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“When you are rejected from job after job, simply because you don’t have Canadian experience, one starts to lose faith in the system. And one starts to lose confidence.”

The requirement for Canadian experience refers to the preference that some employers have for candidates who have worked for a Canadian employer before.

There is growing concern, especially as Canadian governments boost efforts to target immigration levels to meet needs for key work sectors like health care and housing, that this...

An affordability crisis is putting the Canadian dream at risk for immigrants, according to a new Leger poll done exclusively for OMNI News.   

The survey finds two-in-five (42 per cent) immigrant households are struggling to make ends meet, with the number increasing to 54 per cent when surveying those who moved to Canada within the last five years. 

Francophone immigration plays an important role in the development and prosperity of Francophone communities outside Quebec. Canada therefore intends to increase its efforts to welcome more Francophone immigrants in these communities. 

On November 8th, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced nearly $85,000 in financial assistance for the Université de l’Ontario français, which will support the implementation of the Observatoire en immigration...

An economic update from the Royal Bank of Canada says the federal government is doing the right thing in keeping immigration levels unchanged from its previous targets, but adds that in the long term, more newcomers will be needed to stabilize the age structure of the country and keep the economy rolling.

The bank notes that the government is responding in part to the ongoing infrastructure crisis, which has resulted in housing shortages across the country, and spikes in real estate and rental...

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is committed to providing world-class support through Settlement and Resettlement Assistance Programs, making Canada an international leader in settlement and integration. CFP 2024 reflects the commitment to effective, efficient, and flexible programs, aligning with priorities identified through cross-country consultations.

The national Call for Proposals (CFP) for 2024 aims to allocate funding to settlement and resettlement service providers...

On November 1st, Canada announced that it would be keeping immigration levels constant, hoping to welcome roughly 500,000 immigrants a year, in 2025 and 2026.

While Canada’s current immigration levels are already at record-breaking highs, a recent report from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) suggests that immigration levels will likely need to rise again soon; further stating that Canada’s immigration rates, as they currently stand, will simply not be enough to uphold the country’s population and...

Canada is set to welcome nearly 1.5 million new permanent residents over the next three years, according to the new targets recently announced by Immigration Minister Marc Miller.

Canada does not foresee a cut to immigration levels and plans to hold its target of annual newcomers steady at 500,000 people starting in 2026, according to plans tabled in Parliament by Miller. A closer look at the data and breakdown by category can give an idea of who these new immigrants headed to Canada will be.

Every year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) engages with a broad range of stakeholders from across the country to inform the development of its Immigration Levels Plan, a projection of how many permanent residents Canada will welcome under the economic, family, and refugee and humanitarian programs. This multi-year plan sets out firm targets and ranges for the first year, and notional targets for the second and third years.

For the 2024–2026 Immigration Levels Plan, IRCC...

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada is to raise immigration targets for francophones from other countries hoping to settle in Canada outside of the province of Quebec.

“Ottawa is planning to increase the target for francophone immigration outside of Quebec,” Miller tweeted.

The move comes as francophone immigration to Canada is already increasing.

The latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals francophone immigration to the country outside of Quebec more...

Immigration Minister Marc Miller has announced new rules aimed at protecting international students from fraud, following an investigation this summer into more than 100 cases involving fake admission letters.

The immigration department launched a task force in June to investigate a scheme that dates back to 2017, which saw immigration agents issue fake acceptance letters to get international students into Canada.

Of the 103 cases reviewed so far, roughly 40 per cent of students appeared to be in...