The Government of Canada has unveiled a new five-year economic immigration pilot that will help rural and northern communities in Ontario, Western Canada and Canada’s three territories attract and retain skilled foreign workers. The community-driven Rural and Northern Pilot builds on the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program launched in 2017 and will facilitate permanent residence for foreign workers of various skill levels in eligible communities in the following provinces and territories: Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says eligible communities can be either a city with a population of 50,000 or less located at least 75 kilometres from the core of a metropolitan…
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Year By Year Increase In Job Vacancies In Canada
Job vacancies rose in every Canadian province in 3rd quarter of 2018. Ontario , Quebec and British Columbia reported the largest year-over-year increases. Job vacancies increased in every Canadian province in the third quarter of 2018, according to a new report by Statistics Canada. Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia reported the largest year-over-year increases during the three-month period spanning July 1 to September 30, 2018. Statistics Canada said there were 550,000 job vacancies in Canada during the quarter, which was an increase of 83,000 over the same period in 2017. “This was the eighth consecutive quarter with a year-over-year increase in both the number of job vacancies and the job vacancy…