Immigrants in Saskatoon | Annual Arrivals and Census Trends
In 2025, Saskatoon was the destination for 4,890 new immigrants.
Source: IRCC
- In 2025, 14,050 new permanent residents were admitted to Saskatchewan, 34.8% of them landed in Saskatoon.
- From 2020 to 2025, Saskatoon was the destination for 39,385 new immigrants.
- Immigration data highlights a steady trend pre-pandemic levels, a sharp decline in 2020, a rebound in 2021-2023, and decline through 2025.
Immigrants in Saskatoon in Recent Years
Since 2020 immigration has emerged as the main engine of population growth in Saskatoon and the surrounding Saskatchewan region with the Saskatoon census metropolitan area drawing a steady flow of newcomers to Canada. Pandemic restrictions triggered a decline in permanent resident arrivals that year but numbers rebounded noticeably in later years as federal targets expanded and Saskatoon welcomed rising shares of economic immigrants skilled workers and family reunifications.
Immigrants comprise around 20 percent of the metropolitan population and the area has accounted for a substantial portion of the provinces recent arrivals with international migration responsible for nearly all net growth in recent years. Newcomers have settled throughout central neighborhoods as well as expanding suburban communities while this influx has supported the CMAs steady demographic expansion. Housing challenges and recent federal moves to moderate immigration volumes have started shaping settlement patterns yet migration continues to play a central role in Saskatoons population increases.
