Canada

The number of people with Canada jobs rose by 40,000 in August, by the employment rate fell as the country’s population grew even faster. More than one in 20 Canadian residents is now working more than one job. “With a higher cost of living, taking on additional work may be a necessity for some workers

The 2023 U.S. News & World Best Countries Ranking has placed Canada as the second best country in the world. While it had made first place in 2021, Canada slipped to third place the next year. Therefore, this marks a come-back for Canada on the annual analysis. In the ranking for this year, Switzerland retained

Canada job vacancies remained on a downwards trend in June, dropping by 8,900 to 753,400 over the course of the month, Statistics Canada has revealed. This is a significant fall from the 762,300 job vacancies in May. The net decrease thus becomes 108,500 (-12.6%) since January, and 249,900 (-24.9%) since the “record high” of slightly

British Columbia has conducted new draws, issuing at least 222 invitations through multiple streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The September 6 draws were split into two categories: general and targeted. In the general draw, which included tech occupations, 160 invitations were issued through five BC PNP streams for skilled workers and international

Ontario immigration has conducted a new draw through the Express Entry-linked French Speaking Skilled Worker stream, issuing Notifications of Interest to 300 candidates. The September 7 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program draws saw NOIs issued to candidates with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score between 308 and 434. To qualify, candidates also needed work experience in

The fight against obesity and the promotion of an active healthy lifestyle is feeding the growing demand for dietitians and nutritionists and providing opportunities for foreign nationals to immigrate to Canada to take Canada jobs now going begging for a want of qualified candidates. Even with more job applicants ready to enter the field, the

Statistics Canada says that starting next month, it will publish new data tables estimating the number of temporary residents in the country after an economic report from earlier this week said that it may be undercounting them by more than a million. The revised methodology StatsCan is set to follow will be implemented starting September

Manitoba has conducted a rare region-specific Canada immigration draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The August 31 draw saw 288 invitations issued to candidates currently employed outside the city of Winnipeg. The lowest-ranked candidate scored 600 points in the draw, conducted under the Skilled Workers In Manitoba category. Manitoba stated that 127 of the

International students studying online from abroad who submitted a study permit application no later than the end of August last year are getting an extra four months to qualify for a Post-Graduate Work Permit (PGWP). That allowance, first made in mid-August last year, was to expire on Aug. 31 this year but Immigration, Refugees and

A shortage of veterinarians in Canada is only going to get worse over the coming nine years as too few students graduate with degrees in veterinary medicine and not enough immigrants arrive to fill the Canada jobs going begging for a lack of qualified candidates. The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) describes the labour shortage

New Brunswick issued 259 Express Entry Invitations to Apply (ITA) during the month of July, bringing the total number of invitations sent out this year by the Atlantic Canadian province to 1,778. The number of ITAs sent out in July in the province was up 114 per cent from the 121 it issued in June and 178.5 per cent

Prince Edward Island has conducted a new provincial draw, issuing invitations to apply to 22 skilled worker Canada immigration candidates. The August 31 draw saw invitations issued through the Labour Impact and Express Entry Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP) stream. Invitations were issued to individuals working in healthcare, manufacturing, food processing, and

Saskatchewan is coming under fire for only allowing immigration from eight countries in its latest draws under Express Entry and Skilled Worker Occupations-In-Demand of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). In six draws in mid-August, the province issued 646 Invitations to Apply (ITA) for immigration to Canada to workers from those countries. But some public

Canada needs to put a cap on the number of international students being admitted to the country per year, says columnist Tony Keller in The Globe and Mail. This is in response to what he describes to be a recent deterioration of the international student immigration system, under which candidates are coming to Canada to

The Canadian passport is rising in the Henley Passport Index rankings, climbing up from the eighth spot last year to seventh place in the third quarter of this year. The international ranking of passports ascribed the Canadian passport a score of 185, one point less than the document’s score last year, but is now putting

Quebec universities have shown their unified disapproval towards the federal housing minister’s suggestion that Canada put a cap on the number of international study permits as a way to ease its housing shortage. It comes after Immigration Minister Marc Miller recently said he was willing to reconsider international student enrolments. It had been speculated that