Canada meets 2021 immigration target with 401,000 new permanent residents

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Reuters reports that "Canada met its target of granting 401,000 foreigners permanent residency in 2021 by focusing its efforts on temporary residents already in the country, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Thursday."

Canada depends on immigration to drive its economy and support an aging population.

The majority of the new 401,000 permanent residents - a figure reached for the first time in more than a century - were already in Canada on temporary status, according to a statement from the immigration minister.

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