Canada Pauses Parent Sponsorship | Toronto News

Toronto News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 16, 2026 · 1m

Canada’s government has paused new applications for the parent and grandparent sponsorship program, forcing hopeful families to wait — with over 60,000 applications already in the system and wait times stretching to nearly three years. The move aims to fix backlogs and improve processing, without changing the long-term goal of sponsoring 15,000 parents and grandparents by 2026-2027. Amid rising public pressure and calls for immigration system sustainability, the pause also opens the door to explore super visas for temporary visits — while permanent sponsorship remains on hold until further…