Month: Oktyabr 2022

The number of new permanent residents to Canada under the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) dropped sharply in August, falling more than 37.8 per cent compared to the previous month, but the program is still seeing massive growth year over year.  The latest Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data reveals only 1,815 new permanent residents to Canada

Entrepreneurs are setting up businesses in Canada through the Start-Up Visa (SUV) program at almost three times the rate they did last year, reveals the latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). In the first eight months of this year, 420 new permanent residents came to Canada under the SUV.  That’s up 189.6

Canadians are now more supportive of record-breaking immigration and the country’s role in welcoming refugees from throughout the world than they have been in decades reveals an Environics Institute survey. “Even as the country is now taking in more than 400,000 newcomers each year, seven in 10 Canadians express support for current immigration levels, the

Manitoba is joining a growing group of Canadian provinces reportedly ending their contracts with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to detain immigrants in provincial jails, making the Prairie province the fourth jurisdiction to do so. Migrant rights and civil liberties activists are thrilled by the move. “As more provinces continue to follow British Columbia’s

Jobs were shed throughout Canada in August and economists are now warning the second half of this year will see lower GDP growth – but the number of jobs going begging for a lack of workers is still higher than it was during the same month last year. In its Payroll Employment, Earnings And Hours,

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has enlisted the help of the business community in persuading Ottawa to boost immigration to his Prairie province. At a Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce luncheon, the premier again highlighted his Saskatchewan Party’s vision of a new relationship with the federal government where the province would be freer to set its own

Ontario has conducted two new Expression of Interest draws, issuing 641 Canada immigration invitations through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Masters Graduate and Ph.D. Graduate streams. The draws were conducted on October 25, 2022. For the Masters Graduate draw, 535 candidates were invited, requiring a score of 35 or above.  In the Ph.D. Graduates draw,

A Canada immigration pilot project extended during the COVID-19 pandemic allows certain immigrants who did not declare family members on their original applications to still sponsor them to come to Canada. Despite the pilot, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) still asks all candidates who apply for permanent residence to declare all of their family

Canada is in talks to develop new opportunities for jobs and trade with its economic partners through Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). That trade agreement, which came into effect on July 1, 2020, replaced the quarter-century-old North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Under CUSMA – which is also called the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) in the United

Canada’s latest all-program Express Entry draw saw the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score drop below 500 for the first time since the post-pandemic resumption. The October 26 draw required a minimum CRS of 496 points, four lower than the previous draw. It also saw 4,750 Invitations to Apply issued, the most since all-program draws resumed

Immigrants are likely to comprise more than a third of Canada’s population within the next 19 years because they are responsible for almost all population growth in the country, new statistics have revealed. In its In its Canada’s Population Estimates, Second Quarter 2022, Statistics Canada chalks up 94.5 per cent of the population growth in Canada during the second quarter

New Quebec MNA Christine Fréchette has taken over as immigration minister from Jean Boulet in the wake of the Coalition Avenir Québec’s (CAQ’s) landslide victory at the polls. In a cabinet shuffle, Premier François Legault picked Fréchette, the trilingual former president of the Chambre de Commerce de l’Est de Montréal, for the Quebec immigration portfolio. She replaces

Canada has finished the process of sending out invitations to apply to potential sponsors through the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP). Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued an update on Monday saying that 23,100 invitations had been issued. It said the invitations went to people in the pool who submitted an interest to sponsor

Prince Edward Island has issued invitations to apply to 204 skilled worker and entrepreneur Canada immigration candidates in a new provincial draw. The October 20 draw saw invitations issued through the Labour Impact, Express Entry and Business Impact Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP) streams. It saw 194 invites issued to Labour Impact

Immigration to Canada slowed in August but the country is still on track to exceed its ambitious target for the year, new data reveals.  By end of August, Canada had welcomed 309,240 new permanent residents – an average of 38,655 per month – putting the country on track to receive 463,860 new permanent residents by

Nova Scotia operates a Provincial Nominee Program stream aimed specifically at lower-skilled occupations under National Occupational Classification (NOC) C. The Nova Scotia Nominee Program Occupations In Demand stream targets a short list of jobs deemed in high demand in the province. The targeted jobs include positions in the health, hospitality and skilled trades sectors. Read