Category Archives: Announcements

Fraser knows there are a lot of challenges ahead of him, but sees an opportunity to make a positive difference on Canada’s immigration system. Source: CIC News Sean Fraser knows he has a lot of hard work ahead of him. In his first major interviews as Canadian immigration minister, Fraser spoke with Shelly Hagan of […]

Food service workers can now apply to Nova Scotia’s Occupations in Demand PNP. Source: CIC News Nova Scotia is now accepting immigration applications from food service workers through its Occupations in Demand stream. The pandemic hit the restaurant industry hard. As such, Canada has been experiencing labour shortages in food services. Nova Scotia is no […]

Canada ranked first place for governance, people, and immigration and investment in Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index 2021. Source: CIC News For the first time ever, Canada has moved up to second place on the Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index 2021, thanks to top marks in immigration and investment, and other categories. The Nation Brands Index measures […]

The backlog has grown by almost 350,000 more applications since July. Source: CIC News IRCC’s backlog stands at almost 1.8 million immigration applications. CIC News has received data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) showing the following number of applications in IRCC’s inventory as of October 27, 2021 (figures are rounded): 548,000 permanent residence […]

International students, temporary foreign workers, and other exempt travellers will soon need to be fully vaccinated in order to come to Canada. Source: CIC News Canada announced several new measures at the border that will begin to take effect at the end of the month. Starting November 30, Canada will expand the list of COVID-19 […]

The majority of Canadians support current immigration levels, believe that immigrants are beneficial for the economy and play an important role in the growth of the country’s population. Source: CIC News Despite the pandemic, the majority of Canadians continue to hold positive views on key aspects of immigration, a new Environics Institute survey has found. […]

Permanent migration to OECD countries fell by more than 30 percent in 2020 to reach its lowest level since 2003. Source: CIC News The COVID-19 crisis led to the largest-ever decline in immigration to OECD countries, including Canada. This finding was presented by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in its annual report […]

Canada is yet to issue Express Entry invitations to FSWP candidates in 2021. Source: CIC News With just two months remaining in the year, it remains uncertain if IRCC will resume invitations to FSWP candidates in 2021. In an October 21st meeting between Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and associations representing Canadian immigration lawyers […]

Changes are being put in place to allow more temporary foreign workers in the restaurant, hotel, retail and food processing sectors in Quebec. Source: CIC News Following consultations with labour market partners, Quebec has added over 30 new occupations that will be eligible for facilitated processing under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. The list of […]