Month: January 2024

Are you a candidate with skills and qualifications in one of Canada’s 82 jobs for occupation-specific Express Entry draws? We want to help you move to Canada. Please submit your CV here. Canada has conducted the third Express Entry draw for the new year, issuing 730 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) under the General category. The January 31 draw saw

Canada’s immigration policy failures are unusual, with one in five study permit holders having no record of studying at college or university here. Some private colleges, in fact, have even witnessed no-show rates of 90 percent, fueling intense political debates and weakening Canada’s reputation as an immigration and student hub. However, Canada is not the

The city of Montreal has witnessed a 5.3 per cent increase in its population over just a year thanks to the post-pandemic resumption of immigration. These estimates have been proposed by the Institut de la statistique du Quebec (ISQ), which is the governmental statistics agency for the French-Canadian province.  The city – with a 100,000

In the immediate aftermath of the federal government’s introduction of a temporary two-year cap on the number of Canada study permit issuances, British Columbia has placed a provincial ban on new colleges enrolling international students for the same time period. This is being done with the aim of eliminating “exploitative practices” in the field, as

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians are expected to enter Canada before the end of March 2024. This is the deadline for those looking to escape the violence stemming from the Russian invasion to come to Canada on temporary emergency visas. Ottawa has issued 936,293 such visas since March 2022 for Ukrainians who want to work

Small cities in Quebec and New Brunswick are being ranked as this year’s most affordable places for housing in Canada by University Magazine, a student-operated publication. Six communities in the francophone province of Quebec and four in New Brunswick were deemed by the publication to be The Best Canadian Cities For Affordable Housing 2024. Those

Reducing immigration to tackle Canada’s housing crisis would be a mistake, says Desjardins Group chief economist Jimmy Jean. His comments came amid claims Canada’s historic immigration levels targets were contributing to the crisis – and in light of Immigration Minister Marc Miller announcing a 360,000 annual cap on international student numbers. “If we just reduce

Are you a candidate with skills and qualifications in one of Canada’s 82 jobs for occupation-specific Express Entry draws? We want to help you move to Canada. Please submit your CV here. A growing shortage of respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists in Canada is expected to provide even more opportunities for foreign nationals to gain their permanent residence here through occupation-targeted Express

Faced with the spectre of greatly reduced numbers of new international students coming to Canada, provinces pledged to improve their oversight of the treatment of international students but also warned Ottawa’s proposed cap on study permits could lead to the closure of some colleges and universities. Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced earlier this week he is

Statistics Canada’s latest Economic and Social Reports publication evaluated the earnings of one-step and two-step economic immigrants in comparison to their year of arrival in the country. The January 24 report found that two-step immigrants have consistently higher annual earnings than one-step immigrants within the same admission class when the comparison started from their initial

British Columbia has issued at least 216 invitations in a new draw through the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The January 23 draw saw invitations issued in five different categories. A general draw, which included tech occupations, saw 79 invitations issued through five BC PNP streams for skilled workers and international graduates. Minimum scores ranged

Ontario has conducted three new Expression of Interest draws, issuing 1,481 Canada immigration invitations through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program. The draws were conducted on January 24, 2024. In a Masters Graduate stream draw, 1,344 candidates were invited, requiring a score of 50 or above.  In the PhD Graduate draw, the minimum score was 45

Immigration officials in Canada handed out more than one million study permits to international students last year alone, the latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals. “We continue to break records in processing temporary residence applications,” the IRCC website boasts. “We’ve finalized about 1,025,000 study permit applications (including extensions) in 2023, up

More than 355,000 international students in Canada gained their permanent resident status in 2021-23, according to the latest reports by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). This is part of a larger set of figures. Blacklock’s Reporter talked about the Immigration Department’s communication with the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, in which it said

Mexicans coming into Canada could soon have to get visas or be subjected to other measures as part of Canada’s bid to prevent so many refugees from arriving by plane, reports the Reuters news agency. “We’re looking at a number of measures that would, in fact, put us in a position to have done what’s necessary

Canada is investing an extra $86 million into 15 projects across the country to boost Canada’s capacity to recognize the foreign credentials of roughly 6,600 internationally-educated health professionals. “Healthcare workers deliver the care that Canadians need. By bringing in new workers and retaining those who are already there, we can help relieve the labour challenges