Canada's technology sector is experiencing significant growth, as evidenced by the 32,115 tech workers who immigrated in the past year.
The Technology Councils of North America (TECNA) and Canada’s Tech Network (CTN) report on Tech Workforce Trends shows that this is partly due to the country's immigration policies and cost advantages, which attract highly-skilled workers from across the globe.
Ontario saw the most significant increase in tech workers, while smaller provinces such as Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador experienced the most rapid growth.
Understanding migration trends is crucial to supporting the tech ecosystem and filling the gap in tech workers for available jobs.
#Tech_Workers, #Foreign_workers, #IT, #TECNA, #CTN
July 24, 2023
Canada Express Entry draws have changed with the introduction of occupation-specific draws, which began with 500 invitations for healthcare workers on June 28.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued 10,100 invitations since then, with only 1,500 through all-program draws.
The other invitations included 6,100 for Francophone candidates, 2,000 for healthcare workers, and 500 for candidates in STEM occupations.
Previously, most invitations were issued through all-program draws.
IRCC conducted all-program draws every two weeks with the occasional program-specific draw.
The CRS score has risen into the 500s with the reduced frequency of all-programs draws.
#IRCC, #Express_Entry, #occupation_specific_draws, #EE
July 14, 2023
A recent study in the Journal of International Migration and Integration shows that temporary foreign workers who secure high-paying jobs before immigrating to Canada tend to have higher incomes once they obtain permanent residency.
The study, "The Effect of Pre immigration Canadian Work Experience on the Returns to Human Capital Among Immigrants," analyzed data from principal economic applicants admitted to Canada between 2000 and 2015.
The results indicate that economic immigrants with high pre-immigration Canadian earnings had significantly higher economic returns to education and foreign work experience than those with low pre-immigration Canadian earnings or no pre-immigration Canadian work experience.
#Temporary_Foreign_Workers, #study, #work_experience, #TFWP
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/temporary-foreign-worker.html
July 14, 2023
Ontario will require Temporary Help Agencies and recruiters to be licensed by January 2024.
This addresses the issue of temporary foreign workers being exploited, with some being paid less than minimum wage and not receiving fundamental employment rights.
Approximately 2,300 placement agencies and temporary help business locations in Ontario employed about 114,000 full-time employees last year.
However, the sector is known for exploitation, and ministry inspections found $4.2 million in unpaid wages for over 10,000 employees in 2020-2021.
#Ontario, #temporary_foreign_workers, #TFW, #foreign_workers, #Temporary_Help_Agencies
July 13, 2023
