The proportion of immigrants admitted from Quebec selection should be in the order of 70% to 71% of total admissions. Economic immigration is expected to account for 57% to 58% of all immigration. Lastly, the proportion of immigrants knowing French at the time of admission is about 41%.
Table 2
The number of people admitted to Quebec
at
Results
b c
Plan 2018
Forecast 2018
Plan 2019
2016 2017
Min. Max.
Min. Max.
Min.
Target
31,600
25,858 4,634 1,108
30,262
24,862 4,589,811
28,700
24,200 4,000,500
31,300
26,300 4,300,700
29,200
24,300 4,000,900
31,200
25,900 4,300 1,000
21,700
18,000 3,100 600
23,450
19,500 3,200,750
11,124 12,136
11,600 12,100
11,300 11,700
8,900
8,900
9,274
6,993 2,813 4,180 2,281
9,148
6,329 1,523 4,806 2,819
8,100
5,600 1,550 4,050 2,500
8,800
6,000 1,600 4,400 2,800
8,600
5,600 1,500 4,100 2,900
9,400
6,000 1,600 4,500 3,300
6,800
4,400 1,150 3,250 2,400
6,950
4,500 1,150 3,350 2,450
1,086,842
600 800
900 1,000
600
700
53 084 52 388
49,000 53,000
50,000 53,300
38,000
40,000
75% 71% 60% 58% 48% 42%
71% 72%
59% 59%
77 44% 44%
71% 72% 58% 59% 42% 42%
70%
57%
7
41%
72%
59%
7
41%
Economic immigration
Qualified workers
Business people
Other economic categories 1
Family reunion
Refugees and people in similar situations
2
Refugees Selected Abroad Refugees Supported by the State Sponsored Refugees
M ax. 24 300 20 100
3,400,800
9,400
7,500
4,800 1,200 3,600 2,700
800
42,000
71%
58%
Refugees recognized locally
3
Other immigrants
4
All immigration
Part of the Québec election Part of economic immigration
Proportion of immigrants who speak French
67 41%
5
at. The numbers have been rounded to the nearest 100, except for refugees selected abroad and for the 2019 targets where numbers have been rounded to the nearest 50s.
b. Preliminary data for 2016 and 2017.
c. Made from data available at the end of July 2018.
d. Admission volumes planned for 2019 are estimates.
1. Includes caregivers and other economic class immigrants.
2. Includes, inter alia, state-assisted refugees and sponsored refugees.
3. Includes their dependents abroad.
4. Includes various special categories of immigrants admitted on humanitarian or public interest grounds.
5. Economic immigration, selected refugees abroad and other immigrants.
6. Excludes cases where information on knowledge of French is not available.
7. These are projections made during the development of the Immigration Plan, based on data available at the end of July 2018.
