95,221 Invitations, whereas the PNP issued 71,778 invitations.

The table below represents the complete details of Canada's Immigration stats from January 1 to October 31, 2023:

Invitations issued from 1st January to 31st October 2023
Program/Category	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Total
Express Entry	11000	4892	21667	7000	5389	9600	9600	8600	8300	9173	95221
Alberta	200	100	284	405	327	544	318	833	476	318	3805
British Columbia	1112	897	983	683	874	707	746	937	839	878	8656
Manitoba	658	891	1163	1631	1065	1716	1744	1526	2250	542	13186
New Brunswick	0	144	186	86	93	121	259	175	161	Yet to be declared	1225
Ontario	3579	3182	3906	1184	6890	3177	1904	9906	2667	1117	37512
Prince Edward Island	216	222	297	180	278	305	97	218	153	122	2088
Saskatchewan	0	426	496	1067	2076	500	0	642	0	99	5306
Total	16765	10754	28982	12236	16992	16670	14668	22837	14846	12249	166999
Total Invitations issued in 2023 so far											166999

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