Current Canadian Immigration News Stories

Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs announced today that Canada has plans to open a new embassy in Doha, Qatar, to enhance political and trade relations between the two countries.

The Library Settlement Partnerships program, a three-way partnership between Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), settlement services providers and public libraries, has been introduced to 11 communities in Ontario.

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney released this year's annual report on immigration to parliament today. Canada will maintain its overall target for immigration in 2010, expecting to welcome between 240,000 and 265,000 new immigrants.

At a meeting with Montreal's Lebanese-Canadian community on Saturday, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney announced changes that will allow Canadian air carriers to make arrangements to sell seats on flights of partner airlines (code-sharing) to and from Beirut Lebanon. This will facilitate air travel betweent he two countries.

This week, Canada celebrated Citizenship Week, a week for all Canadians to celebrate their citizenship and to welcome new Canadians in citizenship ceremonies all across the country.

Canada and Slovenia signed a Youth Mobility Agreement today that will make it easier for Canadians and Slovenians aged 18-35 to spend up to a year in each other's countries for travel or work.

As Canadian immigration policy evolves, so too do your options and priorities for Canadian immigration.  Canadavisa.com, the online presence of leading immigration law firm Campbell Cohen, has responded to the changing immigration landscape with a redesign that puts the information and tools that you need at your fingertips.

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney announced today that Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will be providing Language Training Vouchers to new immigrants starting this fall. The vouchers are meant to encourage new immigrants to take advantage of settlement services and integrate into their new communities more successfully.

The province of Quebec has made changes to its immigration program in order to accept greater numbers of qualified immigrants. The adjustments to the Quebec Skilled Worker selection system are meant to favour more individuals who can successfully integrate into the province’s labour force and society, as well as welcome more young families.

Last month, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced several Local Immigration Partnership initiatives for the cities and surrounding areas of Guelph, Niagara and York, in Ontario. Since then, CIC has announced that the cities and surrounding regions of Peterborough and Kitchener-Waterloo will also be receiving government funding for Local Immigration Partnerships of their own.