Month: August 2023

The Atlantic Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia and the Prairie province of Saskatchewan were the most likely in Canada to have internationally-educated healthcare professionals (IEHP) working in their fields of study after immigrating to Canada, a Statistics Canada report reveals. “The highest proportion of IEHPs employed in health occupations (in 2021

The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal believes – as it has since 2016 – that Quebec should raise its immigration threshold to a minimum of 60,000 by 2027, with the possibility that those numbers will only grow over the years.   The Montreal Gazette article credited with this story further emphasized that board president

Starting from August 15, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has made it possible for Hong Kong residents to apply for permanent residence to Canada under Stream B (Canada work experience) without needing post-secondary education to be deemed eligible.  Although the change was just made last week, news regarding its impending implementation was first

Thousands of jobs for engineering managers in Canada are providing foreign nationals with a new opportunity to immigrate to Canada and gain permanent residence through occupation-targeted Express Entry system draws. Read more: In August, the Indeed job-hunting website listed 2,665 postings for engineering managers, categorized under the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 system with the code 20010.

On August 18, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced two changes to its Agri-Food Pilot program to help address Canada’s labor needs.  These firstly include the expansion of open work permit access to family members of all participants in the Pilot, and secondly the announcement that IRCC is accepting union reference letters to

The number of graduates from Canadian schools and immigrants arriving in the country with the know-how to repair heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems over the next nine years is expected to fall short of the industry’s demand for these workers, providing plenty of opportunity for foreign nationals who want to immigrate to Canada. Read more:

A Financial Post story questions Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s argument about there being a rising trend of immigrants discouraging prospective newcomers from moving to Canada.  Calgary-based YouTuber and recent immigrant Nishant Kalia posted a 10-minute video in December, discussing the possibility of recession and its impacts on the Canada labor market, rising housing prices, and

The Globe and Mail columnist Tony Keller’s recent opinion piece holds the view that “the Liberals have broken Canada’s immigration system,” one which he claims to have been the “envy of the world” in the past.  His approach towards proving this assertion follows a line of comparison and contrast between the trajectorial route taken by

Ontario set out 2,085 Notifications of Interest (NOI)  to candidates seeking to work in any of 51 health and tech occupations through two draws of its Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Express Entry Human Capital Priorities stream this month. Read more: British Columbia issues up to 158 invitations in Skilled Worker, International Graduate draws Ontario issues 2,615 invitations to

Foreign youth aged 18 to 35 (and 18 to 30 in some countries) can live and work in Canada for up to two years through International Experience Canada (IEC).  This government program consists of three different kinds of work/travel experiences: 1. Working Holiday This category is relevant for candidates meeting the following profile: They do

The Prairie province of Saskatchewan is trying to recruit up to 646 skilled workers from Ireland, India, Poland, Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Slovakia, and the Ukraine through its Express Entry and Skilled Worker Occupations-In-Demand immigration program draws. The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) issued those Invitations to Apply (ITA) in draws on Wednesday, Aug. 16. Read

Quebec immigration issued 1,384 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to immigrate to Canada in a draw through the Arrima Expression of Interest (EOI) system last week. Read more: In the Aug. 10 draw, the  Ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) targeted two categories.  Minimum score of 591 set for first category of Arrima draw In

Working-age women who immigrated to Canada under economic programs in the decade that ended in the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely than their male counterparts to go onto graduate from Canadian colleges and universities, reports Statistics Canada. “A higher proportion of women who were economic principal applicants completed a Canadian educational

Occupation  2021 NOC code  2021 TEER category  Audiologists and speech language pathologists 31112 1 Chiropractors 31201 1 Dentists 31110 1 Dieticians and nutritionists 31121 1 Education counsellors 41320 1 General practitioners and family physicians 31102 1 Instructors of persons with disabilities 42203 2 Kinesiologists and other professional occupation in therapy and assessment 31204 1 Licensed