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Immigrants are being credited with helping Canada’s Maritime province of Nova Scotia with hitting a major population milestone: surpassing one million people. In the first quarter of this year alone, 5,696 people moved to Nova Scotia from other countries and other parts of Canada, pushing up the province’s population by 2,877. Read More Nova Scotia
The Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP), a program that has attracted more than 10,000 new permanent residents to the four Atlantic Canadian provinces in only a few years, is being made permanent starting on New Year’s Day. “Over the past few years, the Atlantic Immigration Pilot has made an incredible difference in communities across our region,”
The tiny province of Prince Edward Island in Canada’s maritime region is poised to grow its real GDP by three per cent in the coming year after managing roughly four per cent growth this year, according to a TD Economics forecast. COVID-19 public health restrictions in the province were more relaxed than in many other
Newfoundland & Labrador has the highest rate of unemployment of any province in Canada and yet is still facing acute labour shortages in many sectors of its economy and very much looking to immigration to rebuild. “Housing markets have emerged as a bright spot (in Newfoundland & Labrador) after years of underperformance,” wrote economists Beata
Restaurateurs facing extreme labour shortages in Canada as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic are turning to international students and temporary foreign workers to pick up the slack. And the industry’s main lobbying organization wants Ottawa to make it easier to hire immigrants. “Restaurants are key to bringing Canadians back to work, but precarious
A think-tank is giving Ottawa the thumbs up for its success in boosting number of permanent resident arrivals despite the COVID-19 pandemic. “The improvement we’re seeing in permanent resident admissions is encouraging and good news for the economy,” says Iain Reeve, associate director of immigration research at the Conference Board of Canada. “Immigration helps stimulate
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
Nigerian immigration to Canada more than tripled in the five years before the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and a new study shows this “Canada Rush” was driven by a longing for a more prosperous future. In ‘Deconstructing the Canada Rush – A Study on Motivations for Nigerians Emigrating to Canada’, the Africa Polling Institute
Fuelled by immigration, Nova Scotia’s population hit an all-time high in 2020 as the province approved a record number of newcomers in its bid to boost its economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. “While the pandemic has been a challenge, particularly with its impact on the mobility of immigrants, the office of immigration has continued to
Newfoundland & Labrador has expanded its list of in-demand occupations, adding several information and communications technology jobs. Employers in the Atlantic Canadian province can hire foreign nationals and international graduates in the occupations without labour market testing. The In-Demand Occupations list applies to several streams of the Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP). Earlier
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