Canada Immigration

Effective May 1st, Alberta is lifting restrictions on the hiring of new temporary foreign workers.

Alberta has paused its Alberta Opportunity Stream to realign its immigration focus towards sectors with labor shortages, including healthcare and technology. This strategic move aims to optimize the province's workforce by prioritizing critical areas.

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has updated its policy regarding the collection of biometrics for permanent resident applicants.

In 2022, Canada admitted a record of 551,405 international students from 184 countries and as the end of 2022; there were 807,750 international students with valid study permits in Canada.

Canada's immigration system is entering a new era where the provinces want to have even more control than the federal government.

The newly released Express Entry Year-End report for 2023 reveals a significant increase in the number of Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) distributed 110,266 ITAs across 42 draws in 2023, marking a 136% rise from 2022’s 46,539 ITAs.

Record breaking admission in all classes in 2021

The Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024 had targets of over 451,000 new permanent residents by the end of 2024 and nearly 432,000 for 2022.

This a primer for new Canadian PRs containing answers to a few of the most common questions about healthcare in Canada.

Here is how to determine if you can apply for Canadian citizenship.

Over 85% of Canadian immigrants become citizens, one of the highest rates in the world.

The benefits of Canadian citizenship include being able to live permanently in one of the world’s most peaceful and economically, socially, and politically stable societies, enjoying one of the world’s most powerful passports, and having the right to vote, among a host of other advantages.

Although all-program Express Entry draws could resume in two weeks, it may not be the end of PNP draws forever. Before the pandemic, IRCC occasionally held PNP-only draws. IRCC sees the PNP as paramount to supporting the economic development regions across Canada

IRCC updates timeline for online citizenship application access.

The following table outlines how average hourly wages have changed for salaried employees in each province between December 2022 and February 2023.

Some in-demand occupation categories experienced increases in offered wages even higher than the national average, including:

British Columbia has introduced new guidelines that will cap international student enrollment at public Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs) to 30% of total enrollment. Private DLIs are exempt from this cap.

In the face of a severe shortage of registered nurses, British Columbia and Ontario are working to remove obstacles for internationally educated nurses.

British Columbia invited immigration candidates in four targeted draws under its Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)

126 skilled workers and international graduates with a minimum score of 85 points through the BC PNP Tech stream.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has held its first Express Entry round of invitations in over a month.

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has invited candidates in the most recent Express Entry draw.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has announced a new temporary measure aimed at alleviating Canada's historic labour shortages. Fraser says this will allow over 500,000 international students already in Canada to potentially work more hours.

IRCC has also launched a new website to allow the public to track the immigration backlog.