Publications and manuals
Discover Canada
Read the official study guide for the Canadian citizenship test
Welcome to Canada: Publications for newcomers
Find out what to expect in your first few weeks of life in Canada, including how to find a place to live, work, go to school and connect with your community
Operational instructions and guidelines
Guidance for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Canada Border Services Agency employees
Other publications
About Immigration
- Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot July 2020
- Excessive Demand: Calculation of the Cost Threshold, 2018 September 2018
- Immigration Category on the Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) September 2013
- Canada’s Biometric Requirement May 2013
- Panel Members Guide January 2020
- Streamlined IME Panel Members Guide August 2023
Indigenous issues
Express Entry
Family Sponsorship
About the Department
Annual Reports to Parliament on Immigration
Annual Reports - Forced labour in Canadian supply chains
Annual Reports – Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities
- Order-in-Council on Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities: 2023 Annual Report
- Order-in-Council on Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities: 2022 Annual Report
- Order-in-Council on Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities: 2021 Annual Report
- Order-in-Council on Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities: 2020 Annual Report
- Order-in-Council on Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities: 2019 Annual Report
Annual Reports – Passport Program
Departmental Results Reports
Departmental Plans
Fees Reports
Financial Statements
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2023
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2022
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2021
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2020
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2019
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2018 - archived
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2017 - archived
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2016 - archived
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2015 - archived
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2014 - archived
Future-oriented Financial Statements
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2025
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2024
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2023
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2022
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2021
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2020
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2019
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2018
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2017
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2016
- Future-oriented Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending March 31, 2015
- Future-oriented Financial Statement for the year ending March 31, 2014
- Future-oriented Financial Statement for the year ending March 31, 2013
Summary Reports
Privacy Act, Access to Information Act
Annual reports
- Privacy Act, Annual Report 2022-2023
- Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2022-2023
- Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2021-2022
- Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2020-2021
- Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2019-2020
- Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2018-2019
- Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2017-2018
- Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2016-2017
- Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2015-2016
- Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2014-2015
- Privacy Act, Access to Information Act, Annual Report 2013–2014
Response to the Office of the Information Commissioner’s Systemic Investigation
Response to Private Member's Motion M-44
Quarterly Financial Reports
- 2023-2024
- 2022-2023
- 2021-2022
- 2020-2021
- 2019-2020
- 2018-2019
- 2017-2018
- 2016-2017
- 2015-2016
- 2014-2015
- 2013-2014
- 2012-2013
Sustainable Development
Francophone immigration
Canadian passports
Designated learning institutions (DLIs)
Finding a job in Canada
Employers
Fraud
- What kinds of fraud should newcomers to Canada watch out for?
- Know the risks of using an unlicensed consultant (PDF, 284 KB) November 2021
- Using an immigration representative – Do it right (PDF, 356 KB) November 2021
- Fraud Prevention Month posters (PDF, 895 KB) March 2019
- Arabic (PDF, 899 KB) April 2019
- Chinese (Simplified) (PDF, 2 MB) April 2019
- Chinese (Traditional) (PDF, 2 MB) April 2019
- Hindi (PDF, 2 MB) April 2019
- Punjabi (PDF, 2 MB) April 2019
- Mongolian (PDF, 409 KB) March 2022
- Protect yourself: detecting, avoiding and reporting immigration scams (PDF, 463.6 KB) March 2019
- Important information on using immigration or citizenship consultants March 2018
- Don’t be the victim of a disappearing act February 2018
- Poster: Don’t be the victim of a disappearing act (PDF, 157.30 KB) February 2018
International Experience Canada (IEC)
Language Standards
Newcomers
- Get ready for your new life in Canada (PDF, 257 KB) May 2021
- Helping newcomers in Canada (PDF, 0.1 MB) July 2019
- Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) Service Provider Handbook March 2019
- Canada welcomes newcomers: opportunities to work in Canada May 2012
- Welcome to Canada: What you should know April 2013
- Gathering Information to better meet the needs of newcomers to Canada January 2014
- English (EPUB Version) (EPUB, 333.62 KB)
- English (PDF Version) (PDF, 237.9 KB)
- Arabic (PDF Version) (PDF, 430.53 KB)
- Bengali (PDF Version) (PDF, 533.65 KB)
- Chinese (Simplified) (PDF Version) (PDF, 493.59 KB)
- Chinese (Traditional) (PDF Version) (PDF, 432.73 KB)
- Dari (PDF Version) (PDF, 414.72 KB)
- Farsi (Persian) (PDF Version) (PDF, 416.98 KB)
- Gujarati (PDF Version) (PDF, 598.07 KB)
- Korean (PDF Version) (PDF, 411.73 KB)
- Punjabi (PDF Version) (PDF, 764.04 KB)
- Russian (PDF Version) (PDF, 562.33 KB)
- Somali (PDF Version) (PDF, 561.89 KB)
- Spanish (PDF Version) (PDF, 476.06 KB)
- Tagalog (PDF Version) (PDF, 460.93 KB)
- Tamil (PDF Version) (PDF, 340.27 KB)
- Urdu (PDF Version) (PDF, 447.21 KB)
Settlement and resettlement programs
Settlement Outcomes
- 2023 Settlement Outcomes Report November 2023
- 2021 Settlement Outcomes Highlights Report (PDF, 4.2 MB) July 2021
Settlement Program Quick Facts
- Settlement Program Quick Facts – 6 years of settlement (PDF, 4 MB)
- 2021-22 Settlement Program Clients – Quick Facts (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- 2020-21 Settlement Program Clients – Quick Facts (PDF, 712 KB)
- 2019-20 Settlement Program Clients – Quick Facts (PDF, 2.7 MB)
- 2018-19 Settlement Program Clients – Quick Facts (PDF, 2.8 MB)
- 2017-18 Settlement Program Clients – Quick Facts (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- 2016-17 Settlement Program Clients – Quick Facts (PDF, 651 KB)
Resettlement and Settlement Program Quick Facts
- 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients – Quick facts (PDF, 4 MB)
- 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients – Quick facts by province and territory
- Quick Facts Alberta – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 523 KB)
- Quick Facts British Columbia – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 940 KB)
- Quick Facts Manitoba – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 492 KB)
- Quick Facts New Brunswick – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 369 KB)
- Quick Facts Newfoundland and Labrador – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 352 KB)
- Quick Facts Northwest Territories – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 354 KB)
- Quick Facts Nova Scotia – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 357 KB)
- Quick Facts Nunavut – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 352 KB)
- Quick Facts Ontario – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 572 KB)
- Quick Facts Prince Edward Island – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 417 KB)
- Quick Facts Saskatchewan – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 363 KB)
- Quick Facts Yukon – 2022-23 Resettlement and Settlement Program Clients (PDF, 359 KB)
Annual Report on Project Implementation and Outcomes (ARPIO)
The Refugee System
- Report of the Independent Review of the Immigration and Refugee Board: A Systems Management Approach to Asylum November 2019
- Information for Refugee Claimants (available in multiple of languages)
- Interim Federal Health Program - Information Sheet for Syrian Refugees
- English (PDF, 56.88 KB) December 2015
- Arabic (العربية) (PDF, 457.61 KB) December 2015
- Guide to the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program May 2015
This guide is being updated. The new version will be available this summer. - Government-Assisted Refugee Resettlement in Canada Information Bulletin November 2019
- Privately Sponsored Refugee Information Bulletin November 2019
- Blended Visa Office-Referred Program Refugee Resettlement in Canada Information Bulletin November 2019
- Asylum and immigration: Separate Processes
Working Temporarily in Canada
Older publications can be found on the Library and Archives Canada website.
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