Immigration to Edmonton.

18,980 new permanent residents named the Edmonton metropolitan area as their destination in 2025, 36.8% of all admissions to Alberta.

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

New permanent residents per year

Edmonton census metropolitan area, intended destination.

Period	Permanent residents
2015	16,745
2016	17,895
2017	15,960
2018	15,750
2019	16,425
2020	8,380
2021	14,760
2022	17,360
2023	21,665
2024	24,075
2025	18,980
2026 (Jan–Jul)	10,685

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	1,420
2016	1,975
2017	2,090
2018	2,230
2019	2,250
2020	2,430
2021	2,810
2022	2,610
2023	5,150
2024	4,440
2025	4,030
2026 (Jan–Jul)	7,295

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: Edmonton.
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.