Immigration to Calgary.

23,560 new permanent residents named the Calgary metropolitan area as their destination in 2025, 45.7% of all admissions to Alberta.

Data through July 2026Retrieved October 8, 2026Updated monthly, mid-month

New permanent residents per year

Calgary census metropolitan area, intended destination.

Period	Permanent residents
2015	21,715
2016	21,430
2017	17,875
2018	18,950
2019	19,635
2020	10,665
2021	17,870
2022	24,725
2023	27,430
2024	31,165
2025	23,560
2026 (Jan–Jul)	13,400

Source: IRCC, Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates (open data). 2026 covers January to July only.

Post-graduation work permits

New PGWP holders per year in this metropolitan area.

Category	PGWP holders
2015	1,210
2016	1,565
2017	1,870
2018	1,780
2019	1,935
2020	2,245
2021	2,955
2022	2,925
2023	6,375
2024	5,990
2025	5,955
2026 (Jan–Jul)	9,735

Source: IRCC, Temporary Residents: TFWP and IMP Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates. 2026 covers January to July only.

More context

Who lives here.

Neighbourhood maps of origins, languages and recent immigrants: Census Atlas: Calgary.
Province: Alberta.

About this data. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. IRCC rounds every figure to the nearest 5 and suppresses values from 0 to 5; we count suppressed cells as zero, so totals here can be slightly below IRCC’s published totals. “Rounded, not for calculations.” Not an official IRCC publication. These pages describe what happened, using official statistics. They do not predict policy, estimate anyone’s chances, or rank communities. See methods and definitions.