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Rural and Francophone minority communities are key to both Canada’s long-term growth and our linguistic vitality. However, these communities face unique economic and demographic challenges. That is why the Government of Canada is launching two new pilots this fall to attract the skilled workers they need to grow their economies and communities.

Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, launched the community application process for the Rural Community...

Canada’s immigration ministers discussed the economic and social benefits of immigration, levels of permanent and temporary residents, and related capacity pressures. Ministers emphasized that a well-managed immigration system is critical to Canada’s objective of distributing the benefits of immigration across the country and agreed that the ability to welcome and integrate newcomers is linked to having strong public services. Provincial and territorial ministers continued to call on the...

Lori Wilkinson, a distinguished professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba and a Canada Research Chair in Migration Futures, has dedicated her career to exploring the economic and social outcomes of immigrants and refugees. Her research particularly focuses on women and youth. She is the director of Immigration Research West, a multidisciplinary group of over 100 members who work together to educate Canadians about the contributions of newcomers. She...

IRCC seeing record high applicants, with CRS average topping 540 since January. When Harkirat Singh Virdi moved to Brampton from India, he was focused on building a career in computer programming.

But he wound up pivoting to learn French, and spending $3,000 in the process, to help his bid to land permanent residency.

"I started to learn French for 10 hours per day and just left my part time job… it was the best investment," said the 23-year-old, who became a permanent resident in 2022.

Singh...