Saskatchewan held its third invitation round is as many weeks October 8, inviting 559 Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence.  The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) has been rolling out invitations to prospective immigrants every week since it expanded the list of occupations that are […]

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Promoting immigration to smaller provinces, cities, and towns across Canada — a process known as “regionalization” — has been the rage since the 1990s.  The most notable tool for promoting regionalization has been the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), which first launched in Manitoba in 1999 and has since been adopted by every province and territory […]

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Just over half of Canadians back Canada’s immigration target of nearly 331,000 newcomers this year or feel more should be welcomed, a new Angus Reid Institute public opinion poll shows.    Of the 1,522 Canadians surveyed, 39 per cent said the target was at the right level while another 13 per cent said it should […]

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The leaders of Canada’s five top political parties defended the importance of immigration this week in one of the last debates prior to the federal election on October 21.   The discussion on immigration lasted only minutes and, to the surprise of many, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau emerged wholly unscathed, with his government’s record unquestioned. By […]

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Immigration continued to drive population increases in Canada’s provinces between April and July of this year — a three month period that saw one of Canada’s largest quarterly population gains ever recorded.  Overall, Canada’s population grew by 181,057 during those three months and was estimated to be at 37,589,262 on July 1, 2019. Statistics Canada […]

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Eight communities have been added to the list of those eligible for the B.C. Entrepreneur Immigration (EI) Regional Pilot program. The EI Regional Pilot is for foreign entrepreneurs who want to establish a new business in a smaller, regional community in B.C. Communities with less than 75,000 people located more than 30 km away from […]

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Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Quebec’s Ministry of Immigration has released details of an invitation round held September 4 in which 32 candidates with an Arrima profile were invited. The invitations went to candidates who had an Expression of Interest profile and a valid job offer, as well as foreign nationals working […]

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Le ministère de l’Immigration du Québec a rendu publics les résultats de l’exercice d’invitation qui a eu lieu le 4 septembre et qui a permis d’inviter 32 candidats à l’immigration par l’entremise d’Arrima. Les invitations s’adressaient aux personnes qui avaient déposé une déclaration d’intérêt (DI) et qui avaient une offre d’emploi valide, ainsi qu’aux ressortissants […]

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The province of Saskatchewan held its second round of major draws in two weeks on October 2, inviting 610 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence. This is the second major draw conducted since the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) dramatically expanded the number of high-skilled occupations that are eligible under its […]

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Canada held an Express Entry draw on October 2, issuing a total of 3,900 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence. Candidates in the Express Entry pool needed a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 464 and above to be selected in this round. Today’s draw was an increase of 300 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) over […]

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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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