Ontario reached a record 2.5 lakh immigrants in 2023

Highlights: Ontario broke the record in 2023 by inviting 2.5 Lakh immigrants

• Ontario is regarded as the most popular province for newcomers.
• Ontario received the highest number of PNP allocations, with 16,500 in 2023.
• Canada will welcome 485,000 permanent residents in 2024.
• International immigration to Ontario reached to 227,424 in 2022.

 

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Details of Ontario welcomed immigrants:

In 2022, Ontario welcomed 227,424 immigrants. Of these, 92% were within the core working age group (under 54).

 

80% of recent core working-age immigrants have post-secondary education credentials, and 38.5% have Canadian work or study experience. This is regarded as a change from long-established immigrants to those in Canada who have been here for more than five years.

 

Ontario’s recent data shows that 66.7% of established immigrants have post-secondary credentials, and 5.4% have Canadian Work or study experience.

 

Most immigrants that have entered Ontario since the 1980s. 43.4% of newcomers to Ontario, were Economic immigrants for those considered skilled workers, which have increased over the past several decades to 51.7%.

 

Most of the economic immigrants arrived through express-managed programs, such as:

 

• The Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP)
• Canadian Experience Class (CEC),
• The PNP.

 

Meanwhile, fewer immigrants arrive through family class sponsorship, from 34.3% to 25%.  

 

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Wages earned by Qualification:

Different immigrants who arrived in Ontario with different pathways can expect minimum wages as:

Different education background	Minimum Wages earn by different immigrants
Bachelor's degree or higher	$61,200
CEC newcomers	$60,100
FSWP, Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) or the PNP	less than $43,000

 

Most of the newcomers choose sectors like:

As the report shows:

 

• 83% of working-age immigrants in Ontario are in the Service Sector.
• 4.2% professional, scientific, and technical services
• 3.5% in transport and warehousing
• 3% in finance and insurance  

 

Later on, after using the 2021 Census, from 2016-2021, the report shows that working-aged immigrants in Ontario 31.2% held professional occupations, which is higher than the 25.5% of immigrants who landed in 2011-2015.

 

Places that the immigrants choose for immigration:

Most recent immigrants in Ontario have decided to settle in Toronto. 67% of recent immigrants choose Toronto. Toronto has a higher number of immigrants settled in. 82% of newcomers have settled there.

 

To give a fair report, other places have:

 

• Ottawa-Gatineau (+2.1 %)
• Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo (+1.8 %)
• London (+1.5 %)
• Hamilton (+0.6 %).

 

Currently, immigration in Ontario has risen to 42.5%.

 

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