Current Canadian Immigration News Stories

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.

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney is proposing changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program in Canada. The suggested changes are aimed at strengthening the protection of Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada.

The Regina Open Door Society, in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, works to help newcomers integrate into the workforce by providing a variety of services and creating employment opportunities.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has named Canada as a model to other countries on how to accept new immigrants and migrant workers.

On Thursday, Saskatchewan's Minister Responsible for Immigration Rob Norris announced new procedural guidelines for the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) that will increase nominations and create more jobs in the Saskatchewan economy.

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney announced today that certain visa applications from Philippines residents who have been affected by Typhoon Ketsana will be processed on a priority basis.

Canada’s population grew by 0.36 per cent over the second quarter of 2009, in large part due to immigration, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday.

Punjabi is set to become the fourth most widely-spoken language in Canada by 2011, after English, French and Chinese, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney said on Friday.