Canada | Québec Immigration Plan for 2025

The Ministry of Immigration, Francization and Integration submitted Québec’s Immigration Plan for 2025.

Key Points:

• The province aims to admit between 48,500 and 51,500 immigrants for 2025, in line with Québec’s 2024 immigration planning for permanent immigration, set at 50,000.
• The plan also includes temporary suspension measures for two permanent resident pathways:
  • Officials have temporarily suspended applications under the Québec graduate stream of the Québec experience program and invitations to submit an application for permanent selection under the regular skilled worker program.
  • These measures are set to remain in place until June 30, 2025.

Additional Information: The Québec Immigration Levels Plan is presented each year to indicate the number of new immigrants the province intends to admit in the coming year. As BAL reported, the Canadian government also recently released its Immigration Levels Plan for 2025-27, stating that it would be cutting permanent resident admissions over the next three years to 395,000 in 2025, 380,000 in 2026 and 365,000 in 2027.

BAL Analysis: Officials stated these measures are designed to manage Québec’s permanent immigration population and reassess of its overall immigration strategy.

This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice Group.

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