{"id":111397,"date":"2023-02-22T15:18:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T20:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canadas-spousal-sponsorships-dipped-last-year-despite-record-high-immigration\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T15:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T20:18:49","slug":"canadas-spousal-sponsorships-dipped-last-year-despite-record-high-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/canadas-spousal-sponsorships-dipped-last-year-despite-record-high-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Spousal Sponsorships Dipped Last Year Despite Record High Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Immigration to Canada through spousal\u00a0sponsorship<\/a> programs dipped last year even as overall immigration to the country hit record highs, the latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Canada hit a new immigration record by welcoming 437,120 new permanent residents, an increase of 7.7 per cent over the immigration level of 406,040 new permanent residents set in 2021.<\/p>\n

Despite that overall rise in Canadian immigration, though, the number of spousal sponsorships nudged down by 0.65 per cent to 64,020 new permanent residents last year from 64,440 the previous year.<\/p>\n

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Last year started off strong for spousal sponsorship and these appeared almost certain to set a new record. In the first quarter of the year, Canada welcomed 18,475 new permanent residents under spousal sponsorships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on that trend, the county was set to welcome 73,900 new permanent residents under spousal sponsorships, far more than in past years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That strong start, though, fizzled as the year wore on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the second quarter of the year, the number of new permanent residents under spousal sponsorships slipped 7.6 per cent to only 17,070 new permanent residents and that fell even more, to only 16,930, in the third quarter of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By the last quarter, Canada was only welcoming 12,110 new permanent residents through the spousal sponsorship program, a relatively lackluster performance that led to the lower results for the year overall.<\/p>\n

That softer performance means spousal sponsorships accounted for only 14.6 per cent of Canada\u2019s total immigration last year compared to 20.3 per cent of total immigration in 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Spousal Sponsorships Hit Record High Numbers In 2019<\/h3>\n

At their height prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, spousal sponsorships to Canada allowed 64,775 new permanent residents, or 19 per cent of the total 341,175, to come to Canada in 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the first year of the pandemic, spousal sponsorships dove by more than 44.2 per cent to 36,120 new permanent residents in 2020 as total immigration to Canada also fell to only 184,595 new permanent residents amid public health and travel restrictions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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