Canada announces increased settlement funding November 25, 2011

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News Release – Government of Canada announces increased settlement funding for Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, November 25, 2011 — Kelly Block, MP for Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, on behalf of Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, today announced allocations for settlement funding for Saskatchewan for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

“The Government of Canada wants newcomers to integrate into Canada. That is why we have tripled settlement funding since 2005-06,” said MP Block. “We are committed to ensuring the distribution of settlement funding is fair and that immigrants receive the same level of service, regardless of where they choose to settle.”

The allocation for settlement services in Saskatchewan will be $18M for the 2012-13 fiscal year, an increase of $3.7M from this current fiscal year.

Settlement funding is also being more fairly distributed, to serve the needs of newcomers, as a result of a national settlement funding formula that is based on a province or territory's share of immigrant intake. This formula now applies in all provinces and territories except Quebec.

The funding formula was also updated recently to reflect the use of settlement services by refugees and will increase the amount allocated to provinces and territories, based on their intake of refugees.

“We believe it is only fair that settlement allocations across Canada should be based on the share of newcomers that provinces and territories have,” noted said MP Block.

The priority for the 2012-13 allocations is to focus on delivering services directly to immigrants and away from supporting expenses such as administration, travel or capital costs for organizations. The total 2012-13 amount for all provinces and territories outside Quebec is $576.8M, compared to $184.7M in 2005-06.News Release – Minister Kenney announces increased settlement funding for 11 provinces and territories

Ottawa, November 25, 2011 — Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, today announced allocations for federal funding of settlement services in all provinces and territories outside Quebec for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

“The Government of Canada wants newcomers to integrate into Canada. That is why we have tripled settlement funding since 2005-06,” said Minister Kenney. “We are committed to ensuring the distribution of settlement funding is fair and that immigrants receive the same level of service, regardless of where they choose to settle.”

Settlement funding is being more fairly distributed to serve the needs of newcomers, as a result of a national settlement funding formula that is based on a province or territory's share of immigrant intake.

This formula now applies in all provinces and territories except Quebec and reflects that, when compared to the other provinces and territories, Ontario's proportional share of new immigrants in Canada has gone from 64% in 2005 to 52% in 2010, as more newcomers have chosen to settle in Western and Atlantic Canada.

The funding formula was also updated recently to reflect the use of settlement services by refugees and will increase the amount allocated to provinces and territories, based on their intake of refugees.

“We believe it is only fair that settlement allocations across Canada should be based on the share of newcomers that provinces and territories have,” noted Minister Kenney. “Most provinces and territories will receive an increase in settlement funding as a result of adjustments to Ontario.”

Based on the current allocations, the average per-immigrant amount that the Government of Canada will invest to help immigrants in provinces and territories outside Quebec is $2,816, as compared to $946 in 2005.

The priority for the 2012-13 allocations is to focus on delivering services directly to immigrants and away from supporting expenses such as administration, travel, or capital costs for organizations.

The total 2012-13 amount for all provinces and territories outside Quebec is $576.8M, compared to $184.7M in 2005-06.

[MaryLee]

Thats a real good news for immigrants

[danhass]

Based on the current allocations, the average per-immigrant amount that the Government of Canada will invest to help immigrants in provinces and territories outside Quebec is $2,816, as compared to $946 in 2005.

what does that mean to an immigrant? do we get this money to settle or is it indirectly through some other services?

if indirectly, how can we make use of it?

[Cappuccino]

Which also seems somewhat contradictory, since CIC say the government of Canada does not offer financial support to immigrations in their application guide, hence the requirement of the applicant to have sufficient settlement funds themselves.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/EG72.asp

The Government of Canada does not provide financial support to new skilled worker immigrants.
You must show that you have enough money to support yourself and your family members after you arrive in Canada.

I think these funds are almost certainly not directly acquirable by new immigrants, but may be available for services provided by each province.

Wayne.