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November 25, 2025
November 25, 2025

2026 provincial and territorial allocations under the international student cap

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Ottawa, November 25, 2025 —

The international student cap limits the number of study permit applications that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) accepts into processing yearly. Introduced in 2024, it has been an effective tool in slowing the growth of Canada’s temporary population, with the number of study permit holders dropping from over 1 million in January 2024 to about 725,000 by September 2025.

While this progress is significant, further reductions are needed to meet our commitment of reducing the share of Canada’s temporary population to below 5% of the total population by the end of 2027.

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November 25, 2025
November 25, 2025

Canada reaches an important milestone in restoring fairness and clarity to citizenship by descent

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News release

November 21, 2025—Ottawa—Canada has taken an important step toward modernizing its citizenship laws. Canadians excluded under outdated rules will have a fair, clear way to pass citizenship on to their children born or adopted outside Canada.

Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025), has received royal assent. This represents an important milestone in making the Citizenship Act more inclusive, while maintaining the value of Canadian citizenship.

Once the new law comes into force, Canadian citizenship will be provided to people born before the bill comes into force, who would have been citizens if not for the first-generation limit or other outdated rules of past legislation.

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November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025

Speaking notes for the Honourable Marc Miller

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Speaking notes for the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship: Canada takes action to support housing with new immigration measures

Speech delivered on Friday, March 7, in Toronto, Ontario

Hello.

I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Thank you all for being here today. Thank you to the College of Carpenters and Allied Trades, for hosting us.

Immigration is fundamental to Canada’s prosperity. That’s why in the Fall, through the 2025 to 2027 Immigration Levels Plan, I laid out and announced a comprehensive approach to immigration planning that’s aimed at supporting responsible population growth while balancing the challenges facing many communities in Canada.

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