SOCI – Inventories and Processing Times – September 28, 2023

Permanent Residents

Breakdown of Inventories and Processing Times: January 1 to August 31, 2023

Immigration Category Group	Subcategories	January – August 2023 Admissions	Processing Inventory	Processing time for the last 6 months (in months)
Economic	Atlantic Immigration Program	2,400	5,500	AIP: 6
	Canadian Experience Class	30,600	26,900	CEC: 5
	Caregiver Program Includes: Caring for Children Program (CCP) Home Child Care Program (HCCP) Home Support Worker Program (HSWP) Interim Pathway Measure (IPM) Live in Caregiver (LCP)	2,000	37,000	CCP:48 HCCP: 34 HSWP: 34 IPW: 47 LCP: 105
	Federal Business	1,500	38,600	FD: 52 SUV: 37
	Federal High Skilled	23,500	19,800	FSW (C-50): 51 FSW EE: 6
	Ministerial Instruction Economic Programs/Pilot Programs Includes: Agri-Food Immigration Pilot (AFIP) Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMP) Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP)	3,000	5,000	AFIP: 8 EMP: 7 RNIP: 7
	TR to PR	29,900	10,400	25
	Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)	82,800	81,500	PNP EE: 8 PNP Non-EE: 17
	Quebec Business	4,400	8,600	61
	Quebec Skilled Workers	20,800	15,700	15
	Total	201,100	249,000	-
Family	Family Class - Spouse Partners and Children (including FCH)	59,100	93,400	In Canada: 15 Abroad: 15
	Parents and Grandparents	20,400	64,000	24
	Total	79,500	157,400	-
Refugee, Humanitarian & Other	Refugee	30,000	136,000	GVR: 25 PSR: 37
	Protected Person in Canada (incl. Dependents Abroad)	17,500	100,400	In Canada: 23 Abroad: 46
	Humanitarian & Other	10,500	3,600	17
	Total	58,000	240,000	-
Grand Total		338,600	646,000^{Table note *}	-

Temporary Residents

Breakdown of Inventories and Processing Times: January 1 to August 31, 2023

Immigration Category Group (excluding extensions)	Subcategories	Visa – Permits Processed	Inventory	Processing time (in days)
Workers	Work Permits	735,900	212,000	Work Permit: 43
Students	Study permit^{Table note *}	599,700	109,000	Study Permit: 54 SDS: 18
Visitors (excl. Supervisa & eTA)	Temporary Resident Visa	2,156,300	694,000	TRV: 79
Total		3,492,000	1,015,000	-

Immigration Category Group	Subcategories	Visa – Permits Processed	Inventory	Processing time (in days)
Workers - Extensions	Work Permit Extensions	422,600	164,000	131
Students - Extensions	Study permit Extension	162,600	30,000	72
Visitors - Extensions	Visitor Record (Extension)	181, 000	39,000	85
Total		766,200	233,000	-

Immigration Category Group	Subcategories	Visa – Permits Processed	Inventory	Processing time
Visitors - other	eTA	2, 653,600	47,500	1 minute
Visitors - other	Supervisa	65,000	15,900	104 days

Citizenship

Citizenship Category Group	Subcategories	Applications Processed	Inventory	Processing time (in months)
Citizenship	Grants	245,600	263,000	18
Citizenship	Proofs	42,000	25,700	9

All values are rounded, as a result data may not sum to the totals indicated.

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