Toronto, July 28 -- While the number of new permanent residents in Canada declined by an eighth in the first five months of this year from the same period in 2025, Indians alone account for nearly 60% of the decrease. According to the latest for permanent resident (PR) admissions released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the total between January and May last year was 168,800, and that reduced to 147,260 this year or just over 12.5%. Indians as a country cohort comprised the bulk of that fall, going down from 49,115 to 36,910 or by nearly a quarter. The overall decline for the five-month stretch was 21,540 and Indians made for over 57% of the reduction. "When the government sharply reduces a stream in which one countr...