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International graduates who want to stay in Canada but missed the deadline under Ottawa’s latest pathway to permanent residency still have a lot of options. Last week, Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) started accepting applications for permanent residency under six new streams, including two for international graduates already in Canada. One of those new
British Columbia’s exports are expected to fuel the westernmost Canadian province’s economic recovery this year even as immigration remains sluggish and the region’s tourism industry struggles due to still-high COVID-19 case numbers. “In the long-run, Canada does have the capacity to hit the ambitious targets set out last fall and population growth from new immigration
The city of Vernon in British Columbia has become the latest to launch its website for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. Applications from candidates who meet both federal and community criteria are being accepted as of February 1, 2020. Vernon is the fifth community to launch activity through the RNIP, after Sault Ste. Marie
Foreign nationals looking for work in Canada should keep an eye out on the mid-sized British Columbia city of Kelowna which is now ranked the number one place for job hunters in Canada. As the second wave of COVID-19 ripped through Canada in the last few months of 2020, the West Coast province fared the
Nine out of 10 Canadian provinces saw a drop in immigration above 40 percent in the first seven months of 2020, the latest figures show. The only province to record a drop below the 40 percent mark was British Columbia, where immigration fell 33 percent between January and July 2020, compared to the same period
2020-03-08 – Claresholm, Alberta, with a population of 3,800, has been inundated with more than 5,000 applications from 70 different countries for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. The town, located 90 minutes south of Calgary, only launched applications in February, and officials are shocked by the level of interest shown. It plans to welcome
2020-02-13 – Claresholm in Alberta has launched the process for candidates to register profiles for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. The town says it will recommend up to 20 candidates to become new Canadian permanent residents and settle in the community. Available jobs will be published on the website in the coming days. A
2020-02-10 – Canada admitted a new modern-era record of more than 341,000 new permanent residents in 2019, new government data shows. The 341,180 immigrants welcomed last year was the second consecutive year Canada has admitted more than 300,000 immigrants. Before 2018, the last time Canada welcomed more than 300,000 immigrants was 1912. The 2019 figure
2020-02-06 – The city of Vernon in British Columbia has become the latest to launch its website for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. Applications from candidates who meet both federal and community criteria are being accepted as of February 1, 2020. Vernon is the fifth community to launch activity through the RNIP, after Sault
The West Kootenay region, including the towns of Trail, Castlegar, Rossland and Nelson, has launched its application process for candidates and employers through the Rural & Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP). The British Columbia region has minimal community criteria, focusing on language ability, intention to live in the region and wages offered. These requirements are on
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