Canada
In 2025, the Home Office granted 5,228 work visas to nationals of Canada, counting main applicants and family members.
How UK records count nationals of Canada in 2025.
UK counts
These counts can overlap. Never add them together.
- Moved to the UK
- Not published
- The ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality.
- Asylum claims
- 17 people
- People named on initial claims, main applicants and family members. Counted by claim date, not arrival date.
- Small boat arrivals
- 0 people detected
- People detected arriving by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised.
Sources (4)
- 1 ONS, Long-term international migration, year ending December 2025
- Table 3e of the dataset, nationalities outside the EU+, on a visa. The ONS publishes nationality estimates for a few nationalities only.
- Published 21 May 2026. Official statistics in development.
- 2 Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
- Entry clearance visas granted, main applicants and family members together, by date of decision.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 3 Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01)
- Initial claims, main applicants and family members, by date of claim.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 4 Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset
- Small boat arrivals by nationality, people detected, calendar years from 2018.
- Published 27 August 2026. Official statistics.
Visa routes5 routes · 2025
A visa gives permission to come. It is not an arrival.
Work visas5,228 grants
Includes family members of workers.
Study visas4,010 grants
Includes family members of students, and short study visas.
Family visas445 grants
The family route, including refugee family reunion. Not the family members counted in work or study.
Safe route visas21 grants
The BN(O) route and the Ukraine schemes.
Other visas245 grants
All other visas, including EU Settlement Scheme permits and visas for resettled refugees.
Selected visa routes9,704 grants
Added here Work, study, family and safe route grants added up here, 5,228 + 4,010 + 445 + 21. Excludes other visas. Not all visas, and not arrivals.
History
Showing Work visas, grants.
Showing work visas because the ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality. Visas are not arrivals.
| Year | Grants |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,453 |
| 2013 | 6,294 |
| 2014 | 6,580 |
| 2015 | 6,886 |
| 2016 | 5,913 |
| 2017 | 5,800 |
| 2018 | 5,891 |
| 2019 | 5,872 |
| 2020 | 3,141 |
| 2021 | 4,190 |
| 2022 | 5,397 |
| 2023 | 5,173 |
| 2024 | 5,188 |
| 2025 | 5,228 |
Sources (1)
Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
Country context
These describe country populations, not people who moved to the UK. They do not explain migration.
Population people
The UK figure is the World Bank's, so both countries come from one source. The ONS estimates the UK population at 69,483,939 on 30 June 2025 (published 1 October 2026).
GDP per person constant 2021 international dollars
GDP at purchasing power parity, not earnings or household income.
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.POP.TOTL
- The record for Canada. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, people.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.DYN.LE00.IN
- The record for Canada. Latest observation in the file, 2024. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, years.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD
- The record for Canada. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, constant 2021 international dollars.
More contextLiteracy, unemployment and urban population
Adult literacy people aged 15 and over, %
Canada
Not published
UK
Not published
Unemployment share of the labour force, %
Sources (2)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate).
- The record for Canada. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total labour force.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
- Urban population (% of total population).
- The record for Canada. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total population.
ReligionsCanada and the UK
These records describe residents in each country. They do not show the religions of people who moved to the UK.
Not directly comparable. Different years and categories.
Canada
2021 census · UNdata [1]
- Aboriginal spirituality80,690 people
- Agnostic83,780 people
- Anglican1,134,310 people
- Antiochian Orthodox Christian2,140 people
- Armenian Orthodox14,030 people
- Associated Gospel4,625 people
- Atheist86,385 people
- Baha'i18,975 people
- Baptist436,940 people
- Buddhist356,975 people
- Christadelphian2,390 people
- Christian or Plymouth Brethren3,515 people
- Christian Reformed Church45,115 people
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints85,315 people
- Church of Nazarene5,655 people
- Coptic Orthodox31,625 people
- Doukhobors1,675 people
- Evangelical Free Church5,525 people
- Evangelical Missionary Church5,165 people
- Gnostic1,175 people
- Greek Orthodox204,025 people
- Hindu828,195 people
- Humanist11,390 people
- Jains8,275 people
- Jehovah Witness137,255 people
- Jewish335,295 people
- Lutheran328,045 people
- Mennonite130,585 people
- Mission de l'Esprit Saint775 people
- Moravian3,655 people
- Muslim1,775,715 people
- New Age2,665 people
- New Apostolic3,755 people
- Pentecostal392,570 people
- Presbyterian301,400 people
- Quakers2,190 people
- Rastafarian2,110 people
- Roman Catholic10,799,070 people
- Romanian Orthodox16,120 people
- Russian Orthodox28,245 people
- Salvation Army51,930 people
- Satanist5,895 people
- Scientology1,380 people
- Serbian Orthodox25,445 people
- Shinto1,585 people
- Sikh771,790 people
- Spiritualist12,305 people
- Swedenborgian (New Church)585 people
- Taoist5,550 people
UK
2011 census · UNdata [2]
- Buddhist261,584 people
- Christian37,583,962 people
- Hindu835,418 people
- Jewish269,568 people
- Muslim2,786,635 people
- Sikh432,429 people
- Other262,750 people
- No Religion16,221,509 people
- Not Specified4,528,323 people
Sources (2)
- 1 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- Canada, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2021. UNdata lists it as received in 2022.
- 2 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2011. UNdata lists it as received in 2014.
Questions people ask
How many UK visas were granted to nationals of Canada in 2025?
In 2025, the Home Office granted 5,228 work, 4,010 study, 445 family, 21 safe route and 245 other visas to nationals of Canada, counting main applicants and family members. Source: Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026.
How many nationals of Canada claimed asylum in the UK in 2025?
In 2025, 17 nationals of Canada claimed asylum in the UK, counting main applicants and family members by date of claim. Source: Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01).
How many nationals of Canada arrived in the UK by small boat in 2025?
In 2025, 0 nationals of Canada were detected arriving in the UK by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised. Source: Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset.