Temporary Resident Visa Statistics

A temporary resident visa is a paper document affixed to a passport that, when presented at an airline check-in, allow a foreign national to travel to Canada. It also must be presented at a port of entry and combined with an exemption by an immigration officer, to allow a foreign national to enter Canada for a certain purpose.

From 2011 – 2020 the visitor visa approval rate for some of Canada’s top source countries of applications was as fol

Temporary Resident Visa Approval Rate By Country
Country	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Algeria	80	77	74	68	70	65	58	44	46	44
Bangladesh	64	70	65	46	48	53	53	53	55	63
China	85	88	90	89	88	89	89	88	87	87
Colombia	72	74	78	78	80	79	80	78	78	67
Egypt	55	61	69	73	70	68	57	62	57	57
Ghana	54	53	50	30	48	47	47	47	50	38
Haiti	60	50	45	44	43	42	37	37	29	39
India	79	77	78	78	77	74	67	56	53	62
Iran	67	58	68	68	73	69	74	68	46	52
Jamaica	59	64	67	65	59	58	58	72	75	75
Lebanon	80	75	75	73	78	73	61	67	63	58
Nigeria	56	54	60	59	58	50	32	40	33	38
Pakistan	59	56	51	52	55	53	34	44	41	40
Phillipines	84	85	85	81	79	78	76	78	78	82
Russia	89	90	84	79	78	85	84	78	78	76
South Africa	97	97	96	95	95	92	88	88	89	79
Sri Lanka	71	69	69	65	74	72	66	67	59	56
Turkey	89	89	89	90	90	75	72	74	73	69
Ukraine	84	85	84	71	69	72	72	71	71	74
Venezuala	77	88	92	80	74	77	49	43	47	62
Vietnam	82	78	78	79	79	84	77	75	68	76
Global	82	82	83	81	81	79	74	70	64	66

A full breakdown can be found here:

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