Canada to offer 200,000 additional permanent residence spaces in 2027 to workers and select applicants

Canada is all set to allocate 200,000 additional permanent residence spaces in 2027 to workers selected by provinces and territories, applicants under certain immigration programmes and foreign nationals awaiting decisions on humanitarian and family-based applications.

The additional spaces will be provided under the 2027 temporary resident-to-permanent resident transition measures (2027 TPTMs), which will be divided into two groups, each accounting for up to 100,000 places.

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The first group will cover economic applicants, including workers eligible for permanent residence through the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). It will also include foreign nationals waiting for decisions under selected closed economic immigration pathways.

These pathways include the Start-up Visa Program, Self-Employed Persons Program, Agri-Food Pilot and home care workers pathways. Applicants under other eligible closed economic programmes may also be considered.

The second group will account for the remaining 100,000 spaces. It will cover all remaining applications under the Hongkonger pathways and the pathway for Ukrainian nationals with family members in Canada.

This allocation will also include some applications from foreign nationals who have received approval in principle under humanitarian and compassionate grounds. Certain applications from spouses, common-law partners and children of Canadian citizens and permanent residents will also be processed under this group.

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The government has clarified that eligible foreign nationals do not need to take any additional action or submit a separate application to be considered under the 2027 transition measures.

The 200,000 additional permanent residence spaces are separate from Canada's regular annual admissions target of 380,000 permanent residents for 2027.

The government had first announced plans for the transition measures while publishing Budget 2026 on November 5, 2026. The additional allocation takes the potential number of permanent resident admissions and spaces covered by the measures to 580,000 in 2027.