Canada’s federal minimum wage in early April increased from $15.55 to $16.65. In addition to this federal-level increase, minimum wage rates will also increase on a regional level in more than half of Canada’s provinces. These anticipated minimum wage increases will take effect on October 1, 2023, and will be […]

Canada to have the second highest real GDP growth in 2023 and 2024 among the G7 countries according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Canada is expected to have the second-highest growth in Real GDP (Gross Domestic Product) over the next two years. Indicators of a country’s economic health are […]

Healthcare authorities recruited healthcare professionals overseas to address a severe labor shortage last year, resulting in increased immigration from internationally-trained nurses, orderlies, and other healthcare workers.  According to the latest data, 2,595 new permanent residents came to fill healthcare openings through the Express Entry system last year, up 28.1% from […]

The Canadian farming industry is facing a significant challenge – approximately 40% of farmers in Canada are expected to retire within the next ten years and Canada will require to replace retiring farmers, with 66 percent of them needing a succession plan. This means the country will soon face a […]

On April 18, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated the data on immigration inventories and backlogs. According to the last update, there were 2,017,700 applications for permanent residence, temporary residence, and citizenship approvals in all IRCC inventories. According to the update, 44.4% of applications in the inventory exceeded […]

The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) has the potential to become a permanent immigration program. According to Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the RNIP has been an enormous success, and communities that participate in the program want to bring more people in through the […]

Funding for accommodations and temporary healthcare coverage for asylum seekers and refugees in 2023 will increase significantly. It is anticipated that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will spend one billion dollars in the upcoming fiscal year, including $530 million, to provide asylum seekers with short-term accommodations.  In addition, the […]

Tech workers struggling to obtain a work permit in the US change their direction and immigrate to Canada over the US. Highly skilled tech workers prefer Canada over the US as they can apply for permanent residency in this country and are free to change jobs and work for any […]

Canadian taxpayers might have to pay at least $60 million in a decade if the U.S.-Canada border were closed to asylum seekers. The expense of the Mounties stepping up “challenging” enforcement actions aren’t taken into consideration in that analysis. Ottawa and Washington expanded a bilateral agreement in March to turn […]

According to the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data, immigration to Canada increased by nearly 40% in the first two months of 2023 compared to the same period last year.  Canada admitted 100,430 new permanent residents in January and February 2023 – a dramatic increase from 72,815 permanent residents […]