Following Trump's election win, work has accelerated on building the 'Northern Wall' 8-)

This year’s levels plan reduces permanent resident targets starting in 2025 and forecasts decreases for the following two years, resulting in a pause in population growth in the short term to achieve well-managed, sustainable growth and economic prosperity for the long term.

The plan

represents an overall decrease of 105,000 admissions in 2025, as compared to projected 2025 levels

In March 2024, Canada announced a plan to decrease the number of temporary residents to 5% of the total population over the next three years, including temporary foreign workers and international students.

Given temporary resident reduction measures announced in September this past year, Canada’s temporary population will decrease over the next few years as significantly more temporary residents will transition to permanent residents or leave Canada compared to new ones arriving. Specifically, compared to each previous year, we will see Canada’s temporary population decline by

445,901 in 2025, and
445,662 in 2026, and
will be followed by a modest increase of 17,439 in 2027