CBC News — 2.1M temporary residents will have expired or expiring permits this year. But will they leave Canada?
According to the data shared by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), 1.49 million temporary residents had their permits expire last year. Another 1.4 million will expire this year, for a total of 2.9 million over two years. These do not include study permit or study permit extension holders. Of those 1.4 million expiring this year, 55 per cent are due to expire by June alone. IRCC says 395,000 spots were available for PR last year and another 380,000 this year. While some of those 2.9 million will get PR status, at least 2.1 million people will still be left with expired or expiring visas.