Claresholm, Population 3,800, Receives 5,000 Applications For Rural & Northern Immigration Pilot

Claresholm, Population 3,800, Receives 5,000 Applications For Rural & Northern Immigration Pilot
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
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Claresholm Launches Community Website For Rural & Northern Immigration Pilot

Claresholm Launches Community Website For Rural & Northern Immigration Pilot
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
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Canada Welcomed Modern-Era Record Of More Than 341,000 Immigrants In 2019

Canada Welcomed Modern-Era Record Of More Than 341,000 Immigrants In 2019
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
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Alberta Facing ‘Two Years of Tough Times,’ Conference Board of Canada Says

In January, the Conference Board of Canada warned that Alberta could slip into recession and today, opinion regarding the province’s economy remains unchanged. Speaking to the board’s Western Business Outlook event on Tuesday in Edmonton, the conference board chief economist Glen Hodgson said, “My fear is that the forecast is still a little bit too
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Alberta Criticized for Using Secret List to Assess TFW Applicants(Audio)

Alberta’s nominee program has been criticized for its lack of transparency while choosing temporary foreign workers who would be allowed to stay in Canada permanently. The province had used a confidential list of 34 occupations last year to determine which workers will stay on. According to Clarizze Truscott of the Temporary Foreign Workers Support Coalition,
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Critics Demand More Transparency Around New Temporary Foreign Worker Measures(Audio)

Due to one-time bridging measures quietly rolled out this week, only a small fraction of temporary foreign workers in Alberta will qualify for an extended stay in Canada, the federal government says. A lack of clarity is causing heightened anxiety among the thousands of vulnerable workers that want to find a solution before the looming
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Canada’s Job Market Battles Uncertainty

Canada’s job market is expected to see a flat growth rate, with oil companies shedding jobs as other sectors create new ones. The layoffs in the oil sector are going to significantly impact the unemployment rate in the province, say experts. The Canadian economy has been nearing recession in Alberta due to collapsing prices of
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Alberta to Face Critical Labor Shortage Due to Changes in Temporary Foreign Workers Program

Experts have warned that Alberta, which accounts for 26% of the country’s employment growth, may face a shortage of up to 96,000 workers by 2023 due to the changes introduced in the Temporary Foreign Workers Program in June 2014. Alberta’s unemployment rate stands at just 4.7% and it even has 100,000 workers from other provinces.
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Alberta Job Vacancy Rate the Highest in Canada

Alberta had the highest rate of unfilled jobs in the country in the third quarter of this year, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. In a new report, the group said 66,700 positions in the private sector were unfilled in the quarter, for a job vacancy rate of 3.9 per cent. Saskatchewan’s vacancy
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Alberta Wants Ottawa to Lift Cap on Number of Immigrants Nominated for Permanent Jobs

Alberta wants the federal government to allow nomination of a greater number of economic immigrants for permanent residence so it can better meet its growing labour needs. According to Jobs Minister Ric McIver, the province has sent a letter to federal Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. “I would like the federal government to take
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