Continue to welcome refugees from Syria and elsewhere.

What success looks like

The government continues to welcome refugees from countries around the world and offer persons fleeing conflict and/or persecution a safe haven.

Government's narrative on progress

Preliminary admissions data from 2018 indicate that Canada welcomed 45,764 refugees and protected persons, exceeding the target of 43,000. Canada has a proud history of providing protection to the world's most vulnerable groups. The government is committed to helping refugees settle, integrate, and succeed in Canada. Over the course of its mandate, the government has welcomed refugees from countries around the world and offered a safe haven to persons fleeing conflict or persecution. From January 2015 to 2018, Canada admitted 61,957 Syrian refugees and an overall total of 121,784 resettled refugees. The commitment to resettle 1,200 survivors of Daesh has been surpassed by more than 200 survivors. The government is also resettling up to 100 White Helmet volunteers and their families. The 2019 immigration levels plan increases the target of 43,000 refugees and protected persons to 46,450. This figure remains among the highest in Canadian history, and doubles the number of refugees that were welcomed in 2015 and preceding years. Budget 2018 committed to resettling an additional 1,000 vulnerable women and girls from various conflict zones around the world.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.