China is the second-most important source of new Canadian permanent residents who come through family sponsorship programs, reveals data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. In 2019, China provided Canada with 10,555 new permanent residents through these programs. Border restrictions and bans on all but essential international travel hampered the arrival of immigrants to Canada
Job-seeking and entrepreneurial immigrants may well be setting their sights on Manitoba this year as its economy is forecast to almost completely offset the losses it suffered last year due to COVID-19 restrictions. “We forecast the economy to grow by a solid 4.4 per cent in 2021,” predicts Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) economist Carrie
New Brunswick’s hospitality and tourism sector is expected to gain some momentum with the return of the Atlantic Bubble in late April as Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination programs promise a return of higher immigration levels. In its economic forecast for the maritime province, TD Economics noted the devastating impact of the loss of the Atlantic Bubble,
Immigration to Newfoundland & Labrador will be especially important as it struggles to recover post-COVID-19 due to the Atlantic Canadian province’s shrinking population. In its provincial economic outlook, the Royal Bank of Canada notes growth in the Newfoundland & Labrador economy this year will trail that of other Canadian provinces despite the easing of public
The global pandemic hit Alberta with higher daily numbers of new COVID-19 cases than anywhere else in Canada last year, forcing lockdowns and border restrictions that crippled its economy and restricted immigration. Alberta lost an estimated 7.3 per cent of its real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and experienced a 47.5 per cent downturn in the
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 global COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of Canada’s borders to almost all non-essential travel cut immigration to Quebec by more than a third last year and took a serious toll on its economy. Economic activity in Canada’s francophone province dropped sharply during the pandemic, driving its real GDP down by 5.2 per cent and
Canada’s immigration department is targeting a return to one-year standard processing for spousal applications by hiring staff and increasing office space. In an announcement on Friday March 5, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says additional resources will be aimed at the processing of overseas applications in the family class. “These added resources will help
Vaccines and new therapies to treat COVID-19 are already showing promise and will soon allow even more Indians to reunite with their loved ones and gain permanent residence in Canada as international travel restrictions loosen up. India is already the most important source of new permanent residents that come to Canada through family sponsorship programs,
L’Inde est la source la plus importante de nouveaux résidents permanents qui viennent au Canada grâce à des programmes de parrainage familial, révèle des données d’Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada. En 2019, l’Inde était le premier pays sur une liste de pays à travers le monde qui ont fourni au Canada de nouveaux résidents permanents
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