Immigration to Manitoba, Canada | Annual Arrivals and Census Trends
In 2025, Manitoba was the destination for 18,940 new immigrants.
Source: IRCC
- In 2025, 393,530 new permanent residents were admitted to Canada, 4.8% of them landed in Manitoba.
- From 2020 to 2025, Manitoba was the destination for 115,420 new immigrants (permanent residents).
- The immigration data highlights a growing trend pre-pandemic levels, a sharp decline in 2020, a strong rebound leading up to 2024, and a decline by 2025.
Immigration to Manitoba in Recent Years
Since 2020 immigration to Manitoba has experienced notable fluctuations driven largely by the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program and broader Canadian policy shifts. In 2020 the province welcomed about 8620 permanent residents amid pandemic related slowdowns. Numbers rebounded in subsequent years with the program issuing thousands of nominations annually through skilled worker overseas international education and other streams to address labor shortages in key sectors. By 2024 Manitoba received over 9500 nominations marking a strong period of growth that contributed to population increases and economic needs. In 2025 the federal allocation initially dropped sharply to 4750 before a partial recovery to around 6400 nominations reflecting national adjustments to immigration targets yet overall permanent resident inflows continued to support Manitoba’s workforce and community development despite some reductions in expressions of interest and temporary resident net changes.
IMMIGRATION TO MANITOBA
