Mexican Immigrants to Canada
In 2025, 5,415 Mexicans were admitted to Canada as permanent residents.
In 2025, 393,530 immigrants were admitted to Canada, and Mexican immigrants accounted for 1.4% of the annual immigration intake.
From 2020 to 2025, a total of 30,360 Mexicans were admitted to Canada as permanent residents.
Mexican Immigration to Canada in Recent Years
Since 2020, Mexican immigration to Canada has shown steady growth in permanent resident admissions alongside a sharp rise in temporary and asylum flows. Permanent resident numbers from Mexico recovered from pandemic lows and reached around 5,000 to over 6,000 annually in recent years, with figures such as 5,145 in 2022 and about 6,410 in 2024, often through economic streams, family sponsorship, and skilled worker pathways supported by trade ties like the USMCA. At the same time, asylum claims by Mexican citizens surged dramatically, hitting a record high of nearly 24,000 in 2023 and representing 17 percent of all claims that year, driven in part by the earlier lifting of visa requirements. This increase in claims contributed to policy adjustments, including updated travel measures in 2024 to manage pressures on the asylum system, housing, and services. Overall, Mexicans form a modest but growing share of Canadian inflows, bolstered by temporary work and study programs as well as pathways to permanent residency.
2016 Census
In 2016, 80,585 Mexican immigrants resided in Canada.
MEXICANS IN CANADA (2016)
