Chris GribbleCanada’s government proposing new affordability measures
Canada’s Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, has tabled a new bill with the House of Commons to improve affordability in Canada. Bill C-56, the Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, has two…
Ontario Targets Family Doctors And Nurses With 1,696 Canada Express Entry Immigration Invitations
Ontario has conducted a new draw through its Express Entry Human Capital Priorities stream, issuing 1,696 invitations targeting family doctors and nurses for Canada immigration. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program…
British Columbia Issues At Least 205 Canada Immigration Invitations In New PNP Draw
British Columbia has issued at least 205 invitations in new draws through multiple streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The September 26 draws were targeted at specific occupations.…
Canada Targets Farming And Food Occupations With 600 Express Entry ITAs
Canada has issued 600 Invitations to Apply to in a first Express Entry draw aimed at agriculture and agri-food occupations. The September 28 draw, the third this week, featured a minimum Comprehensive…
Parental education and income have positive effect on educational attainment of childhood immigrants
A recent Statistics Canada study examined the effect of mother and father’s education on the likelihood of a childhood immigrant completing post-secondary education. Further, the study determined whether there was…
Newcomer access to credit in Canada improves over time, according to new study
Credit invisibility occurs when an individual’s credit history is too short for a reporting agency to calculate a credit score, or they lack enough information to calculate “the most” accurate…
IRCC to introduce new automated tools for faster PGWP and work permit extension processing
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced the introduction of new automated tools to assist processing of Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) and work permit extensions. Currently, not much is…
Canadian Population Grows At Fastest Rate Since 1957 Due To Immigration And Temporary Residents
Immigrants, temporary foreign workers and international students are driving some of the fastest population growth among the G7 countries and the fastest growth Canada has seen since 1957, reports Statistics…