142 candidates invited by BC PNP in the new round of invitations On April 9, 2019, British Columbia issued new invitations to apply to the candidates under Express Entry British Columbia and Skilled Immigrant categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) program....
U.S. employers say Canada’s immigration policies are better About two-thirds of U.S. employers see Canada’s immigration policies as more favourable than American. “Canada has been using friendly immigration policies as one of its key tools to aggressively attract tech companies,” said the 2019 Immigration Trends...
Ontario invited new candidates in the Entrepreneur Stream On April 5, 2019, Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) issued 22 Invitations to Apply to the eligible candidates under the Entrepreneur Stream. The minimum score of this round was 112. This is 3 points lower than in...
SINP's In-Demand Occupation List was revised On April 4, 2019, the province of Saskatchewan has revised its In-Demand list of occupations. The updated list consists of 24 occupations. 13 professions of them have been added compared to the version of the In-Demand list published on...
Manitoba sent invitations to 595 candidates On March 28, 2019, there was a new Expression of Interests draw in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP). This round was 62nd since the beginning of the program. In the Skilled Workers in Manitoba stream, the province issued 262...
British Columbia holds a new round of invitations in the Tech Pilot On April 2, 2019, British Columbia has issued invitations to apply to the candidates in the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) Tech Pilot. The Tech Pilot is designed for 29 key...
Minimum wage increased in New Brunswick On April 1, 2019, the minimum wage in New Brunswick was increased to $11.50 per hour. “Our government is committed to providing predictable increases to the minimum wage to help both employers and employees in our province,” said Post-Secondary...
Canada invited 10,878 candidates in March 2019 In March, Canada invited 6,700 candidates under Federal immigration programs served by the Express Entry system. Another 4,178 candidates received an invitation to apply for a permanent residence through the Provincial Nominee Programs. In total, 10,878 people became...
2019 Inventory of MPNP consist of 1,854 profiles of Skilled Workers As of March 1, 2019, there were 1,845 profiles of Skilled Workers in the Inventory of Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. 1,082 were submitted in January and 772 in February. All those profiles received a...
Immigration expected to keep Alberta's workforce strong for decades There have been plenty of warnings about the looming impacts of Canada's ageing labour force, but a new report suggests the working population in Alberta will remain relatively young — and become increasingly diverse — in the...