Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer
Report

Costing the Express Entry Immigration Process

Published on March 7, 2023 PDF

This report estimates the cost of the three immigration streams of the federal Express Entry system for Canada excluding Quebec.


Communications

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  • Based on our analysis, current staffing levels at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) are expected to be more than sufficient to meet the processing time goal for the next five years. In fact, we estimate that IRCC has 65% more staff than needed to meet their goal this fiscal year.

Yves Giroux
Parliamentary Budget Officer

News Release

The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) today released his analysis of Canada’s federal Express Entry immigration programs.