Temporary → Permanent Resident Transitions
If you're currently a temporary resident in Canada — on a study permit, PGWP, or work permit — your odds of becoming a permanent resident depend on which program you came from and which PR stream you target. This dashboard shows exactly which paths actually work.
Temp → PR transitions, year by year
Combined count across all four temporary tracks (Study + PGWP + TFWP + IMP). The 2021 spike is the COVID-era TR→PR Pathway that absorbed ~90K essential workers and graduates in a single year.
By prior temporary status
Stacked yearly counts by where the new PR was coming from. IMP (PGWP + CUSMA + IEC + intra-company etc.) is by far the largest feeder — note how it tracks Canada's growth in international students directly.
PGWP → PR: which programs do graduates use?
The single most-asked question by international students in Canada: once I have my PGWP, how do I become a PR?The answer in the data is overwhelmingly: through Express Entry's Canadian Experience Class (the "Worker Program" below) or a Provincial Nominee Program. Together those two routes absorb 81% of all PGWP-to-PR transitions.
PGWP → PR yearly
Total PRs from PGWP holders, every year since 2015.
Which PR program absorbed PGWP holders?
All-time PR programs used by people transitioning from a PGWP.
Study Permit → PR (direct, without PGWP)
Some study permit holders become PRs without ever transitioning to a PGWP — typically because they got married to a Canadian, applied through a PNP graduate stream that doesn't require post-grad work, or used Express Entry while their study permit was still valid.
Study Permit → PR by program (all-time)
PR programs used by direct study-permit-to-PR transitions, no PGWP gap.
Where temp-to-PR transitions land
Province of intended destination at the moment of becoming a PR.
All-time transitions by province
Cumulative 2015 – present
2025 transitions by province
Most recent complete year
Year shown: 2025. Provinces with suppressed counts (0–5) are omitted.
Currently on a study or work permit? Plan your PR pathway now.
The data is clear: the path from temp → PR is achievable, but only if you set up the right program early. Get a structured pathway plan from our RCIC.
About this data
Each row counts a person who became a Canadian PR in the year shown AND who held a prior temporary status of the type tracked. Source tracks (Study Permit / PGWP / TFWP / IMP) may overlap for any individual — someone who studied, then got a PGWP, then converted to a TFWP work permit before PR will appear in multiple tracks. So the source totals double-count and the combined figure is illustrative, not unique-people. IRCC suppresses cells with counts 0-5.
Each source track is counted independently — someone who studied → PGWP → work permit → PR will appear in all three source tracks, so the combined totals double-count people, not events.
Source & licence
Original dataset: Transition from Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Status — Monthly IRCC Updates.
Published by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
Released under the Open Government Licence — Canada.
Data last refreshed by Halani from canada.ca for 2026 reporting.