Three Ontario communities selected for new Regional Immigration Pilot

The Ontario communities of Chatham-Kent, Cornwall and Belleville/Quinte West have been selected to participate in the province’s new Regional Immigration Pilot, which will launch in 2020.

By CIC News

Immigration helped drive record population growth in third quarter of 2019

The largest recorded surge in Canada’s population growth took place in the third quarter of 2019.

By Shelby Thevenot

Minimum CRS score decreases in latest Express Entry draw

The Government of Canada issued 3,200 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to Express Entry candidates in a draw held December 19. 

By Stephen Smith

David’s Blog | A victory for common sense

The story of Redwan and Shuruvi Mozumder stands as a good example of an originally unimpeachable immigration decision that later went off the rails.  [Read more…]

By David Cohen

Ontario wants to double nominations for permanent residence by 2022

Ontario is looking to double the number of immigration candidates it can nominate for Canadian permanent residence through Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program. 

By Stephen Smith

Brandon, Manitoba, launches Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot

The city of Brandon, Manitoba, is the latest Canadian community to launch its local component of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. 

By CIC News

Canadian work experience and education boosts immigrant earning potential; study

Prior Canadian work experience makes a big difference to the entry-level wages that new immigrants earn, a Statistics Canada study shows.

By Shelby Thevenot

Liberals outline Canada’s immigration priorities in new Mandate Letter

Managing the arrival of more than a million new permanent residents and creating a new Municipal Nominee Program are among the tasks Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has assigned to his new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marco Mendicino.

By Kareem El-Assal

How to improve Canada’s Parents and Grandparents immigration program in 2020

January has typically marked the opening of the window for immigrants to express their interest in sponsoring family under Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program, or PGP.

By Kareem El-Assal