Immigration to Vancouver.

36,370 new permanent residents named the Vancouver metropolitan area as their destination in 2025, 71.8% of all admissions to British Columbia.

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

New permanent residents per year

Vancouver census metropolitan area, intended destination.

Period	Permanent residents
2015	28,370
2016	29,765
2017	29,850
2018	35,260
2019	39,950
2020	22,750
2021	53,930
2022	48,410
2023	54,910
2024	47,585
2025	36,370
2026 (Jan–Jul)	20,030

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	4,475
2016	7,385
2017	7,295
2018	9,540
2019	11,280
2020	13,160
2021	16,445
2022	18,055
2023	27,860
2024	21,585
2025	20,260
2026 (Jan–Jul)	32,120

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: Vancouver.
Province: British Columbia.

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.