Immigration to Montréal.

37,200 new permanent residents named the Montréal metropolitan area as their destination in 2025, 61.9% of all admissions to Quebec.

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

New permanent residents per year

Montréal census metropolitan area, intended destination.

Period	Permanent residents
2015	41,760
2016	44,125
2017	44,695
2018	43,770
2019	34,600
2020	20,960
2021	40,320
2022	52,930
2023	38,420
2024	38,715
2025	37,200
2026 (Jan–Jul)	15,895

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	4,535
2016	6,600
2017	7,315
2018	7,695
2019	8,740
2020	9,355
2021	11,615
2022	12,260
2023	17,095
2024	11,845
2025	9,480
2026 (Jan–Jul)	15,165

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: Montréal.
Province: Quebec.

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.