Quebec Imposes Cap on Family Sponsorship Applications Until 2026 | Canada Immigration News
Quebec has imposed a cap on family sponsorship applications, limiting them to 13,000 until June 2026. Learn about the exemptions and implementation details.
Gurmeet Sharma
Effective today (June 26, 2024), Quebec’s Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration has imposed a cap on family sponsorship applications, effective until June 25, 2026.
The newly imposed cap limits the number of family sponsorship applications to 13,000 over the next two years. This decision is aimed at better managing the province's immigration and housing challenges.
Breakdown of the Cap:
- Spouses, Common-Law Spouses, and Dependent Children (aged 18 and up): 10,400 applications
- Fathers, Mothers, Grandfathers, Grandmothers, or Other Eligible Relatives: 2,600 applications
Once these limits are reached, the Ministère will no longer accept additional applications in these categories.
Exemptions:
Certain categories of sponsorship applications are exempt from this cap, including:
- A sponsor’s dependent minor child
- Minor children the sponsor wishes to adopt
- An orphaned minor child of the sponsor’s brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandson, or granddaughter
- A sponsor’s adult child who is dependent on a parent due to disability
To qualify for these exemptions, the person being sponsored cannot be married or in a common-law relationship.
The cap also does not restrict applications to add a dependent to a sponsored person who is already covered by an application or to add a dependent to a sponsored person awaiting admission as a permanent resident after an approved application.
Implementation:
The Ministère will announce when the cap has been reached. Any non-exempt applications received after this point will be returned without processing, and no application fee will be charged.
Quebec Premier François Legault has previously attributed the province's housing crisis to the influx of temporary residents. This new cap is part of a broader strategy to manage population growth and address housing availability in Quebec.
