Canada is short on immigrants - take a chance!

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants come to Canada every year, with plans to welcome more than a million new people by 2023, and still the country is short of workers. How does this work?

The fact is that most people try to move to big cities, like Toronto, Vancouver, or Montreal. And there are some provinces where not only immigrants don't want to go, but even the locals leave. The climate there is not as pleasant as, for example, in British Columbia, there are not particularly large cities, and maybe there is not as much choice of jobs. On the other hand, it is definitely cheaper to live there!

Where are there not enough immigrants?

We're talking about the Atlantic provinces, which are New Scotland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. They launched the Atlantic Immigration Program together a few years ago to attract more immigrants, but it's not really helping. People apply through the program, there are fairly low requirements, come to the Atlantic provinces, get a permanent residency, maybe make some money, and then leave for somewhere in Toronto.

This year, Memorial University, which is in Newfoundland and Labrador, did an interesting study and concluded that employers from Atlantic Canada are understaffed. They're looking for people among the locals, they're willing to hire foreigners... and there aren't enough people willing to hire. Or there aren't enough of them for everyone. 33% of employers responded that people just don't respond to their jobs.

Usually people complain that resumes sent somewhere in Toronto or Vancouver don't get answered. It's the opposite here. I even know one girl who found a job in Atlantic Canada in just in one hour, without sending out hundreds and thousands of resumes like many people have to do.

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