New Brunswick will be among the provinces and territories that can pull from the 5,000 new spots the federal government is allocating for new francophone permanent residents outside Quebec starting in 2026.
The federal government is adding 5,000 spots for French-speaking immigrants outside Quebec in 2026
Katelin Belliveau · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 19, 2026 4:12 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Ben McNamara, executive director of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council, says the province needs to increase help ensure francophone communities are prepared to welcome immigrants. (Victoria Walton / CBC News)
An organization helping newcomers settle in New Brunswick is glad the federal government is allowing more French-speaking immigrants to settle in communities outside Quebec, but it says more funding is needed.
In an effort to bolster francophone immigration outside Quebec, the federal government has added 5,000 spaces this year. Some of these would be for New Brunswick but there was no specific number.
“I’m certainly encouraged by the importance that the federal government has put on the increased number of francophone immigrants,” Ben McNamara, executive director of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council,
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