CIC Intake Statistics: Big Time Decline in Intake

Business Line - Applications Received for Permanent Residents (in Persons)
	CALENDAR YEAR					YEAR TO DATE
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	(Jan-Jun)	(Jan-Jun)	% Change
Federal Skilled Workers	208,701	213,745	189,636	148,073	142,067	122,072	23,913	-80%
Quebec Selected Skilled Workers	30,654	33,460	34,612	38,463	37,495	18,021	12,505	-31%
Federal Business Immigrants	12,720	15,096	23,256	32,367	40,675	37,833	3,156	-92%
Quebec Business Immigrants	4,739	6,029	5,987	5,951	9,067	4,907	2,469	-50%
Provincial/Territorial Nominees	18,695	24,688	38,104	38,533	52,163	29,379	10,233	-65%
Live-in Caregivers	9,030	13,036	18,167	20,652	12,418	6,947	678	-90%
Canadian Experience Class	0	0	1,077	7,320	7,750	4,034	201	-95%
Economic Class	284,539	306,054	310,839	291,359	301,635	223,193	53,155	-76%
Spouses, Partners, Children and Others	69,567	72,431	67,982	64,204	57,835	30,571	25,530	-16%
Parents and Grandparents	18,990	32,606	29,777	16,121	17,202	10,138	3,665	-64%
Family Class	88,557	105,037	97,759	80,325	75,037	40,709	29,195	-28%
Government Assisted Refugees	11,305	11,788	10,735	11,095	8,021	4,392	3,752	-15%
Privately Sponsored Refugees	8,425	9,108	10,820	10,258	11,714	6,379	1,935	-70%
Protected Persons in Canada	11,144	6,751	7,387	11,844	13,284	6,748	2,742	-59%
Dependants Abroad	4,985	5,497	3,124	4,502	4,173	2,217	1,840	-17%
H&C and Public Policy	15,174	13,764	11,976	11,879	10,134	5,815	667	-89%
Permit Holders	114	137	206	160	118	53	11	-79%
Humanitarian Class	51,147	47,045	44,248	49,738	47,444	25,604	10,947	-57%
Other*	22	39	28	20	166	55	25	-55%
Total	424,265	458,175	452,874	421,442	424,282	289,561	93,322	-68%
Source: CIC Operational Databases, 2nd Quarter 2011
* Other includes: deferred removal orders, post-determination refugee claimants, missing and/or invalid data