Trudeau Cuts Immigration Target by 21% After Record Growth
- Annual permanent-resident goals to trend down through 2027
- Canada will also set new targets for temporary residents
Migrants line up to enter Canada at an informal border crossing in 2023.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is reducing inflows of newcomers for the first time in more than a decade, ushering in a new era for a country that once embraced high levels of immigration.
Canada is expected to axe its annual permanent-resident target to about 395,000 for next year, down 21% from the earlier goal of half a million set last year, according to a government official who asked not to be identified to discuss matters not yet public.