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Immigration to Canada from India hit a new high this year despite international border closures and waves of COVID-19 and their public health restrictions. That makes India the only country of the three most important sources of new permanent residents to Canada to have sent more immigrants this year than it did in 2019, the
Canada welcomed 46,315 new immigrants in October, putting it well on track to meet its 2021 goal of 401,000 newcomers. The figures were revealed in an interview by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser with Bloomberg, in which he also said he was happy to increase immigration numbers further. It has already welcomed 313,700 newcomers this year,
Nigerians have jumped above Filipinos to represent the third highest number of new immigrants to Canada so far in 2021. Federal government figures for the first eight months of the year show nearly 9,500 Nigerians became permanent residents, compared to 9,125 from the Philippines. So far this year, Nigerians make up 4.3 percent of the
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser is not going to extend the TR to PR Pathway set to expire on Friday to allow temporary residents working in the healthcare sector to become permanent residents. “There are no plans to extend it beyond Nov. 5,” confirmed Alexander Cohen, the immigration minister’s press secretary, in an e-mail Tuesday. Read
Canada Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is thinking of extending a program due to expire on Nov. 5 that gives temporary foreign workers an opportunity to become permanent residents. That new pathway was announced in May and was for up to 90,000 international students, health care workers and other workers in essential occupations who want to
Jobs are back and unemployment is trending downwards in Canada – and offering prospective immigrants many opportunities to resettle through the country’s economic immigration programs. In its latest Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada reports unemployment fell for the fourth consecutive month in September to 6.9 per cent, the lowest level since the onset of the
Immigration drove almost three-quarters of Canada’s population growth during the past year despite all the border restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic, reveals a report by Statistics Canada. During the pandemic, the country’s population growth was cut by half and Covid-19-related deaths played a part in reducing Canada’s population. Read more: International students’ confidence in Canada
New permanent residents to Canada can now quickly and easily confirm their status online without any need for an in-person interview in most cases simply by going to the secure Permanent Residence Portal of the federal government. The first step in doing that, though, is to ensure the received email asking the permanent resident to
Canada’s online citizenship application website is now live and allowing eligible permanent residents to apply to become citizens with a few clicks of a mouse. “The new online application is user-friendly,” boasts Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on its website. “For example, you can now save partially completed applications and resume them at a
