Canada’s immigration backlog jumps to 2.4 million persons

The backlog has grown by nearly 260,000 persons over the past month.

The citizenship inventory stands at 394,664 applicants as of June 1, compared to 399,325 on May 2. The permanent residence inventory stands at 522,047 persons as of June 6. The temporary residence inventory has grown to 1,471,173 persons, also as of June 6. CIC News submitted a request for this updated data to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on May 31. It received the data on June 15. The backlog has progressed as follows since last summer: June 1-6, 2022: 2,387,884 persons April 30-May 2, 2022: 2,130,385 persons April 11-12, 2022: 2,031,589 persons March 15 and 17, 2022: 1,844,424 persons February 1, 2022: 1,815,628 persons December 15, 2021: 1,813,144 persons October 27, 2021: 1,792,404 persons July 6, 2021: 1,447,474 persons