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Ontario led the way in employment gains in August

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 13:35:50 +0000

Employment in Canada increased significantly in August largely as a result of gains in part-time work, Statistics Canada is reporting. Five Canadian provinces saw employment gains while the rest of the country held steady, according to the StatsCan Labour Force Survey, and three industrial sectors benefitted from significant increases. Ontario: part-time work in wholesale and […]

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Pilot exempting certain family members from lifetime sponsorship ban now in effect

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:04:48 +0000

A new two-year pilot begins today that will allow sponsorship applications for certain family members who would normally be banned from obtaining permanent residence under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.  The pilot concerns non-accompanying family members who were not examined and in some cases were not even declared when a foreign national applied for […]

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Nova Scotia billboards aim to ‘set the record straight’ on immigration

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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:38:51 +0000

New billboards around Halifax, Nova Scotia, are touting the benefits of immigration and international students in a bid to “get the facts out and set the record straight,” the city’s chamber of commerce says.  The initiative comes just two weeks after billboards reading “Say NO to mass immigration” appeared in Halifax, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and […]

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Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto among top 10 most ‘liveable’ cities in the world

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:50:13 +0000

Three of Canada’s biggest cities are among the 10 most liveable in the world, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit Global Liveability Index. Calgary, Alberta, was the highest-ranked Canadian city on the annual index, placing fifth out of the 140 cities surveyed. Vancouver and Toronto held on to their rankings from last year, ranking […]

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Canada is making it easier for Senegal and Morocco students to come and study

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:08:21 +0000

Students from Senegal and Morocco who wish to study in Canada will soon have access to a fast-track study permit processing program. The Student Direct Stream (SDS) allows eligible students to apply for a study permit online. The processing time for most SDS applications is 20 days, though some may take longer. On Sept. 9, […]

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Canada issues 3,600 invitations to apply for permanent residence in new Express Entry draw

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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:02:02 +0000

Invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence have been issued to 3,600 Express Entry candidates in a new draw held by the Government of Canada on September 4. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in today’s invitation round was 463, an increase of six points over the previous draw on August 20. The Express […]

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Why We Need an Ontario Regional Immigration Strategy

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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 13:46:46 +0000

In 2018, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) welcomed 106,000 new permanent residents. In other words, the GTA welcomed more immigrants than Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the four Atlantic provinces combined. Immigration to the GTA is not slowing down as the region has already welcomed nearly 60,000 immigrants in the first half of 2019—significantly more immigrants […]

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Manitoba immigrants curbing hunger one pizza slice at a time

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:07:54 +0000

Each sticky note on the wall of SFC Pizzeria in Winnipeg, Manitoba, symbolizes a meal for someone in need. Vikas Sanger and Shivani Sanger are immigrants from New Delhi, India. Shivani works as a dental hygienist and Vikas owns the restaurant where he got the idea for the “Pay It Forward Pizza Program.” Vikas came […]

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Ontario must encourage immigration outside the Greater Toronto Area, new study says

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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:03:00 +0000

Ontario must identify new ways of ensuring more immigrants settle outside the Greater Toronto Area in order to guarantee more balanced population growth across the province and maintain a “high quality of life” for all its residents in the coming years, a new Conference Board of Canada study shows. The Greater Toronto Area, or GTA, […]

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Alberta issues 121 invitations to Express Entry candidates

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:38:59 +0000

Immigration candidates with a profile in Canada’s Express Entry system were the focus of new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence from the province of Alberta. Alberta issued 121 Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to Express Entry stream candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores as low as 400 in its […]

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