Quebec, Alberta led provinces in employment last month Canada’s unemployment rate reached a record low in November, according to Statistics Canada’s monthly Labour Force Survey. The unemployment rate, which Statistics Canada defines as the number of unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, dropped to 5.6 per cent last month — a number […]
Immigration to Canada is on the rise, despite Quebec’s move this week to cut back Immigration to Canada remains on the rise at both the provincial and federal level, despite a move this week by the province of Quebec to reduce the number of newcomers it will welcome next year. Nationally, the Government of Canada […]
Minimum score drops 4 points in November 28 draw A new Express Entry draw held November 28 has now pushed Canada ahead of the number of invitations issued at this same point in 2017 — a year that set the current Express Entry invitation record of 86,023. Today’s draw issued 3,900 invitations to apply for Canadian […]
Finance, soft tech, high order business services posted impressive job gains between 2006 and 2016 The area of Southern Ontario that includes Toronto is experiencing a dramatic economic shift that has produced a “hyper-concentration” of knowledge-economy jobs in and around downtown Toronto, a new study reveals. The study by the Neptis Foundation, a think tank dedicated […]
Human Capital Priorities Stream has now issued 3,719 invitations in 2018 Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities Stream issued 185 invitations in a draw held November 26 — the popular Express Entry-linked stream’s first invitations since August 9. The Human Capital Priorities Stream allows the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) to search the federal Express Entry pool for candidates who meet […]
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Waterloo were responsible 63% of Canada’s high-tech job growth When it comes to tech talent, Toronto is still king, but a new study shows cities across Canada are also proving competitive. The new 2018 Scoring Canadian Tech Talent report ranked cities like Hamilton, Quebec City, and Halifax among Canada’s top 10 […]
Most Canadians don’t see immigration as a national problem compared to economy, climate change and health care A majority of Canadians continue to hold a positive attitude toward immigration despite the increasing politicization of the issue, a new opinion survey shows. Conducted by the Environics Institute in October, the survey of 2,000 Canadians found only […]
More than 95% of nominations went to Express Entry candidates The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program has reached its 2018 provincial nomination allocation, with 6,600 nominations issued to successful applicants across various streams. The province says it will continue to accept and consider new applications for a provincial nomination, and those that have already been submitted, […]
Express Entry streams among those in Ontario, PEI, BC and Saskatchewan that set new year-to-date invitation records Four new 2018 records have been set in October for the most invitations issued so far this year through provincial immigration streams in Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Ontario and British Columbia. Many of the streams involved are linked […]
Canadian Federation of Independent Business says greatest shortages reported in B.C., Quebec and Ontario A record 47 per cent of small Canadian businesses report that they are experiencing a shortage of skilled labour, a monthly survey conducted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has found. The findings in the Canadian Federation of Independent Business […]