| Immigration Levels for This Year (Target Ranges) |
| ECONOMIC CLASS |
| Skilled workers |
112,500 – 124,500 |
| Business immigrants |
9,500 – 10,500 |
| Provincial/territorial nominees |
8,000 – 10,000 |
| Live-in caregivers |
2,500 – 3,000 |
| Total economic class (including dependants) |
132,500 – 148,000 |
| FAMILY CLASS |
| Spouses, partners and children |
46,000 – 50,000 |
| Parents and grandparents |
5,500 – 6,800 |
| Total family class |
51,500 – 56,800 |
| PROTECTED PERSONS |
| Government-assisted refugees |
7,300 – 7,500 |
| Privately sponsored refugees |
3,000 – 4,000 |
| Protected persons recognized as such in Canada |
16,500 – 17,500 |
| Dependants abroad of protected persons landed in Canada |
4,000 – 4,800 |
| Total protected persons |
30,800 – 33,800 |
| OTHERS |
| Humanitarian and compassionate grounds, public policy considerations |
5,100 – 6,200 |
| Permit holders |
100 – 200 |
| Total others |
5,200 – 6,400 |
| TOTAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS |
220,000 – 245,000 |
| Visa Post Targets and Inventories for Economic
Cases |
| Immigration Processing Post |
Targets for 2005
All Economic Cases |
Inventory Backlogs as of
the end of December 2004 |
| Abidjian |
350 |
309 |
| Accra |
520 |
2,594 |
| Ankara |
760 |
2,212 |
| Beijing |
7,400 |
15,407 |
| Berlin |
2,800 |
1,200 |
| Bogota |
1,200 |
994 |
| Bucharest |
6,200 |
3,037 |
| Buenos Aires |
1,200 |
491 |
| Buffalo |
23,800 |
31,259 |
| Cairo |
1,100 |
2,156 |
| Caracas |
850 |
378 |
| Colombo |
900 |
2,130 |
| Damascus |
5,500 |
11,981 |
| Guatemala |
250 |
101 |
| Havana |
150 |
238 |
| Hong Kong |
15,500 |
17, 282 |
| Islamabad |
3,600 |
12,358 |
| Kingston |
550 |
388 |
| Kuala Lumpur |
200 |
200 |
| Kyiv |
900 |
1,088 |
| Lima |
600 |
265 |
| London |
12,600 |
18,317 |
| Manila |
7,300 |
17,322 |
| Mexico City |
850 |
455 |
| Moscow |
2,800 |
5,037 |
| Nairobi |
1,550 |
1,506 |
| New Delhi |
11,350 |
38,483 |
| Paris |
10,200 |
7,343 |
| Port-au-Prince |
700 |
313 |
| Port-of-Spain |
780 |
1,010 |
| Pretoria |
760 |
926 |
| Rabat |
1,500 |
Included in Paris |
| Rome |
1,200 |
1,472 |
| Santiago |
200 |
103 |
| Sao Paulo |
490 |
161 |
| Seoul |
4,500 |
3,351 |
| Singapore |
2,300 |
7,022 |
| Sydney |
750 |
857 |
| Taipei |
600 |
1,041 |
| Tel Aviv |
1,600 |
1,530 |
| Vienna |
1,300 |
648 |
| Warsaw |
840 |
2,199 |
| TOTAL: |
138,500 |
98,250 |
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