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  IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) has released new data in February 2023 regarding new landed permanent residents (PRs) in Canada and international students last year. The data indicates that Asia remains the largest source of newcomers to Canada, with around 46% of newcomers landing in Canada in 2022 being from Asia. India continues to be the biggest source of new immigrants to Canada, with more than 1/4th of newcomers being from India. In 2022, 118,095 Indians landed as permanent residents (PRs), which is 6 times higher than the second source of new immigrants, China, which saw 31,815 Chinese nationals landing in Canada as PRs in 2022. Ontario continues to land the highest proportion of permanent residents in 2022, but comparatively less (-6.7%) when compared to 2021. Ontario is followed by Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in landed immigrants. Quebec saw an increase of 3.4%, Saskatchewan 2.2%, and Alberta 1.4% as compared to 2021. How

  Express Entry Draw #242 –March 1, 2023 667 PNP candidates with a CRS score of 748 & above received ITAs for Canada PR in the sixth PNP-only EE draw of 2023 Canada invited 667 immigration candidates to apply for permanent residency (PR) in the sixth Express Entry PNP draw of 2023 draw held on 1 st  March. The draw was restricted to Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) Class only, which means that only those immigration candidates, who had previously received a provincial nomination from an Express-Entry aligned PNP, received Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for Canada PR in this draw. The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score cut-off threshold for this draw was 748 points. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)  also applied the tie-breaking rule and the time-stamp was set for December 12, 2022, at 10:48:12 UTC. Results: Rounds of invitations Draw:  #242 Date and time of round:  March 01, 2023, at 17:24:39 UTC Class:  Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) Number of invitations i