Immigration to St. John's.

3,530 new permanent residents named the St. John's metropolitan area as their destination in 2025, 71.2% of all admissions to Newfoundland and Labrador.

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

New permanent residents per year

St. John's census metropolitan area, intended destination.

Period	Permanent residents
2015	775
2016	830
2017	830
2018	1,005
2019	1,300
2020	605
2021	1,535
2022	2,575
2023	3,775
2024	3,990
2025	3,530
2026 (Jan–Jul)	2,480

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	85
2016	160
2017	170
2018	180
2019	205
2020	315
2021	315
2022	320
2023	660
2024	820
2025	615
2026 (Jan–Jul)	1,040

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: St. John's.
Province: Newfoundland and Labrador.

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.