Month: March 2023

Employers’ needs for more workers in Canada spiked as job vacancies rose 3.4 per cent in January after six months of steady declines due to growth in the provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland & Labrador. There were 883,200 job vacancies across all sectors of the Canadian economy in January. In its Payroll Employment, Earnings and

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Canada is adding temporary foreign workers who have at least 183 days left on their work permits to the growing list of foreign nationals allowed to buy homes despite the two-year ban on home ownership by non-Canadians. Those temporary foreign workers, though, will be limited to buying no more than one residential property. The ban

Canada has conducted a third large Express Entry draw in the space of 14 days, again issuing 7,000 Invitations to Apply.  The March 29 all-program draw featured a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 481, three points lower than the previous all-program draw, which took place on March 23. Canada has now issued 21,000 Express Entry invitations in

Ontario is going to double economic immigration through its Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) over the next few years, says provincial Immigration Minister Monte McNaughton. “From 9,000 immigration spots in 2021 to over 18,000 in 2025, today’s announcement is a significant win for the people of Ontario and will help us control our economic destiny

The Minister of Immigration in Quebec announced the continued suspension of the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program, until January 1, 2024. The current suspension was to expire on April 1, 2023. Stakeholders expect new regulations to be published early in the fourth quarter of 2023 that promote stronger settlement ties to the province. It is well

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) pathway is being extended to give even more Ukrainians hoping to flee their war-torn country a chance to find a safe place to live in Canada. “We remain committed to helping those fleeing Russia’s illegal and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine,” said Fraser. “We

Ontario has issued 746 Canada immigration invitations to Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream candidates in a new draw through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). The March 23 draw saw invites issued to candidates in five specific occupations scoring between 250 and 489 Comprehensive Ranking System points. The invitations were targeted at the following occupations:

The Canadian population saw a record surge in growth last year, fuelled almost entirely by immigration to the country, reveals Statistics Canada. In the year that ended on Jan. 1, 2023, the country’s population boomed, increasing by more than one million people for the first time in Canadian history, to hit just under 39.6 million,

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced Monday that Canada is going to launch a new pathway this summer under the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) to help employers hire skilled refugees and other displaced individuals. “Canada is a global leader in helping skilled refugees connect with employers struggling to find workers in critical areas while giving

Migrants trying to cross illegally into Canada will soon be turned away – effectively closing the tap on the steady stream of migrants at the Roxham Road crossing in Quebec – under a deal between Canada and the US. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden have reportedly come to an agreement to

Quebec immigration has issued 619 Canada immigration invitations to apply in a new draw through the Arrima Expression of Interest system. The March 16 draw targeted two categories of candidates. The first category featured candidates scoring 578 points or above in the Quebec Expression of Interest points system. These candidates were also in one of

Canada has conducted a second large Express Entry draw in eight days, again issuing 7,000 Invitations to Apply.  The March 23 all-program draw featured a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 484, six points lower than the previous all-program draw, which took place on March 15. The two draws featuring 7,000 ITAs in the last week are the

British Columbia has conducted new draws, issuing at least 254 invitations through multiple streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The March 21 draws were split into two categories: general and targeted. In the general draw, which included tech occupations, 202 invitations were issued through five BC PNP streams for skilled workers and international