Canadian Immigration News

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney announced on Friday that nine organizations that provide language training to newcomers in Calgary, Alberta are receiving almost $9.5-million in federal funding.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Sunday that Canada had signed an agreement regarding Youth Mobility with Hong Kong, which will allow qualified young people (aged 18 to 30) from both countries to travel and work in each other’s territory for up to one year.

Canada’s population grew by 0.36 per cent over the second quarter of 2009, in large part due to immigration, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday.

An HSBC Bank International survey, entitled the Expat Experience, has found that expats in Canada have the best quality of life and report that Canada is one of the easiest places in the world to integrate with the local population.

Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean recently wrapped up a five-day visit to France in which she inspired French media and French society with her 'very Canadian approach to diversity.'

At a meeting with Montreal's Lebanese-Canadian community on Saturday, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney announced changes that will allow Canadian air carriers to make arrangements to sell seats on flights of partner airlines (code-sharing) to and from Beirut Lebanon. This will facilitate air travel betweent he two countries.

Last week, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney said that the Canadian government is looking to expand a pilot project aimed at helping prospective immigrants prepare for work and life in Canada.

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) Minister Diane Finley has signed three new agreements with her counterparts in the European Union to improve labour mobility between Canada and the EU.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister Diane Finley recently announced that, effective immediately, travelers from Poland, Hungary, Slovakia,and Lithuania will no longer need to obtain Temporary Resident Visas to visit Canada. These four countries are latest European Union Member States to begranted visa-free status in Canada's ongoing review of visa requirements for all EU countries.

A recent study by Manpower Inc, which assessed people's willingness to move for work, found that Canada is a top destination of choice for workersaround the world. Canada ranks in fourth place, behind the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain.