Current Canadian Immigration News Stories

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.

Earlier this week, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenny announced that the Canadian government will be providing $112,000 in federal funding to the Société franco-manitobaine in Winnipeg, Manitoba to ensure improved access to settlement services for 50 government-sponsored francophone refugees.

This week, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced several Local Immigration Partnership initiatives for Ontario cities and their surrounding areas.

A landmark study commissioned by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp has revealed that new immigrants are increasingly becoming homeowners soon after their arrival in Canada.