200% rise in number of Indians offered PR in Canada
Under Canada's Express Entry programme, 36,310 people holding Indian citizenship were offered permanent residency (PR) in Canada in 2017, which is an increase of over 200% from previous year's 11,037 invites. India is also the country with most PR invites (42%) out of the total 86,022 offered and China is the distant second with 7,466 invites.