Month: October 2022

Canada has conducted a new Express Entry draw, issuing 4,250 Invitations to Apply. The October 12 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 500 points, 4 lower than the previous draw. Canada has so far issued 30,865 invitations in 2022, the majority coming since all-program draws returned in July. IRCC issued a

Canada will issue invitations to apply to 23,100 potential sponsors for the Parents and Grandparents Program for 2022, it announced yesterday. Invitations will go out over the next two weeks, after which Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) expect to receive 15,000 invitations. The invitations will be sent to randomly selected candidates who submitted an

Canada’s internationally-acclaimed University of Toronto – which consistently ranks near the top of lists of the world’s best universities – has just been named the best university overall in the country by Maclean’s news magazine. In second place overall was the University of Waterloo and in the third spot was the University of British Columbia.

Ontario retailers are getting worried – and hoping the province will attract more economic immigrants – as the number of jobs going begging for a lack of workers climbs ahead of the Christmas shopping season.  Statistics Canada figures reveal the number of job vacancies in Ontario jumped almost 46.4 per cent from 264,530 during the

British Columbia has conducted new draws, issuing at least 231 invitations through multiple streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The October 4 draws were split into two categories: general and targeted. In the general draw, which included tech occupations, 184 invitations were issued through five BC PNP streams for skilled workers and international

Ontario has issued 1,340 Canada immigration Notifications of Interest in a new draw through the Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream. The September 29 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 266. Candidates were required to have submitted Express Entry profiles into the federal pool within the 12 months preceding the draw date to

Canada is to lift the limit on the number of hours international students can work off-campus during their studies. The move, announced on Friday by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, is designed to help with the chronic labour shortage currently being felt across the country. Instead of being limited to 20 hours per week, from November

A leading tax, auditing and consulting services firm in Canada says Ottawa needs to beef up both immigration and the accreditation process for foreign nationals looking to immigrate here. “There’s … a fundamental shift in the demographic of Canada’s labour force, causing policymakers to explore ambitious immigration goals to address the labour gap,” says economist

Thunder Bay’s business leaders and economic development officers are thrilled by an extension to the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) announced previously by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). “Thrilled to see the extension and expansion of the RNIP for Thunder Bay and other regional communities,” tweeted Charla Robinson, president of the Thunder Bay

Canada is to publish its online guide to temporary foreign workers’ rights in five additional languages in the wake of Ontario and Quebec’s efforts to ramp up inspections of working conditions. On its website, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has already published that guide, ‘Temporary Foreign Workers: Your Rights Are Protected’, in English, French

Canada has been ranked as the third best country in the world behind only Switzerland and Germany and beating the U.S., according to the U.S. News & World Report. “The rankings report is based on how global perceptions define countries in terms of a number of qualitative characteristics – impressions that have the potential to

A massive surge of temporary and permanent residents is fuelling Canada’s fastest quarterly population growth since Newfoundland and Labrador joined the confederation at the end of the Second World War in 1949, said Statistics Canada. “Canada’s population was estimated at 38,929,902 people on July 1, an increase of 284,982, or up 0.7 per cent, from

Quebec Premier François Legault’s ruling Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) won a decisive majority in the provincial election on Monday, virtually ensuring immigration to the province will not be going up dramatically anytime soon. In a landslide victory, the CAQ took 90 ridings, making that win the most decisive in Quebec provincial politics since 1989 when

No matter the outcome of the provincial election in Quebec on Monday, current immigration minister Jean Boulet will be leaving that portfolio, says Premier François Legault. In the final days before voters go to the polls, Boulet drew fire when he said during a debate that “80 percent of immigrants go to Montreal, do not

Quebec immigration has conducted a second large Arrima Expression of Interest draw in a month, this time issuing 1,009 invitations targeted at technology, health and education occupations. It follows a week after the French-speaking province issued 1,202 invitations in its largest-ever draw. The latest draw, on September 15, required a minimum score of 563 points