Canada labour market | É«ºüÈë¿Ú The Voice of Canadian Immigration Wed, 24 Jan 2024 20:34:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 /wp-content/uploads/2020/08/favicon-1.png Canada labour market | É«ºüÈë¿Ú 32 32 Canada extending international student off-campus work hours policy until April 2024 /2023/12/canada-extending-international-student-off-campus-work-hours-policy-until-april-2024-1241764.html Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:00:32 +0000 /?p=41764 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced that they will be extending a policy that allows certain international students to work beyond the usual 20-hour-per-week limit imposed on off-campus employment outside of scheduled academic breaks. In response to growing labour shortages across Canada, the country’s immigration department implemented a temporary policy in 2022, allowing […]

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]]> Canada’s unemployment rate rises as November sees equal employment gains and losses /2023/12/canada-employment-gains-break-even-with-losses-in-november-as-national-unemployment-rises-1241727.html Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:00:35 +0000 /?p=41727 Statistics Canada recently released its Labour Force Survey (LFS) for November 2023. The survey reveals a stalemate between employment gains and losses in Canada, as the national unemployment rate continues a five-month upward trajectory. Simultaneously, November’s LFS helped showcase barriers that newcomers particularly face when trying to enter Canada’s labour market—especially around their ability to […]

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]]> Will Canada make its current international student off-campus work hours policy permanent? /2023/12/will-canada-make-its-current-international-student-off-campus-work-hours-policy-permanent-1241675.html Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:55:27 +0000 /?p=41675 As we near the turn of the calendar to 2024, many international students anxiously await the expected end of Canada’s temporary policy allowing some international students to work full-time off-campus outside of scheduled academic breaks. This policy, announced in October 2022, is a measure that was introduced by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in […]

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]]> How immigration has benefitted Canadian sectors /2023/11/how-immigration-has-benefitted-canadian-sectors-1139585.html Sun, 12 Nov 2023 12:00:24 +0000 /?p=39585 Canadian immigration is vital to Canada’s future. With a low birth rate and an aging population, Canada needs immigrants to fill gaps in the labour market and promote labour force growth. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration According to Statistics Canada, immigrants make important contributions across every sector of Canada’s economy. As of […]

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]]> How will Canada’s provincial economies perform over the next year? /2023/11/2023-2024-economic-forecast-of-canadas-provinces-1140566.html Wed, 08 Nov 2023 20:50:22 +0000 /?p=40566 Last month, TD released its economic forecast for Canada’s provinces. Forecasting economic activity for the rest of 2023 and 2024, TD’s report sought to estimate each province’s economic output based on performance indicators, and wider environmental and political factors—in an attempt to better understand how Canada’s provinces will fair over the next year. What economic […]

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]]> Canada extends special measures to help employers hire more temporary foreign workers /2023/10/canada-extends-special-measures-to-help-employers-hire-more-temporary-foreign-workers-1040717.html Thu, 26 Oct 2023 20:41:49 +0000 /?p=40717 Today the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, Randy Boissonnault announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Workforce Solutions Road Map, to help employers address key labour shortages through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The Temporary Foreign Workforce Solutions Road Map is a continued measure to better enable employers to respond to labour […]

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]]> Low unemployment and high participation rate indicate persistent job vacancies in Canada /2023/10/low-unemployment-and-high-participation-rate-indicate-persistent-job-vacancies-in-canada-1040208.html Sat, 14 Oct 2023 12:45:12 +0000 /?p=40208 Statistics Canada’s latest Labour Force Survey reveals signs of healthy employment, as the country’s economy continues to normalise after the COVID-19 pandemic. In the latest report covering September of 2023, Canada’s unemployment rate—the number of unemployed individuals in the country over the age of 15, divided by the country’s total labour force (population aged 15 […]

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]]> Express Entry targeted occupations: How many STEM workers does Canada need? /2023/10/express-entry-targeted-occupations-how-many-stem-workers-does-canada-need-1039869.html Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:00:22 +0000 /?p=39869 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs are one of the five categories of occupations that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is choosing to prioritize through Express Entry category-based draws in 2023. Get a Free Express Entry Assessment Express Entry category-based draws launched earlier this year. Express Entry selects immigrants with particular qualifications such […]

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]]> How Canada may benefit from a broader immigrant settlement distribution /2023/02/how-canada-may-benefit-from-a-broader-immigrant-settlement-distribution-0232387.html Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:00:00 +0000 /?p=32387 Canada is a country where immigrants have historically settled in three primary locations – Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. In 2021, 29.5% of recent Canadian immigrants — those who came to Canada between 2016 and 2021 — landed in Toronto while 12.2% settled in Montreal and a shade less than that (11.7%) decided to call Vancouver […]

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]]> Quebec needs more workers to fill job vacancies: report /2022/04/quebec-needs-more-workers-to-fill-job-vacancies-report-0424629.html Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:00:17 +0000 /?p=24629 Quebec has started off the year with a low unemployment rate and a record number of job vacancies. In an effort to address labour shortages, the provincial and federal governments have put forth a number of measures to support immigrants. The pandemic has transformed Quebec’s labour market. Public health measures have exacerbated previously-existing labour market […]

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