Immigration will help Nova Scotia reach one million population target

The immigration growth is helping Canada’s Maritime province Nova Scotia to reach its goal of one million people.

From January 2021 to November 2021, 6,170 new permanent residents settled in Nova Scotia most of whom arrived from India, China, the Philippines, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.

The province is preparing to launch a new $2.5-million marketing initiative to support provincial immigration and migration targets as well as to attract newcomers from across Canada and double the amount of population by 2060.

#NovaScotia, #populationgrowth, #labourforce, #immigration

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-s-nears-milestone-as-population-will-soon-hit-one-million-1.5654879

December 24, 2021

The Government of Canada advises Canadians to avoid non-essential international travel

The Government of Canada advised Canadians not to travel for non-essential travel

. At a press conference, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos alongside other federal ministers announced that the government was planning to continue to increase testing passengers at the borders.

The Minister said that as the number of Omicron cases increases,

the Government gets more “concerned that Canadians will be stranded abroad because of the rapidly evolving measures that other countries may put in place, and also because of the significant risk of catching this variant, this virus while travelling abroad.”

#Omicron, #travel, #non_essential_travel, #COVID_19, #travel_measures

https://www.mtlblog.com/canada-is-officially-advising-against-non-essential-travel-outside-the-country-right-now#:~:text=The%20government%20is%20advising%20Canadians%20to%20avoid%20non-essential,Dominic%20LeBlanc%20said%20at%20a%20Wednesday%20press%20conference.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/lifestyle/travel/news/ottawa-advises-canadians-to-avoid-non-essential-travel-abroad-in-wake-of-omicron/ar-AARQRKw?ocid=BingNewsSearch

December 22, 2021

New Brunswick will hold a virtual international recruitment event

New Brunswick will hold a virtual international recruitment event where New Brunswick’s employers will be recruiting in the transportation sector.

International candidates who have experience in one of these 2 National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes are encouraged to get registered to receive an invitation to work in the province:

NOC 1525 – Dispatchers and NOC 7511 – Transport truck drivers.

To participate in the events, applicants must prepare the following documents: the photo page of the applicant’s current passport, visa for applicant’s current country of legal residence if it is not country of citizenship, language test results, ECA report, CV, and applicant’s spouse's CV (optional).

#New_Brunswick, #Job_fair, #recruitment_event, #NB

https://www.welcomenb.ca/content/wel-bien/en/recruitment_events.html

December 16, 2021

One year passed since the last Federal Skilled Worker draw

In December 2021, it has been a year since the last Federal Skilled Worker (FSWP) draw.

According to the inventory snapshot dated July 25, 2021, there were 140 remaining applications under the FSWP.

However, there were 34,902 FSWP applications in the inventory, among which for 8,985 applications IRCC just started the processing; 4,816 applications with the selection process in progress; 19,903 applications waiting for admissibility; and 1,031 applications pending the final decision.

#FSWP, #IRCC, #Express_Entry, #skilled_workers

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/federal-skilled-workers.html

December 15, 2021