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Canada Immigration 

Record immigration drives Nova Scotia’s population to all-time high

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:39:36 +0000

Nova Scotia is seeing record-breaking population growth thanks to immigrants and interprovincial migrants. Statistics Canada estimates show the Atlantic Province’s population grew by 12,339 residents between October 1, 2018 and October 1, 2019. This includes 7,165 immigrants who came to Nova Scotia during this 12-month stretch. This growth of 1.28 per cent is the province’s […]

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Immigration helped drive record population growth in third quarter of 2019

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:15:28 +0000

The largest recorded surge in Canada’s population growth took place in the third quarter of 2019. On October 1, Canada’s population was estimated at 37,797,496, which Statistics Canada reports was an increase of 208,234 from July 1. It was the first time Canada’s population has increased by more than 200,000 in a single quarter. This […]

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Canadian work experience and education boosts immigrant earning potential; study

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:32:46 +0000

Prior Canadian work experience makes a big difference to the entry-level wages that new immigrants earn, a Statistics Canada study shows. The report looking at outcomes for permanent residents who were admitted to Canada in 2016 found that those with prior work experience in Canada had the highest median entry wages of those studied after […]

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Children of immigrants do better in school but many fall short in labour market: study

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:10:39 +0000

The children of immigrants are helping increase the general level of education in Canada, a new study shows. A Statistics Canada study of the 10-year outcomes of children who were aged 13 to 17 in 2006 found that the children of immigrants were better educated than those with Canadian-born parents. “In Canada, contrary to several […]

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Big rise in hate crimes in Canada last year

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Credit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:17:17 +0000

Police-reported hate crimes increase, with almost half motivated by race or ethnicity Although hate crime in Canada has been on a slow rise since 2014, last year it saw a sharp increase — Statistics Canada says police-reported hate crime in Canada in 2017 was up 47 per cent over 2016. In terms of actual incidents, police reported 2,073 hate […]

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