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Report: Canada’s immigration levels will need to rise in the future

Asheesh Moosapeta — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:00:34 +0000

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 […]

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How will Canada’s provincial economies perform over the next year?

Asheesh Moosapeta — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 20:50:22 +0000

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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Express Entry’s targeted occupations: How many trades workers does Canada need?

Vimal Sivakumar — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:00:01 +0000

Trades are one of five occupational sectors that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has chosen to prioritize through Express Entry category-based draws in 2023. Express Entry category-based draws were introduced earlier in 2023 by the Canadian federal government as a means of leveraging immigration to address labour market gaps in five specific occupational categories*. […]

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Express Entry’s targeted occupations: how many agricultural and agri-food workers does Canada need?

Vimal Sivakumar — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:00:57 +0000

Agriculture and Agri-Food is one of five occupational sectors that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has chosen to prioritize through Express Entry category-based draws in 2023. In an attempt to aid key employment sectors with some of the largest labour market gaps in this country, IRCC introduced category-based selection draws for Express Entry earlier […]

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Express Entry’s targeted occupations: how many transport workers does Canada need?

Vimal Sivakumar — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 11:30:48 +0000

Transport occupations are one of five sectors that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has chosen to prioritize through Express Entry category-based draws in 2023. To better use immigration to address labour market gaps in specific Canadian industries, the federal government in this country began conducting category-based draws – in addition to standard ones* – […]

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Unemployment rate among immigrants is the lowest of any August on record

Asheesh Moosapeta — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:00:09 +0000

Statistics Canada has released its Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the month of August 2022. For the first time since data became available in 2015, there were fewer unemployed people (989,000) than job vacancies (1,038,000) in Canada. This is a huge revelation for job seekers, with over a third (38%) of businesses expecting that recruitment […]

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Unemployment rate among Canadian immigrants at historic low

Shelby Thevenot — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 13:00:37 +0000

The unemployment rate for immigrants who landed in Canada within the past five years was at a record low according to Statistics Canada’s March Labour Force Survey. The newly-released report captured Canada’s labour market conditions during the week of March 13 to 19. During the reference week, provinces were easing public health restrictions. All capacity […]

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Canada nears record-low unemployment rate in February

Shelby Thevenot — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 13:00:27 +0000

Canada’s labour force made a full recovery in February as Omicron-related public health measures lifted in several provinces. Statistics Canada measured Canada’s labour market performance during the week of February 13 to 19. After public health measures were tightened in December and January, many had been lifted by the February reference week. Several provinces were […]

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Canada’s employment growth slows in January due to Omicron

Shelby Thevenot — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:00:27 +0000

The surge of Omicron cases in Canada forced businesses to close in January. As a result, Canada lost 200,000 jobs and unemployment rose to 6.5%. Statistics Canada’s newest Labour Force Survey captures Canada’s labour data from the week of January 9 to 15. By then, public health measures included capacity limits in retail stores and […]

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Canada added 55,000 jobs in December

Shelby Thevenot — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 15:34:16 +0000

Canada’s employment rose 55,000 in December, while unemployment was little changed. Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey captured economic conditions during the week of December 5 to 11. The reference week was just before the Omicron variant became widespread in Canada, causing a surge in cases. Public health measures were similar to November during the reference […]

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