Makes sense. India, China and the Philippines have made up a bulk of our immigration so their declines should be the sharpest.
I’d really like to see country percentage caps. One of the things I like about visiting Toronto is you see people from all the over the world, no one group dominates and I think overall immigration policy should try to achieve a similar balance.
Ok_Persimmon1385 on
Good start more cuts needed.
DangerousNatur3 on
Can we please increase U.S and more common wealth countries and zero immigration from India for the next 4+ years. These people would be able to hit the ground running. Same language, education standards, work ethic etc. The US alone could provide us easily with 100k people a year trying to move. Implement salary requirements in the CRS points. Deduct points for bringing children with you or increase the salary requirements. Get rid of French draws, those are the worst of the worst in terms of economic quality.
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Substantial_Crazy499 on
Makes sense, when every single employee at home depot and Walmart is from Bangladesh you have to wonder….
JohnDorian0506 on
There should be a country cap, like no more than 5-10% from one country any given year should be granted PRs.
Friendly-Olive-3465 on
The government has had 40 years of a declining fertility rate to try to figure out how to make Canadians live and have kids again and they’ve failed. No more of this bullshit immigration to cover up the real issue. There is nothing more permanent than a politicians temporary solution.
JauntyGiraffe on
Good
Now deport the ones that overstay visas
Alii_baba on
All they did increased the visa refusal from India.
Derfurst1 on
Shut down the TFW program. 19% is nothing.. Those doctors and engineers from India working entry level jobs need to go eh.
KF7SPECIAL on
“The total number of immigrants to Canada increased at an average annual rate of four per cent during the years 2000 to 2015, the year Trudeau was elected prime minister. ***From 2016 to 2024, it rose at an average annual rate of 15 per cent,*** according to a Fraser Institute study.”
How to kill public sentiment on immigration 101. Well done.
Jimmy2tx on
Good
Martin_J_Kaminski on
2025 strongly prioritized French speaking immigration outside of Quebec, so that is why Cameroon and France had big spikes. 2026 so far has lowered but still has a big priority on French speakers outside Quebec and has focused more on specialized draws for specific types of occupations that have Canadian Experience. We will probably see a bigger spike in the usual sources in Asia based on this.
wrx8888 on
Great, can we start booting out the overstays now?
EuropesWeirdestKing on
Good. Country already feels more back on track with rents and home prices normalizing.
Wind_Best_1440 on
Gotta love how the business and billionaire class say this is damaging, and it’s not like we didn’t have multiple years of population growth that was higher then most African/South Asian countries. Like we were above 3% for multiple years.
That’s pretty crazy when you think about it.
It’s also why the backlash happened, population growth was balanced for decades, going from 1-4% from 60’s and 70’s to the 2010’s. Then suddenly it explodes. There was more immigration between 2016-2025 then 1960-2010.
50 years of immigration in less then 10 years. Once you look at that it’s more surprising that Canadians didn’t backlash sooner.
It will take nearly 5-10 years of 0% population growth just to build the infrastructure needed for those who already came.
AtmosphereEven3526 on
We can do better. How about 30 percent fewer?
turtlefan32 on
The problem isn’t immigrants per se, it is/was the influx into low skilled jobs that displaced students, etc who are Canda born and need those jobs. Overnight it seems all fast food dominated by one nationality. Now, if they were all doctors, all good
Mindless-Flower11 on
Still way too many from IndiaÂ
RydNightwish on
Good. Ill bet good money that immigranta from france or the ukraine have far more value to offer this country than anyone from afghanistan or india.
We need quality immigrants not quantity. Something that ottawa intentionally fails to understand.
MacVanRainin on
what’s that Indian immigration application number compared to the rest of these countries. How does 1 country account for 75% of the applications? What other country let’s just one country have such a disproportionate amount of applciants from just one country. That’s what’s wrong here.
izusz on
The cuts are quite inadequate what’s 19% when we’ve had millions and millions of people flooding in. This is all a big smoke screen. It was probably Carney that told Trudeau to do the irresponsible Mass immigration as his financial advisor for 5 to cover up the recession numbers and bad GDP numbers. And he’s just continuing the same old crap
itachi_uchia3 on
393 thousand is still a ridiculously high number
beeredditor on
It’s shocking that Canada only got 7500 immigrants from the US, considering the massive population and proximity of the US.
Consistent-Throat838 on
Ya and Canada has become another joke. Canadian cities are crime infested. None of the social systems are functioning properly. Canadians have screwed their children’s futures.
RedditMcBurger on
Still have at least 1 million illegal immigrants here, even if they stop/slow down mass immigration we still have that massive problem to deal with.
I’m not comfortable with so many criminals in our country, this is a priority. (Before anyone calls me racist, they’re illegal immigrants so criminals.)
Helenyanxu on
Should cut much more from India I believe
throwitawayorsome on
19 percent wasn’t really a big enough cut. It should be a temporary pause until TFW numbers are under control, we put in country caps and really investigate what sectors need people (it certainly isn’t fucking IT workers)
GoldenEagle828677 on
Still nearly 100k Indians, more than any other group, because for some reason Canada doesn’t have enough Indians.
