The U-turn, on an approach that has set Canada apart from the United States, comes as public support for immigration wanes.

At the same time Canada is reducing the number of temporary residents by hundreds of thousands a year, the immigration department said in a statement. The government hopes that mo

The prime minister said Thursday that next year's immigration target changed to 395,000 people, far less than the initial number.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will significantly reduce the number of new immigrants in the country after acknowledging his government failed to get the balance right coming out of the pan