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In 2023, Canada’s population of non-permanent residents (NPRs) grew by more than half a million people, part of the steepest single-year rise in at least five decades of available data.

In a report last week, Statistics Canada (StatCan) counted a total of 2.5 million NPRs as of this October, up from 1.7 million the same time last year. The 2023 growth shatters previous year-to-year records in the available data, tripling the increase of nearly 170,000 between the summers of 2018 and 2019.

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As population growth continues to place a strain on health care and housing on Prince Edward Island, there are renewed calls for the provincial government to ease back on immigration programs to give services a chance to catch up.

For years, Canada's smallest province has had one of the fastest-growing populations in the country. The latest estimate from Statistics Canada showed P.E.I. growing at an annual rate of four per cent, with 175,853 residents as of Oct. 1, 2023.

In the past month, both...

Canada remains deeply concerned about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, and the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Since Hamas’s terrorist attack in early October, Canada has been actively working to support the assisted departure of Canadian citizens, permanent residents and their eligible family members from Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.

As part of these continuing efforts, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced temporary...

The Bank of Canada report assesses the complex macroeconomic implications of Canada’s recent population increases. We find that newcomers significantly boost the non-inflationary, potential growth of the economy, but existing imbalances in the housing sector may be exacerbated. Greater housing supply is needed to complement the long-term economic benefits of population growth.

Canada has seen a significant increase in immigration flows since 2022. While a well-established literature looks at the...

Canada is planning a "broad and comprehensive program" that would allow many undocumented people to apply for permanent residency, the country's Immigration Minister Marc Miller told The Global and Mail.

The announcement complements Canada's ambitious immigration targets, which had already aimed to bring in 500,000 immigrants a year by 2025. The country's population has grown mainly through immigration, and this has helped fuel economic growth in recent years.

Housing Minister Sean Fraser says potential changes could be made to both the international student visa and temporary foreign workers programs amid record-high immigration and a housing crunch.

His comments come as the government is dusting off a Second World War-era housing plan to ignite the pace of home construction in Canada, and after Immigration Minister Marc Miller last week threatened that he will look at “significantly limiting visas” for international students before next fall if...

The dream of making it big in Canada is turning into a battle for survival for many immigrants due to the high cost of living and rental shortages, as rising emigration numbers hint at newcomers being forced to turn their back on a country that they chose to make their adopted home.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made immigration his main weapon to blunt Canada's big challenge of an aging and slowing population, and it has also helped fuel economic growth. That drove Canada's population up at...

Ottawa has announced nearly $2 million in new funding to speed up the application process for international medical graduates who want to work in Canada. The Thursday announcement(opens in a new tab) also included an additional $3.5 million over five years to create a national plan for health workforce well-being.

"Addressing the needs of health care workers and the challenges they face is paramount in delivering better health outcomes for Canadians," Health Minister Mark Holland said in a news...