Family sponsorship in numbers.

95,930 people joined family members in Canada as permanent residents in 2025: 65,245 spouses and partners and 24,455 parents and grandparents.

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

Family class admissions by relationship

Per year.

Category	Spouses and partners	Parents and grandparents	Children	Other relatives
2015	46,275	15,425	3,220	270
2016	56,785	16,990	3,665	325
2017	58,075	20,435	3,455	255
2018	62,855	17,970	3,720	385
2019	64,725	21,925	3,985	390
2020	36,060	10,370	2,400	145
2021	64,365	11,680	4,755	330
2022	64,055	27,175	5,280	585
2023	75,235	28,255	5,270	730
2024	72,835	27,275	5,045	585
2025	65,245	24,455	5,490	740
2026 (Jan–Jul)	39,110	10,240	3,000	410

Source: IRCC, Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates (open data). 2026 covers January to July only.

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.

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