ANALYSIS: This will be the first Immigration Levels Plan announcement since October 2020. It will be announced by February 14, 2022. The Canadian government will provide a major update by February when it announces its Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024.   The announcement will contain Canada’s immigration targets for this year, and the next two years, as well […]

443 invited in Manitoba’s first PNP draw of the year. Manitoba has started off the year inviting 443 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination.   The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) invited candidates across three Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). Here are the number of invitations issued for each program, plus the minimum score cutoff according to the […]

Canada is open to fully vaccinated tourists. You may be able to visit Canada with a criminal record as long as you prepare ahead of time. Although the coronavirus pandemic has entered its third calendar year, tourism to Canada is set to rebound in 2022. Unlike in 2020 and 2021, Canada is now open to […]

Essential travellers must be fully vaccinated to cross the border. Unvaccinated Canadians may face quarantine measures. Travellers to Canada will now have to be fully vaccinated in order to enter to country. Some exempt travellers may still enter, but will be subject to testing, quarantine and other public health measures.   Canada already required non-essential travellers from […]

Alberta creates new immigration program for tech workers. Alberta is introducing a new fast-track immigration program for tech workers.   Alberta’s immigration minister, Tyler Shandro, announced the Accelerated Tech Pathway on January 13. The province had already began accepting applications to the new program in December. In order to be eligible, tech professionals need to have […]

Ontario has made room for 6,000 health care workers to fill labour shortages by the end of March. Ontario wants thousands of internationally trained nurses to come work in the province’s hospitals by March 31.   Ontario is sending about 300 of these nurses to 50 high-need hospitals in the province. They will care for […]

104 invited in Saskatchewan’s newest PNP draw for Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand candidates. Saskatchewan invited 104 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination on January 12.   In its first draw of the year, the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) invited candidates to apply through two of its immigration streams. Of those invited, 37 may be […]

Saskatchewan recorded the highest job growth rate in all of Canada in December. The latest figures show that job growth is up across the country with Saskatchewan faring particularly well among Canadian provinces. Saskatchewan recorded the highest month-over-month job growth rate among Canadian provinces, according to the December Labour Force Survey. Saskatchewan gained 6,000 jobs in […]

Nurses, bankers, and food service managers were among the 18 occupations targeted in Ontario’s latest PNP draw. In its second draw in two days, Ontario invited 502 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination on January 12.   Invited candidates had profiles in the Express Entry system with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores between 464 and 467. In […]

The BC PNP is designed to attract foreign workers in high demand and who want to become permanent residents. British Columbia invited 232 immigration candidates through Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draws held on January 11. The province held two draws through the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) and invited candidates from the Skills Immigration (SI) and Express Entry BC (EEBC) streams. […]