City profile

Immigration to Oshawa.

2,655 new permanent residents named the Oshawa metropolitan area as their destination in 2025, 1.6% of all admissions to Ontario.

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

New permanent residents per year

Oshawa census metropolitan area, intended destination.

Period	Permanent residents
2015	650
2016	705
2017	795
2018	845
2019	1,070
2020	610
2021	1,830
2022	1,980
2023	2,630
2024	3,405
2025	2,655
2026 (Jan–Jul)	1,525

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	105
2016	195
2017	205
2018	330
2019	535
2020	625
2021	730
2022	655
2023	1,930
2024	2,285
2025	1,745
2026 (Jan–Jul)	3,540

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: Oshawa.
Province: Ontario.

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.