{"id":106260,"date":"2022-10-25T09:45:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/spousal-sponsorships-dipped-in-august-but-program-still-on-track-to-welcome-record-numbers\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:45:47","slug":"spousal-sponsorships-dipped-in-august-but-program-still-on-track-to-welcome-record-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/spousal-sponsorships-dipped-in-august-but-program-still-on-track-to-welcome-record-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Spousal Sponsorships Dipped In August But Program Still On Track To Welcome Record Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of new Canada permanent residents through spousal sponsorship<\/a> dipped in August, but the program is still on track to welcome a record number of newcomers.<\/p>\n

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada\u2019s (IRCC) latest data reveals that 4,710 foreign nationals became new permanent residents<\/a> of Canada through spousal sponsorship programs in August this year, down 1,505 or 24.2 per cent, from the 6,215 in July.<\/p>\n

That slump in spousal sponsorship programs is mimicking the trend in overall immigration to the country which dipped by 22.2 per cent, to 34,015 new permanent residents, in August from 43,180 in July.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite the latest, monthly slump in spousal sponsorship programs, they still welcomed 45,890 new permanent residents in the first months of this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s 32.3 per cent higher, or 11,205 new permanent residents more, than the 34,685 new permanent residents who came under these programs during the comparable period last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Spousal sponsorship programs this year have seen a monthly average of 5,736 new permanent residents welcomed to Canada.<\/p>\n

That puts the country on track to receive 68,835 new permanent residents under these programs in 2022 if the current trends continue.<\/p>\n

That would be 4,400 new permanent residents, or 6.8 per cent, more than the 64,435 who came under these programs last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And this year\u2019s projected number of new permanent residents would also be 4,060 new permanent residents, or almost 6.3 per cent more, than the 64,775 who came under spousal sponsorship programs in 2019, the last full year before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Immigration To Canada Rebounded After Initial Wave Of Pandemic Health Restrictions Eased<\/h3>\n

When the pandemic hit in 2020, borders closed to all but essential travel and public health restrictions resulted in travelers needing to get COVID-19 tests before arrival into the country and, at times, also upon arrival and even be quarantined.<\/p>\n

Those and other public health restrictions slowed immigration to a crawl in Canada, driving down overall immigration to 184,590 new permanent residents in 2020 from 341,175 in 2019, before the pandemic.<\/p>\n

With that drop in overall immigration, the number of new permanent residents to Canada through\u00a0spousal\u00a0sponsorships\u00a0also fell to only 36,120 that year.<\/p>\n

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