Timmins located in the northern part of Ontario sees a record number of immigrants applying under the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP).
The city doubled the number of newcomers due to the community’s ability to retain these immigrants.
According to the director for community economic development at the Timmins Economic Development Corporation (TEDC), Noella Rinaldo, the city’s retention of newcomers has been encouraging for the city.
Last year, Timmins received more than 120 applications and issued 106 community recommendations to candidates.
#Timmins, #RNIP, #TEDC
https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/canada-sees-record-numbers-of-immigrants-this-past-year-4898588
February 3, 2022
On February 1, 2022, Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development introduced a regulatory amendment impacting the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program’s Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills (OINP EJO IDS) stream.
The change under the Ontario Regulation 31/22 (General) is effective February 1, 2022, and require employers seeking approval of a NOC 7511 (Transport truck drivers) employment position
under the EJO IDS stream to demonstrate that they have a valid Commercial Vehicle Operator’s Registration (CVOR) certificate and a Carrier Safety Rating (CSR) of Excellent, Satisfactory or Satisfactory Unaudited.
#Ontario, #OINP, #EJO_IDS, #CVOR, #CSR, #truck_drivers
February 2, 2022
Prince Edward Island’s immigration officials do not agree with the perception that newcomers arriving in the Atlantic Canadian province leave it after a while.
Statistics Canada report indicates that the retention rate of the PEI for the years of 2014-2019 was only 28.1 percent.
PEI officials claim that this figure paints an inaccurate picture of immigration to Prince Edward Island. Jeff Young, director at the province’s Office of Immigration stated that the PEI has made many changes to the immigration programs and now has a much higher retention rate.
#PEI, #retention_rate, #Statistics_Canada
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/economics-and-statistics
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/pt_pop_rep_1.pdf
February 1, 2022
World Education Services (WES) introduced a new study comparing a series of surveys of individuals planning to immigrate to Canada in August 2020 and August 2021.
According to the analysis, interest in immigrating to Canada remains high since the share of respondents who indicated that the pandemic has not impacted their immigration plans increased from 48.3% to 51.5%.
In addition, respondents anticipate a positive impact on the availability of jobs in their occupation in Canada and have a positive perception of the ability of the Canadian Government and health care system to manage the pandemic.
Despite the comparative analysis stating that the pandemic has not been a significant factor in delaying respondents’ immigration plans, there was a significant increase in the number of interviewees who are interested in immigrating to a country other than Canada.
#WES, #COVID_19, #immigration_to_Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19.html
February 1, 2022
