Ottawa injected $3 million last week into an Ontario business incubator’s network to help international entrepreneurs start-up businesses and get their permanent residence in Canada. “Our government recognizes the importance of global business attraction and the role it plays in Canada’s economic development recovery,” said Helena Jaczek, the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Agency
A record-setting number of available jobs and too few workers has many Canadian employers, particularly those in the healthcare and social assistance sectors, scrambling to find employees, reports Statistics Canada. “Job vacancies climbed to 957,500 in the first quarter, the highest quarterly number on record,” notes the demographic and statistical services agency in a report
Canada has conducted a new Express Entry draw, issuing 636 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to Provincial Nominee Program candidates. The June 22 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 752 points, 44 lower than the previous PNP draw. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser recently announced that all-program draws would resume in early July.
British Columbia has conducted a new draw through the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program, issuing invitations to 125 candidates. The June 21 draw saw invitations issued in three different categories. Skilled workers and international graduates with a minimum score of 85 points received 101 invitations through the BC PNP Tech stream. A draw targeted at
Alberta has announced the details of a new draw through the Express Entry-linked stream of the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program. The June 16 draw saw 150 candidates invited, with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 306, the lowest this year through Alberta Express Entry. Important requirements for the stream are that candidates have stated
Creating an online Express Entry profile is, quite simply, the first step foreign nationals must complete to immigrate to Canada under the Express Entry system that offers permanent residence to skilled workers. Express Entry system draws for the Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Worker and Federal Skilled Trades programs were on pause during the first
Canada faced a rapidly-growing backlog of applications for citizenship and temporary and permanent residence in the first five months of this year as Ottawa set a record-breaking pace for welcoming new immigrants. By the end of the first week of June, Canada’s backlog of immigration applications had hit almost 2.39 million. The exact number was
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is boosting by 40.8 per cent the number of immigrants Nova Scotia will be allowed to welcome to its shores through its Provincial Nominee Program and the Atlantic Immigration Program. “Nova Scotia is a special place and we are excited that more and more people see a future for
Quebec’s use of temporary foreign workers to fill its labour market needs is skyrocketing even as the francophone province holds the line on the number of new permanent residents settling there, say economists. In a report of the Quebec Institute (Institut du Québec) released this month, economists Daye Diallo, Mia Homsy, Simon Savard note the
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Interested in immigrating to Canada, and have experience in research, market trends, or strategy formulation? Luckily, Canada provides options for you to immigrate and advance your career. Canada is looking for skilled workers such as business development managers, market researchers, and other occupations alike to settle. Job Description (NOC 4163/41402) Business development managers, market researchers,
Prince Edward Island has conducted a new provincial draw, issuing invitations to apply to 136 skilled worker and entrepreneur Canada immigration candidates. The June 16 draw saw invitations issued through the Labour Impact, Express Entry and Business Impact Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP) streams. It saw 127 invites issued to Labour Impact
Hundreds of international students from outside of Nova Scotia can no longer use work experience gained through Post-Graduation Work Permits (PGWP) in those other provinces to apply for permanent residency under the Atlantic Canadian province’s Express Entry stream. “As of June 9, 2022, the Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration (LSI) has made a change
Quebec has inked a deal with the Swiss government to recognize the professional credentials of five groups of healthcare workers educated in that European country. “Quebec and Switzerland both have established networks of world-class institutions of higher learning and highly-skilled professionals and so we are growing our pool of potential workers whose professional qualifications meet
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged another $26.9 million to migration and protection-related projects in the Americas and Canada’s willingness to accept an additional 4,000 refugees from those two continents by 2028 at the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. “Canada values its deep and longstanding partnerships with countries across the Americas, which are
Tech companies in Quebec say it’s unreasonable to expect immigrants to the francophone province to learn French in only six months – and they want Premier Francois Legault to hit pause on his Bill 96 which makes that a requirement. “The requirement under Bill 96 to learn French within six months imposes an unrealistic deadline,
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