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Temporary residents leaving.

Statistics Canada estimates 583,926 non-permanent residents left Canada or changed status in 2025, while 494,481 arrived or started a permit. Outflows include people who became permanent residents, which is not leaving the country.

Data through Apr–Jun 2026Source Statistics CanadaUpdated quarterly

Non-permanent residents: inflows and outflows

Per calendar year.

CategoryInflowsOutflows
2021353,645307,620
2022919,779398,587
20231,232,873476,184
2024938,420635,730
2025494,481583,926

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0040-01 Estimates of the components of international migration, quarterly. Statistics Canada publishes inflows and outflows separately from 2021.

Outflows per quarter

CategoryOutflows
Jul–Sep 2023122,258
Oct–Dec 2023148,563
Jan–Mar 2024137,732
Apr–Jun 2024134,126
Jul–Sep 2024183,874
Oct–Dec 2024179,998
Jan–Mar 2025142,633
Apr–Jun 2025129,700
Jul–Sep 2025154,812
Oct–Dec 2025156,781
Jan–Mar 2026145,550
Apr–Jun 2026138,913

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0040-01 Estimates of the components of international migration, quarterly.

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Outflow does not always mean leaving.

  • An outflow happens when a permit expires and the person is assumed to leave, or when they become a permanent resident.
  • People who stay after their permit expires without status are hard to count; Statistics Canada adjusts for this.
  • See temporary residents data for permits issued.

About this data. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Canada has no register of people who leave, so emigration figures are Statistics Canada estimates built from tax, benefit and foreign data; recent quarters are preliminary and are revised. These pages describe what happened, using official statistics. They do not predict policy, estimate anyone’s chances, or rank communities. See methods and definitions.