The Government of Canada is aiming to admit more than a million new permanent residents by the end of 2021— and the past three months have been a productive quarter. Express Entry is Canada’s most popular immigration selection system and is the country’s largest driver of economic immigrants. There were 21,600 Express Entry candidates invited […]

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Provinces across Canada continued to innovate and improve their immigrant nominee programs this past quarter. Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick made changes directly affecting Express Entry candidates; Alberta, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island (PEI) held selection rounds inviting Express Entry candidates to apply for provincial nomination. All in all, the months of July, August and […]

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The newly released Liberal Party of Canada’s 2019 federal election platform contains four immigration promises they will implement if Canadian voters return them to power on October 21.  Those promises are: Move forward with modest and responsible increases to immigration; Launch a “Municipal Nominee Program;” Make the Atlantic Immigration Pilot permanent; and Make applying for […]

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The province of Manitoba invited 224 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence in a draw held September 25. The province’s 73rd Expression of Interest (EOI) draw focused on candidates who had a profile registered under one of three Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) pathways: Skilled Worker in Manitoba, Skilled […]

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Eight of Canada’s largest urban Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade are calling on all parties running in the 2019 federal election to implement better skills training for foreign workers and promote effective immigration policies. The Canadian Global Cities Council (CGCC) recommends that all campaigning parties commit to more adequate talent development strategies. Some […]

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Alberta invited Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System scores as low as 302 in one of two draws held so far this month.  Details of the draws held September 11 and September 18 through the Alberta Express Entry Stream were made public Thursday. The stream allows the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) to search […]

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The province of Saskatchewan invited 769 Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence in draws held September 25. The draws were the first conducted since the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) dramatically expanded the number of high-skilled occupations that are eligible under its popular Express Entry […]

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Saskatchewan’s decision to open its popular Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand immigration sub-categories to candidates with work experience in more than 200 high-skilled occupations marks yet another major development for the province’s immigrant nominee program, the SINP.  Neither sub-category requires a job offer or Canadian work experience in order to be considered for a provincial […]

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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Quebec has invited 444 foreign workers to apply for a Quebec Selection Certificate in a draw held August 19.   The draw targeted Quebec Skilled Worker Program candidates with an Expression of Interest (EOI) in the province’s Arrima system who had their previous applications cancelled under immigration reforms passed […]

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Le gouvernement du Québec a invité 444 personnes à présenter une demande de sélection dans le cadre d’une ronde d’invitations le 19 août.   La ronde d’invitations visait les candidats du Programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés du Québec ayant une déclaration d’intérêt (DI) dans le système Arrima dont la demande précédente avait été annulée en vertu des réformes […]

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Nova Scotia held its second draw this month through its Labour Market Priorities Stream, this time inviting eligible carpenters with a profile in the federal Express Entry pool to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence. The Labour Market Priorities Stream allows the Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) to search the Express Entry […]

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Prince Edward Island issued new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination to candidates in its Express Entry, Labour Impact and Business Impact immigration categories in a draw held September 19.  A total of 122 invitations were issued to candidates in the Express Entry and Labour Impact categories and the Business Impact: Work Permit Stream. The […]

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The wage gap between immigrants and Canadian-born workers has more than doubled in the last 30 years, according to a new report by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) — despite the federal government placing more emphasis on economic class immigration.  Immigrants are earning about 10 per cent less on average than Canadians, RBC reports, […]

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A new Express Entry draw held Wednesday, September 18, has invited 3,600 candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence. The minimum required Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in today’s draw was 462. This is one point lower than the previous draw, which was held September 4 and had a cut-off score of 463. The Express […]

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The province of Saskatchewan has expanded the list of in-demand occupations associated with both its Express Entry and In-Demand Occupation sub-categories, from 19 occupations to more than 200. These are two popular streams within the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) that do not require a job offer or work experience in Canada in order for […]

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While many developed countries are expected to see some population decrease over the next 50 years, Canada’s population is projected to flourish as a result of immigration. Statistics Canada reports the Canadian population could reach 55 million people by 2068 under a medium-growth scenario, up from 37.1 million in 2018. The agency created nine “plausible […]

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A new draw held September 12 by the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program invited 347 skilled foreign workers and international graduates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence.  The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, or MPNP, has now issued more than 700 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) through its Skilled Worker in Manitoba […]

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Nearly 300 Express Entry system candidates wanting to settle in Alberta received invitations to apply for a provincial nomination in the latest Alberta Express Entry selection draw. The 294 candidates selected needed a minimum 400 points under Express Entry’s Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) in order to receive an invitation. This minimum score was 38 points […]

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Skilled foreign workers and international graduates were the focus of Manitoba’s most recent Expression of Interest draw.  Details of the August 15 draw, which were published only recently, show the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) issued a total of 360 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence through […]

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Pour lire cet article en français,cliquez ici. Elections and promises go hand in hand and Canada’s main federal political parties are making plenty on the topic of Economic Class immigration in the run-up to Canada’s 43rd general election on October 21.  The Economic Class is one of the three classes through which immigration to Canada […]

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Qui dit élection, dit promesses ; et en matière d’immigration économique, les principaux partis politiques fédéraux du Canada en font de nombreuses en vue du 43e scrutin fédéral le 21 octobre.  Il y a trois catégories de gestion de l’immigration au Canada ; la Catégorie du regroupement familial, la Catégorie des réfugiés et la Catégorie de l’immigration économique. Les […]

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The Atlantic province of Nova Scotia is turning to the world to answer its call for more doctors. The Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP)’s new Labour Market Priorities for Physicians Stream offers eligible general practitioners, family physicians, and specialist physicians with a profile in Canada’s federal Express Entry system the chance to immigrate to the […]

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Relaxing Canada’s sponsorship rules for Bahamians with family in Canada is not only necessary given the destruction of Hurricane Dorian — it’s also the right thing to do. [Read more…] © 2019 CIC News

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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Canadians will head to the polls next month to vote for a new federal government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today.  The election call kicks off a campaign period that will culminate with Canada’s 43rd general election on October 21. Trudeau framed the coming vote as a […]

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With the federal election campaign now underway, a popular question is how the October 21 vote might affect Canada’s immigration system. One way of answering this question is by evaluating recent history to get a sense of what Canada’s immigration system could look like in the coming years. Public opinion polling shows that the Liberals […]

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