Month: November 2022

Canada jobs roared back to life in October as the country saw 108,000 more workers employed, Statistics Canada data reveals. “Employment rose in several industries, led by manufacturing, construction, and accommodation and food services,” notes the statistical and demographic services agency in its latest Labour Force Survey released Friday. The country did, however, shed jobs

Canada will spend $1.6 billion over six years and $315 million a year after that on the processing and settlement of new immigrants it will welcome through its ambitious 2023 to 2025 Immigration Levels Plan. The federal government’s Fall Economic Statement also allocated $50 million this year and next year specifically aimed at tackling a

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser’s hiring blitz at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is barely making a dent in the department’s inventory of applications for permanent and temporary residency and citizenship. At the end of the first week of June this year, there was a backlog of roughly 2.39 million applications at at the IRCC. 

Economic immigration to Canada needs to be increased to comprise almost two-thirds of all immigration to the country to help companies dealing with serious labour shortages find much-needed workers, says a leading businesses advocacy group.  Immigration Minister Sean Fraser laid out Ottawa’s plans for immigration for the next three years Tuesday. In its 2023-2025 Immigration

Canada opened its arms to welcome another roughly 3,150 Afghan refugees in October, driving up the number of these foreign nationals who have come here to more than 23,500.  “Earlier today, two charter flights with Afghan nationals landed in Toronto and Edmonton. We’ll continue to work hard to safely resettle at least 40,000 individuals by

Immigration to Canada’s biggest province is on the upswing again as the latest wave of COVID-19 wanes in Canada – and Ontario is eager to welcome even more immigrants in its bid to rebuild its economy.   In September, the number of new permanent residents to Ontario jumped by almost 19.6 per cent, to 21,730

Quebec Immigration Minister Christine Fréchette says the province will not increase immigration after the release of Canada’s latest plan that sets out record-breaking targets for the next three years. “It is up to Quebec to set its own targets for permanent immigration,” the newly-minted immigration minister tweeted in French on Tuesday. “The upper limit for

Canada has announced plans to welcome an unprecedented 1.45 million immigrants over the next three years as it looks to step up efforts to curb a chronic labour shortage by welcoming more newcomers. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Tuesday the country would target 465,000 newcomers in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025

Canada will announce a new Immigration Levels Plan for 2023 to 2025 today. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says the plan will outline “ways to address critical labour market shortages, with a focus on regional immigration”. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser is making the announcement at 11am Eastern time at the Finishing Trades Institute in