New caregiver pilot programs to provide home care workers with PR status on arrival in Canada

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 21:51:34 +0000

As the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot come to a close in June 2024, Immigration Minister Marc Miller, has announced new, enhanced caregiver pilots. 

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Celebrating newcomers with Welcoming Week in Canada

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:00:22 +0000

From September 8-17, Canada is celebrating #Welcomingweek to encourage Canadians to welcome newcomers and help them settle in their new home. Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says welcoming week is an annual event that presents an opportunity to recognize and celebrate newcomers and help everyone feel like they belong in their community, regardless of […]

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Canada’s population reaches 40 million, driven by immigration

Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:41:37 +0000

There are now 40 million Canadians says Statistics Canada’s population clock, which presents growth in real time based on a number of factors such as recent trends for births, deaths and migration data.

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Significant Benefit Work Permits: Understanding the LMIA exemption

Credit to Author: Steven Meurrens| Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 23:13:49 +0000

On December 15, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated its Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exemption codes. An LMIA is an opinion from Service Canada that the entry of a foreign worker will have a positive or neutral impact on the Canadian labour market.

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IRCC’s #ImmigrationMatters campaign highlights the benefits of immigration

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:00:48 +0000

Each year in September Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) runs its #ImmigrationMatters campaign to raise awareness about all the ways immigration enriches Canada. Also called #WelcomingWeek2022, IRCC runs this campaign both to educate Canadians on why immigration is so important, as well as make potential newcomers aware of all they have to gain by […]

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