Canadian Immigration News

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Not only is job creation growing steadily in Canada, but a large proportion of this growth is in sectors with high employment quality.

The number of visible minorities in Canada has topped the five million mark for the first time in Canada’s history, now representing 16.2 per cent of the country’s population. Canada’s visible minority population has grown steadily since visible minority data was first collected in 1981. Then, the estimated 1.1 million visible minorities represented 4.7 per cent of the population.

Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) was once again rated the world's most "liveable city" by the Economist magazine. The survey ranked 132 cities based on such factors as stability, health care, environment, education, culture, and infrastructure. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, Vancouver received the top spot because of its "low crime rate, little threat from instability or terrorism and a highly developed transport and communications infrastructure." Vancouver is a popular destination for Canadian immigrants and has become an increasingly multicultural city.

A recent Statistics Canada report shows that 65 per cent of children of immigrant parents from China and India complete university in Canada. That is more than double the rate of any other ethnic group. For those whose parents were born in Canada, completion rates are 28 per cent.

Despite the effects of economic downturn on the world stage, the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta have managed to keep their unemploymentrates remarkably low.

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney has appointed new members to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB), two of which are members of the Indo-Canadian community. Vandana Patel and Noeline Sujuthra Paul were appointed to the Toronto,Ontario office of the IRB.

Whether Canadian-born, landed immigrant, or soon-to-be Canadian immigrant, an individual with training in a skilled trade is highly employable in the current Canadian economy. With 50 per cent of workers in the skilled trades retiring in the next 15 years, “vocational training is a route to a sure job,” explains the principal of a technology training school in Montreal.

The Canadian Immigrant Magazine has announced the winners of the first-ever Top 25 Canadian Immigrants awards. A human rights defender, a filmmaker, and a scientist are among the winners of the national awards program which seeks to celebrate the achievements and the contributions that Canadian immigrants have made to the country.

In 2006, Alberta became the first province in Canada where the number of Temporary Foreign workers exceeded the number of people admitted through the Canadian immigration system. In significant need of labour force growth, Alberta has taken advantage of recent facilitative amendments to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.