On August 20, the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) issued 602 provincial nomination invitations to high-earning and high-scoring candidates. These invitations were issued under the province’s “innovate” objective, which…
Your great-grandmother was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, in 1898. The parish priest recorded her baptism four days later, in a leather-bound register, in French. No one ever issued her a…
Every international student enrolled at a major Ontario university must pay at least $156 more for compulsory health insurance, effective September 1, 2026. A family of three must pay $468…
Between 1860 and 1900, an estimated 31,000 French Canadians moved to Lowell in Massachusetts. They moved from the Canadian province of Quebec to find work in the textile mills in…
Employers with several small work locations can now hire more temporary foreign workers, under new rules introduced by the Canadian federal government. Through an update to the government webpage on…
The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) has received 1,000 additional nomination spaces for 2026, which will be used to support foreign nationals in care-related occupations, construction trades, and high-earning/scoring…
You have a document for every generation, from your Canadian ancestor down to you. What you may not know is that IRCC counts some of them for far more than…
On August 19, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated its temporary residence processing estimates, with increases seen in almost every category. The standout changes were for U.S. super visa…
Chris Gribble