Where Data Tells the Story
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Between January and July 2025, over 239,000 people were authorized to become permanent residents of Canada. Of that total, 68,055 came from India.
That’s almost one in three newcomers.
Beyond that concentration, a handful of other countries (Philippines, China, Cameroon, Nigeria, France) make up most of the remaining flow.
The data for the visualization above comes from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) open data.
One of the most interesting trends buried in the data is the rise of African source countries.
Cameroon has quietly jumped into the top five, recording 11,835 approvals in just the first seven months of the year (almost doubling its numbers from two years ago).
Nigeria, Eritrea, Algeria, and Sudan also rank among the top 20.
These movements represent a growing wave of skilled professionals, students, and families finding opportunity in Canada’s education system, labor market, and diaspora networks.
In total, Africa now accounts for about one-fifth of all new permanent residents this year (a far cry from a decade ago when the region barely registered in double digits).