Category
Population & Migration
How many Canadians, where they live, and where new arrivals come from. Demographics, immigration, births and deaths.
Immigration · Article · 8 min
Canada will pay 107 CRS points for a French speaker
French-stream Express Entry cutoffs averaged CRS 422 in 2025. Canadian Experience Class averaged 529. Same scoring system, two distinct altitudes. The gap is the policy lever, codified in Bill C-13.
Immigration · Article · 7 min
Canada has seven Express Entry priority categories. Three of them did 86% of the work.
French, CEC, and Healthcare delivered 86,350 of 113,998 invitations IRCC issued in 2025. STEM hasn't drawn since April 2024. Agriculture and agri-food has never drawn at all since the framework launched in 2023.
Immigration · Article · 11 min
The boom is over — every Canadian immigration stream is now declining
Study permits issued: 1.46 M (Mar 2024) → 780k (Feb 2026), −47 %. PR admissions down 24 %. TFW work permits down 9 %. The October 2024 cap is hitting faster than the announced trajectory.