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The long-awaited re-opening of the Canada-U.S. border is now only three weeks away – with Ottawa planning to allow fully-vaccinated Americans and permanent residents into the country starting Aug. 9. “Thanks to the incredible progress that Canadians have made in our fight against the pandemic, we are now able to take the next step in
Canada immigration numbers dropped off slightly in April, with 21,105 new permanent resident arrivals, although it remained the fourth-highest monthly total since COVID-19 travel restrictions were imposed. The latest federal government figures show Canada welcomed 91,580 newcomers in the first four months of the year, compared to just over 73,240 in 2020 – a solid
Canada has announced plans to end the mandatory 14-day quarantine for fully vaccinated citizens and permanent residents returning from abroad. In an announcement Wednesday, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said negative COVID-19 tests would still be required. The easing of restrictions is set to begin in early July, although only if cases continue to drop and
Canada immigration numbers remained high in March, with 22,425 new permanent resident arrivals, the third-highest monthly total since COVID-19 travel restrictions were imposed. The latest federal government figures show Canada welcomed 70,500 newcomers in the first three months of the year, compared to just over 69,000 in 2020 – a solid start on its way
Quebec started accepting applications for its collective sponsorship program for refugees abroad this week and will continue to accept them through its Arrima online platform for the next four weeks. In this first intake period under the program this year, only groups of two to five Quebec citizens or permanent residents can sponsor these refugees.
Refugees fleeing ISIS terrorists – and especially the much-persecuted Yazidis – are being helped by Canada’s immigration department under a new policy expected to help more of them come here as permanent residents. “Having survived abuse, torture and even genocide at the hands of Daesh (the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and
Canada has confirmed January was a record month for immigration since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, with 24,665 new permanent resident admissions. The figure is 2,000 short of the one given by Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino in a February Bloomberg interview, but is still the newest immigrants welcomed since February 2020. Canada first imposed
Canada welcomed 26,600 new permanent residents in January, the most since before the coronavirus crisis began, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said in an interview with Bloomberg. Mendicino added that the number of newcomers admitted up to the middle of February is 40 percent ahead of where Canada needs to be to hit its 2021 target
Tough new restrictions on international travel during the second, harsher wave of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed immigration to Canada down to its lowest level since April last year in December. The 10,795 newcomers welcomed in the last month of 2020 brought the total for the year to 184,370, down 46 percent on the 341,175 new
An explosion in the number of permanent residents getting their Canadian citizenship is likely to hit Canada later this year or early next year, says Robert Falconer, a research associate at the School of Public Policy of the University of Calgary. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada data shows just how much the COVID-19 pandemic has
