Toronto, Dec 21 (PTI) Canada has processed a record 4.8 million immigration applications till the end of November, the Immigration Department said, nearly twice the 2.5 million processed during the same period last year.
“Immigration is critical to Canada’s economy and our communities. Newcomers helped build our country, were on the front lines as we battled the pandemic, and remain key to our success,” the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said in a press release on Monday.
“Our government has reduced its pandemic backlogs by nearly half a million, while also processing a record-breaking number of immigration applications this year,” Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Sean Fraser, was quoted as saying.
