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 by Class
In 2025, economic immigrants made up 67.9% of Manitoba’s new permanent residents, while family sponsorships accounted for 17.6% and refugees comprised 12.9%.
Source: IRCC
- From 2016 to 2025, Manitoba admitted a total of 129,840 economic immigrants, 27,720 family immigrants, and 21,760 refugees.
- Except for the refugee stream, economic and family immigration expanded between 2016 and 2019. After a pandemic-driven downturn in 2020, this upward trend persisted through 2023, culminating in a contraction across all admissions classes after that.
- Compared to 2024 levels, 2025 immigration admissions fell most in the economic category (26,4%), followed by a contraction in the refugee class (20.7%), and the family class decreased by 6.6%.
IMMIGRATION TO MANITOBA
