Month: January 2022

Last Updated on January 8, 2022 Employment rose and unemployment dropped in December, in another solid month for Canada jobs, according to the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey. The report, released Friday, showed Canada added 55,000 jobs during the month, while unemployment fell from 6.0 to 5.9 percent. While employment has recovered to pre-pandemic levels,

Last Updated on January 8, 2022 Jobs are booming in Alberta and pushing down its unemployment rate to almost exactly where it was before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, creating opportunities for foreign nationals looking to immigrate to Canada. In its October Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada reveals the Prairie province’s unemployment rate fell

Last Updated on January 7, 2022 A giant magnet for immigration, Ontario once again attracted the lion’s share of new permanent residents to Canada in 2021 with more newcomers settling there than in six other provinces put together. The latest figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) show Ontario welcomed 154,005 new permanent residents

Last Updated on January 7, 2022 British Columbia immigration has issued 102 invitations to skilled workers and international graduates in its first BC PNP Tech draw of 2022. The January 4 draw featured invitations through four streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program.  Minimum scores were 80 for all four streams. The featured streams

Last Updated on January 7, 2022 Families were reunited with their loved ones in Canada through family sponsorship immigration programs in greater numbers in 2021 than during the previous year – but their numbers were still a bit lower than prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first 10 months of 2021, 62,245 new permanent

Last Updated on January 5, 2022 Canada has issued Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to 392 Provincial Nominee Program candidates in its first Express Entry draw of 2022. The January 5 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 808 points, 88 higher than the previous PNP draw. It sees Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Last Updated on January 5, 2022 Alberta has announced the details of a new draw through the Express Entry-linked stream of the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program. The December 14 draw saw 150 candidates invited, with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 351, one point higher than the previous draw. Important requirements for the Alberta

Last Updated on January 4, 2022 Manitoba has issued 393 Letters of Advice to Apply to skilled workers and international graduates in the latest Canada immigration draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The December 30 draw saw LAAs issued through three MPNP streams. Skilled Workers in Manitoba received 332 LAAs, with the lowest ranked

Last Updated on January 4, 2022 Acute labour shortages in many sectors of the Canadian economy are driving Ottawa’s immigration policy as it sets out to welcome even more new permanent residents to Canada this year than it did in the record-breaking 2021. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced near the end of December that Canada