GinnyJr on
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No_Coach_9914 on
Let’s continue to get these numbers down and FINALLY get the people who have overstayed out. Finally Crack down on these scamming schools and employers.
chylero on
Still too many Timmigrants. Bring in the doctors and nurses.
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Makes sense. India, China and the Philippines have made up a bulk of our immigration so their declines should be the sharpest.
I’d really like to see country percentage caps. One of the things I like about visiting Toronto is you see people from all the over the world, no one group dominates and I think overall immigration policy should try to achieve a similar balance.
Good start more cuts needed.
Can we please increase U.S and more common wealth countries and zero immigration from India for the next 4+ years. These people would be able to hit the ground running. Same language, education standards, work ethic etc. The US alone could provide us easily with 100k people a year trying to move. Implement salary requirements in the CRS points. Deduct points for bringing children with you or increase the salary requirements. Get rid of French draws, those are the worst of the worst in terms of economic quality.
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Makes sense, when every single employee at home depot and Walmart is from Bangladesh you have to wonder….
There should be a country cap, like no more than 5-10% from one country any given year should be granted PRs.
The government has had 40 years of a declining fertility rate to try to figure out how to make Canadians live and have kids again and they’ve failed. No more of this bullshit immigration to cover up the real issue. There is nothing more permanent than a politicians temporary solution.
Good
Now deport the ones that overstay visas
All they did increased the visa refusal from India.
Shut down the TFW program. 19% is nothing.. Those doctors and engineers from India working entry level jobs need to go eh.
“The total number of immigrants to Canada increased at an average annual rate of four per cent during the years 2000 to 2015, the year Trudeau was elected prime minister. ***From 2016 to 2024, it rose at an average annual rate of 15 per cent,*** according to a Fraser Institute study.”
How to kill public sentiment on immigration 101. Well done.
Good
2025 strongly prioritized French speaking immigration outside of Quebec, so that is why Cameroon and France had big spikes. 2026 so far has lowered but still has a big priority on French speakers outside Quebec and has focused more on specialized draws for specific types of occupations that have Canadian Experience. We will probably see a bigger spike in the usual sources in Asia based on this.
Great, can we start booting out the overstays now?
Good. Country already feels more back on track with rents and home prices normalizing.
Gotta love how the business and billionaire class say this is damaging, and it’s not like we didn’t have multiple years of population growth that was higher then most African/South Asian countries. Like we were above 3% for multiple years.
That’s pretty crazy when you think about it.
It’s also why the backlash happened, population growth was balanced for decades, going from 1-4% from 60’s and 70’s to the 2010’s. Then suddenly it explodes. There was more immigration between 2016-2025 then 1960-2010.
50 years of immigration in less then 10 years. Once you look at that it’s more surprising that Canadians didn’t backlash sooner.
It will take nearly 5-10 years of 0% population growth just to build the infrastructure needed for those who already came.
We can do better. How about 30 percent fewer?
The problem isn’t immigrants per se, it is/was the influx into low skilled jobs that displaced students, etc who are Canda born and need those jobs. Overnight it seems all fast food dominated by one nationality. Now, if they were all doctors, all good
Still way too many from IndiaÂ
Good. Ill bet good money that immigranta from france or the ukraine have far more value to offer this country than anyone from afghanistan or india.
We need quality immigrants not quantity. Something that ottawa intentionally fails to understand.
what’s that Indian immigration application number compared to the rest of these countries. How does 1 country account for 75% of the applications? What other country let’s just one country have such a disproportionate amount of applciants from just one country. That’s what’s wrong here.
The cuts are quite inadequate what’s 19% when we’ve had millions and millions of people flooding in. This is all a big smoke screen. It was probably Carney that told Trudeau to do the irresponsible Mass immigration as his financial advisor for 5 to cover up the recession numbers and bad GDP numbers. And he’s just continuing the same old crap
393 thousand is still a ridiculously high number
It’s shocking that Canada only got 7500 immigrants from the US, considering the massive population and proximity of the US.
Ya and Canada has become another joke. Canadian cities are crime infested. None of the social systems are functioning properly. Canadians have screwed their children’s futures.
Still have at least 1 million illegal immigrants here, even if they stop/slow down mass immigration we still have that massive problem to deal with.
I’m not comfortable with so many criminals in our country, this is a priority. (Before anyone calls me racist, they’re illegal immigrants so criminals.)
Should cut much more from India I believe
19 percent wasn’t really a big enough cut. It should be a temporary pause until TFW numbers are under control, we put in country caps and really investigate what sectors need people (it certainly isn’t fucking IT workers)
Still nearly 100k Indians, more than any other group, because for some reason Canada doesn’t have enough Indians.
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Let’s continue to get these numbers down and FINALLY get the people who have overstayed out. Finally Crack down on these scamming schools and employers.
Still too many Timmigrants. Bring in the doctors and nurses.