Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:42:13 +0000
Canada is now accepting applications to its two new caregiver immigration pilots. The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot replace the Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots and provide eligible caregivers with a pathway to permanent residence once they’ve acquired two years of Canadian work […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:42:13 +0000
Canada will begin accepting applications to its two new caregiver immigration pilots on June 18. The Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots will replace the Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots and provide eligible caregivers with a pathway to permanent residence once they’ve acquired two years […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:47:41 +0000
Canada’s private sector job vacancy rate reached another record in the first three months of 2019 with the highest number of unfilled jobs reported in Quebec, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says in a new update. The federation reports a total of 435,000 jobs sat vacant for at least four months across Canada during […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:40:20 +0000
The employment rate among recent immigrants between the ages of 25 and 54 reached a 12-year high in 2018, The Canadian Press is reporting. The news agency obtained a federal Finance Ministry memo from January that says the employment rate for immigrants in this age group who landed in Canada less than five years prior […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:21:54 +0000
Nova Scotia held a new draw for 312 Express Entry candidates with eligible work experience as early childhood educators and assistants on June 3. The invitations were issued through the Labour Market Priorities Stream, which allows Nova Scotia to search the federal Express Entry pool for candidates with eligible work experience in an occupation that […]
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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 18:08:14 +0000
Canadians will head to the polls in October to elect a new federal government, which could spell changes to Canada’s current immigration policies. Canada’s three major political parties — the governing Liberals, the Conservative Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party (NDP) — are all on the record as being in favour of economic […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 15:00:45 +0000
Canada had a banner April when it comes to employment, posting the largest one month gain in net jobs on record. Employment rose by 107,000 in April, with notable gains in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Prince Edward Island. The unexpected jump in employment far surpassed a widely forecasted increase of 10,000 net jobs and helped […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 21:41:32 +0000
The unemployment rate in Guelph, Ontario, was the lowest in Canada once again last month, maintaining a trend that’s attracting an increasing number of immigrants to the so-called “Royal City.” Located 100 kilometres west of Toronto, the city of nearly 132,000 people had an unemployment rate of just 2.2 per cent last month — the […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:40:10 +0000
Employment in Canada was up by nearly 56,000 in February thanks largely to gains in full-time work in Ontario. Statistics Canada’s monthly Labour Force Survey for February showed Ontario posted a net employment gain of 37,000 for the month. An increase of 59,000 in full-time work offset the loss of 22,000 in part-time work in […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:36:20 +0000
Just over 83 per cent of women in Canada between the ages of 25 to 54 were working or looking for work in 2018, according to a new update from Statistics Canada to mark International Women’s Day on March 8. The 2018 participation rate stands in stark contrast to 1950, when just over 21 per […]
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