2021 census – Thinking Port

How Canadians are celebrating Passover

Credit to Author: Julia Hornstein| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2023 18:00:16 +0000

Canada is proud to be multicultural and the home to newcomers of diverse religious beliefs and backgrounds. Under the Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, Canadians, regardless of their immigration status, are guaranteed freedom of thought, belief, and expression. Similarly, the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the ground of religion, as does […]

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Canada Immigration

How one recent immigration trend is helping boost Canada’s linguistic and cultural diversity

March 21, 2023 admin 2021 census, Asia, Canada, canadian immigration, country of origin, enthnocultural diversity, Europe, linguistic diversity

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:00:12 +0000

A nation once dominated by immigration from Europe, Canada is now seeing a much more diverse range of immigrants come to this country. Whereas as recently as 40 years ago, 61.6% of all Canadian immigrants were born in Europe and just 12.1% of immigrants were born in countries throughout Asia and the Middle East, those […]

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Canada Immigration

Canada remains strongly committed to humanitarianism

February 26, 2023 admin 2021 census, Canada, compassionate grounds, humanitarianism, immigration, immigration levels plan 2023-2025, refugees

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 12:00:35 +0000

Since the 1950s, Canada has been providing foreign aid to less fortunate nations around the world. Beginning with such things as joining the Colombo Plan to support Commonwealth countries throughout Asia (1950) before progressing to the creation of the Canadian International Development Agency (1968) and other such assistance measures, Canada has consistently done significant work […]

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Canada Immigration

IRCC invites Canadians to directly influence future immigration policies and programs

February 24, 2023 admin 2021 canadian census, 2021 census, an immigration system for canada’s future, canada immigration, canada immigration system, census, Government of Canada, immigration, immigration minister, IRCC, permanent residents, PR, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:00:28 +0000

In a press release yesterday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced the start of a new “broad-based engagement” venture called “An Immigration System for Canada’s Future”. With an emphasis on collaboration, this program will set out to utilize collected public opinion and ideation to help Canada create “an immigration system that is strong, easy […]

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Canada Immigration

Why is Canada accepting so many immigrants?

February 21, 2023 admin 2021 census, aging population, Canada, immigration, immigration levels plan 2023-2025, low fertility rate

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:00:18 +0000

As of 2021, “people who were, or had ever been, a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada” — grouped together for simplicity as “immigrants” — represent 23% of this country’s total population, the highest proportion recorded since Confederation in 1867. The highest among all G7 countries, Canada has also now topped its previous record […]

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Canada Immigration

How Canada may benefit from a broader immigrant settlement distribution

February 20, 2023 admin 2021 census, Canada, canada labour market, Economy, immigrant settlement distribution, immigration, PNP, provincial nominee program, statistics canada

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Canada is a country where immigrants have historically settled in three primary locations – Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. In 2021, 29.5% of recent Canadian immigrants — those who came to Canada between 2016 and 2021 — landed in Toronto while 12.2% settled in Montreal and a shade less than that (11.7%) decided to call Vancouver […]

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Canada Immigration

Why does Canada have a Black History Month?

February 9, 2023 admin 2021 census, Anti-Racism, black canadians, Black History Month, Canada, immigration, immigration levels plan

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:00:35 +0000

Black Canadians, and newcomers, have had a significant impact on how Canada has grown as a country. They have done so in the face of historic systemic racism and other obstacles that many non-racialized immigrants are less likely to encounter. To mark the contributions of Black Canadians, the government began to officially recognize February as […]

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Canada Immigration

Age of most recent immigrants signals hopeful future for Canada’s workforce

January 18, 2023 admin 2021 census, Age, aging population, Canada, CRS, Express Entry, immigration, jobs, statistics canada, workforce

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:00:54 +0000

According to Statistics Canada, “the working-age population [in Canada] — persons aged 15 to 64 — has never been older”. What’s happening with Canada’s working population? In fact, more than 20% of people that Canada categorizes as being of working age are between the ages of 55 and 64, which suggests that they are close […]

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Canada Immigration

Three immigration milestones that Canada experienced in 2022

December 29, 2022 admin 2021 census, 2022, Canada, canada immigration milestones, canadian immigration, Express Entry, immigration, immigration levels plan, immigration levels plan 2023-2025, provincial nominee program

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 13:00:22 +0000

Canadian immigration continued to play an integral role in uplifting the national labour force and economy this year. In October, it was reported that Canadian immigrants accounted for around 80% of all labour force growth in this country between 2016 and 2021. This has allowed Canada to “mitigate the impacts of labour shortages in a […]

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Canada Immigration

Over 90% of Canada’s population are citizens

November 14, 2022 admin 2021 census, canadian citizen, citizenship, dual citizenship, francophone immigration, general, naturalization, permanent resident, physical presence requirements, temporary resident

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:00:32 +0000

Statistics Canada recently posted their citizenship insights from the 2021 census data, with key findings around new and future citizens in Canada. Schedule a Free Canadian Citizenship Consultation with the Cohen Immigration Law Firm Canada at a glance The main report on citizenship—” A portrait of citizenship in Canada from the 2021 census”—revealed that out […]

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