{"id":128877,"date":"2023-10-24T13:31:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/parents-and-grandparents-program-arrivals-fall-to-their-lowest-level-in-eight-months\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T13:31:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:31:27","slug":"parents-and-grandparents-program-arrivals-fall-to-their-lowest-level-in-eight-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/parents-and-grandparents-program-arrivals-fall-to-their-lowest-level-in-eight-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents And Grandparents Program Arrivals Fall To Their Lowest Level In Eight Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Parents\u00a0and\u00a0Grandparents\u00a0Program<\/span><\/a>\u2019s\u00a0(PGP) popularity hit its lowest level in eight months in August, the\u00a0latest\u00a0data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals.<\/p>\n

That makes August the fourth consecutive month the number of monthly arrivals under the PGP has fallen.<\/p>\n

After dropping from 3,760 new permanent residents under the\u00a0PGP\u00a0in May to 3,630 in June, the monthly number of new PGP arrivals fell to only 2,380 in July \u2013 and then to a paltry 1,495 in August.<\/p>\n

The last time Canada saw a lower number of PGP arrivals was in December last year when Canada welcomed 1,170 new permanent residents under the program.<\/p>\n

Despite the current downward trend in the\u00a0PGP, the number of new permanent residents coming to Canada under that immigration program closed August up eight per cent for the year to date at 20,370 compared to the 18,855 new permanent residents that used it to immigrate here during the comparable eight-month period last year.<\/p>\n

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That puts Canada still on track to welcome 30,555 new permanent residents under the\u00a0PGP\u00a0this year, provided the level of immigration in the first eight months of the year continues throughout the rest of 2023.<\/p>\n

That level of\u00a0PGP\u00a0immigration this year would see the program close 2023 up 12 per cent over the 27,270 parents and grandparents who arrived last year.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s most populous province, Ontario, saw the greatest number of arrivals under the\u00a0PGP\u00a0in the first eight months of this year with 9,695 parents and grandparents settling there.<\/p>\n

The other provinces and territories attracted the following number of\u00a0new\u00a0permanent\u00a0residents under the\u00a0PGP\u00a0during that period:<\/p>\n