As Canada is facing a shortage of workers, employers have taken the initiative to offer higher wages to attract more workers.
According to the latest Statistics Canada report, the average hourly wage has risen by 7.5% since last year, amounting to $24.20 per hour.
The job vacancy rate is the ratio of vacant positions to total labour demand, encompassing both filled and open positions.
With job openings rising and salaries rising accordingly, it is an ideal time for those seeking new employment opportunities in Canada.
#Statistics_Canada, #Wages, #employment, #unemployment, #statistics
December 22, 2022
As the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown restrictions ravaged China, searches on the country's leading internet search engine for "conditions to immigrate to Canada" skyrocketed by a whopping 28-fold.
On April 3, WeChat reported a massive surge of Chinese citizens seeking information about "immigration," with the word being searched 50 million times in one day and video views increasing by 14 times.
This follows public protests against China's zero-COVID policies that made many leave their home country for Canada or other Western countries.
#China, #Chinese_immigrants, #COVID_19, #immigration_to_Canada
December 22, 2022
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Sean Fraser announced new funding partner organizations to widen the scope of Canada's Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP).
The new partner organizations are Talent Beyond Boundaries, TalentLift, and Jumpstart Refugee Talent.
These collaborators are providing refugees with an opportunity for a secure future in Canada by offering them jobs before they arrive.
In addition, the project is actively working to reduce the feeling of displacement that many refugees experience by connecting them to economic programs already established in Canada.
In 2018, the EMPP Pilot Program was created to collaborate with Canadian communities and employers in welcoming 2,000 skilled refugees into the country.
Since October 2022, over 100 skilled refugees and their families have received invitations to work in Canada.
#IRCC, #Fraser, #EMPP, #refugees, #skilled_refugees
December 22, 2022
On December 15, 2022, the City of Greater Sudbury held a new round of invitations in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP).
In this round, Sudbury considered 48 candidates. The lowest score of these draws was 180 points, 125 points fewer than in the previous draw.
All applicants had one eligible occupation and now receive over $20 per hour.
This year, in total, 154 applicants have been invited. Sudbury has recommended at least 225 individuals under the RNIP since the program's launch. The city will continue to invite candidates in January 2023.
#Sudbury, #RNIP, #Ontario, #community_recommendation, #rural_immigration
https://investsudbury.ca/why-sudbury/newcomers/rnip-application/
December 22, 2022
