Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) does not plan on clearing its entire inventory of PR applications this year—except for a few permanent residence (PR) streams.

Per the immigration department’s most recent Minister Transition Binder, only Express Entry programs, Express Entry-aligned Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) streams, IRCC’s community pilots, and Quebec’s skilled worker pathway will see their total inventory processed in 2025.

Other economic PR pathways will maintain inventories at different levels (depending on each pathway) and only seek to process a portion of their respective inventories.

This article will cover planned application processing, inventory, and wait times for Canada’s federally managed economic PR pathways.

IRCC plans to clear the entire appl

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