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IRCC Insights & PR Metrics

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YTD values use the current calendar year so you can compare month-to-month progress.

IRCC processing trends

Monthly approvals, refusals, and approval rate across Designated Organization types.

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Official IRCC Start-Up Business data

Parsed from public IRCC tables and refreshed when new releases land.

IRCC — Designated Organization Summary (Real Data)

Source: IrccOrgMonthly (grouped by organization name). Published by IRCC.

“Permanent Residence Applications Processed under the Start-Up Business Category between Jan 1, 2023 and Apr 30, 2025, broken down by Application Processed Year, Month, Business Organization Name and Sub Type.”

Data window: Jan 2023 to Apr 2025. This view currently reflects the Jan 2024 to Apr 2025 portion we have parsed from the published tables. We refresh this view as new IRCC releases land.

Current viewJan 2023 – Apr 2025Top 25 orgs by total processed25 distinct orgs in this slice
Distinct organizations
25
Total applications processed
9,465
Approved + refused records in this view
Total approved
8,087
Refused share: 14.6%
Avg approval % (org-weighted)
85.4%
Based on all approvals vs refusals in this slice
24 orgs ≥ 70% approval1 org between 40%–69.9%0 orgs < 40% approval
Largest by volume
Biomedical Commercialization Canada Inc.
1,770 total applications (1,365 approved, 405 refused)
Highest approval rate (min 5 cases)
Brilliant Catalyst
Approval: 100.0% over 95 cases
25 organizationsSorted by Total
RankRefusedTotalQuality
1
Biomedical Commercialization Canada Inc.
Incubator
1,3654051,77077.1%High
2
VANTEC Angel Network Inc.
Angel Group
1,1952701,46581.6%High
3
Spark Commercialization and Innovation Centre
Incubator
1,1051151,22090.6%High
4
Canadian International Angel Investors
Angel Group
66410677086.2%High
5
Keiretsu Forum Canada
Angel Group
7105076093.4%High
6
Empowered Startups Ltd.
Incubator
6259071587.4%High
7
York Entrepreneurship Development Institute
Incubator
50910661582.8%High
8
Toronto Business Development Centre (TBDC)
Incubator
3422837092.4%High
9
Pycap
Incubator
3152033594.0%High
10
Spring
2553529087.9%High
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Top 25 organizations by total processed

Stacked bars show approved vs refused decisions for each Designated Organization.

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