Ontario plans to welcome 100 immigrants over the next two years under a program for foreign entrepreneurs. Candidates who apply under the the Entrepreneur Stream of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) will be eligible for nomination for permanent residence once their business has been operating in Ontario for 18 to 20 months. The condition is that they must […]
361 invitations issued in March 21 draw, bringing 2019 Skilled Trades Stream total to 732 The province of Ontario has issued new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence to Express Entry candidates through its Skilled Trades Stream. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued 361 invitations in the March 21 draw […]
OINP says it will reopen stream once technical issue is ‘fully addressed’ More than 300 immigration candidates managed to register successfully in the recent opening of Ontario’s Masters Graduate Stream before a technical error brought it to a premature end. In an updated published March 19, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) said 333 people […]
Allocation of 6,900 nominations Ontario’s largest yet through Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program Ontario will be able to nominate 6,900 immigration candidates for Canadian permanent residence through its immigrant nominee program in 2019. Ontario is Canada’s most populous province and remains the destination of choice for the majority of immigrants to Canada each year. Canada’s Provincial Nominee […]
OINP says it is investigating glitch that forced it to close March 5 intake The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program says it will reopen its Masters Graduate Stream to new registrations “as soon as possible” after a technical issue forced it to close on March 5. In an update published March 7, the OINP said they […]
Nearly half of all nominees were in Canada’s Express Entry pool and a quarter were high-tech workers Ontario issued 6,850 nominations for Canadian permanent residence in 2018 with nearly half going to candidates in the federal Express Entry system, a new report by the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program shows. Known as the OINP, the program allows […]
Express Entry candidates with scores as low as 439 invited to apply Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities Stream got the new year off to a big start this week, issuing 1,493 invitations to Express Entry candidates with ranking scores as low as 439. The Human Capital Priorities Stream allows the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) to search the federal […]
Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia reported the largest year-over-year increases Job vacancies increased in every Canadian province in the third quarter of 2018, according to a new report by Statistics Canada. Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia reported the largest year-over-year increases during the three-month period spanning July 1 to September 30, 2018. Statistics Canada said […]
Canada’s 2018 unemployment rate of 5.6 per cent was lowest since 1976 Ontario led Canada’s provinces and territories in net employment gains in 2018 — a year that saw Canada’s unemployment rate reach its lowest point since 1976. The number of people employed in Ontario grew by 78,000 over the course of 2018, all of […]
The French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream has now issued 1,609 invitations in 2018 Regular invitation rounds through Ontario’s Express Entry-linked French Speaking Skilled Worker Stream continue this month, with 13 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence issued on December 13. The invitations followed 45 that were issued December 6 and bring the […]