Express Entry may be an immigration option for royal couple if Meghan were the principal applicant A look at Express Entry as an option for hypothetical candidates with credentials similar to those of Meghan and Harry

Since the news got out that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are stepping back from senior royal duties and making Canada — at least for now— their part-time home, immigration experts have been puzzling over the question: Would the Duke and Duchess of Sussex qualify for Canadian permanent residence?

By Noah Turner

Ontario invites 954 Express Entry candidates with tech experience in draw held January 15 The draw targeted candidates with work experience in 6 tech occupations

Ontario has conducted a Tech Draw on January 15 inviting 954 Express Entry candidates with eligible work experience to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence.

By Alexandra Miekus

Canada’s top tech jobs forecast for 2020 A look at the tech jobs projected to be in high-demand and the skilled-tech workers employers will be hiring this year

The high demand for tech talent in Canada is rolling into 2020 as experts start to predict the sector’s outlook for the new year.

By Shelby Thevenot

David’s Blog | Canadians band together after Tehran plane crash

Fifty-seven Canadians lost their lives after an airplane was shot down outside of Tehran last week.  [Read more…]

By David Cohen

Why does Canada’s federal government launch economic class pilot programs? Since 2012 the federal government’s preferred approach has been to launch pilots rather than introduce permanent programs

Since a 2012 reform to Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), Canada’s immigration minister has had the legal authority to introduce new economic class pilot programs to welcome immigrants that can help address economic and labour force priority areas across the country.

By Kareem El-Assal

Saskatchewan issues 234 invitations in second January selection round A total of 542 invitations have gone out to Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand candidates in four days

The latest two Saskatchewan selection rounds were broken up by only a weekend.

By Shelby Thevenot

Employment gains in December led by Ontario and Quebec; new Labour Force Survey Canada’s economy created 320,000 jobs in the 12 months leading up to December

Ontario and Quebec led the provinces in employment gains last month, according to Statistics Canada’s latest Labour Force Survey.

By CIC News

From refugee to entrepreneur: Peace by Chocolate CEO to become Canadian citizen How a Syrian refugee came to Canada and grew a social enterprise with help from a small Nova Scotia town

Four years ago Tareq Hadhad came to Antigonish, Nova Scotia, as a Syrian refugee, and next week he will officially become a Canadian citizen— something he calls “a great honour.”

By Shelby Thevenot

Saskatchewan invites 308 candidates in latest Express Entry, Occupations In-Demand draw Candidates who had submitted an Expression of Interest to Saskatchewan were invited to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence

Saskatchewan invited 308 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in its latest draw on January 9.

By Shelby Thevenot