Immigration to Victoria.

3,205 new permanent residents named the Victoria metropolitan area as their destination in 2025, 6.3% of all admissions to British Columbia.

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

New permanent residents per year

Victoria census metropolitan area, intended destination.

Period	Permanent residents
2015	1,575
2016	2,075
2017	1,845
2018	2,090
2019	2,360
2020	1,425
2021	3,360
2022	2,485
2023	3,235
2024	3,580
2025	3,205
2026 (Jan–Jul)	1,670

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	275
2016	525
2017	560
2018	715
2019	770
2020	890
2021	935
2022	870
2023	1,725
2024	1,770
2025	1,295
2026 (Jan–Jul)	1,885

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: Victoria.
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.