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Although trending downward in 2025, in recent years, Canada has seen a significant rise in the number of individuals seeking protection in Canada. The Government continually reviews the In-Canada Asylum System to assess its ability to provide protection to those in need.
National urban parks will support Canada’s major cities in developing local solutions to biodiversity loss and dealing with the impacts of climate change. They will help adapt to climate change and contribute to national and global biodiversity targets with innovative solutions that benefit residents, businesses, and local wildlife. National urban parks will help mitigate threats to infrastructure from extreme weather events, combat urban heat islands, support storm water management and soil quality, and help sequester carbon.
Service Canada manages the application and renewal process for the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP).
What is the Government of Canada doing to help grow the housing workforce?
How does the Government of Canada support workers to gain or upgrade skills for the low-carbon economy?
Canada’s persistent underutilization of internationally trained professionals is negatively impacting productivity, economic growth and the ability to meet labour market needs due, in part, to inefficient foreign credential recognition (FCR), which can be lengthy, complicated, and costly.
Main Estimates 2024-2025
Environment and Climate Change Canada is working with provinces, territories, Indigenous peoples, and stakeholders to recover boreal caribou. Environment and Climate Change Canada is pursuing stewardship approaches and potential regulatory options under the Species at Risk Act.
Canada is investing over $5 billion in nature-based climate solutions to help tackle the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. The Natural Climate Solutions Fund is helping to plant two billion trees and restore and improve the management of wetlands, grasslands, forests and agricultural lands.
• Real gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 2.2 per cent (annual rate) in the first quarter of 2025, following an increase of 2.1 per cent in the fourth quarter (revised down from 2.6 per cent). Growth was stronger than market expectations of 1.7 per cent (Bloomberg median).
• Combined with a 2.6 per cent increase in GDP inflationinformation redacted.