Quebec's immigration targets for 2021

Quebec could welcome between 44,500 and 47,500 immigrants in 2021.

The immigration targets for 2021 were announced as part of the Plan d’immigration du Québec 2021, released on October 29. This report coincides with IRCC’s announcement of its multi-year plan, which is expected this week to guide Canada’s immigration planning for 2021 to 2023.

In 2021, the majority of new admissions to Quebec — 62 per cent — are expected to come through the province’s economic immigration programs.

The province’s immigration ministry said its targets for 2021 also include a rebalancing plan “with the admission of an additional 7000 people, representing the deferment of some of the admissions that were not fulfilled in 2020 due to the health crisis.”

The new Quebec immigration levels represent a slight increase over its 2020 targets, when Quebec’s goal was to welcome between 43,000 and 44,500 immigrants.

The province also said that due to the health crisis, it estimates that the number of unrealized admissions in 2020 is expected to be between 13,000 and 18,000 but that plans to make up for the shortfall.