Employment growth, border opening and other news of the week

Employment growth, border opening and other news of the week

Canada's most important events from November 8 to 14, 2021.

The past week has brought positive news for potential immigrants and those in Canada alike. The country continues to phase out coronavirus restrictions, and one of the most welcome developments is that the border between Canada and the United States is finally opened.

Tourists are free to travel both ways, but must be vaccinated. Canada also has an additional requirement of a negative test for COVID-19.

Thanks to loosening restrictions, Canada's unemployment rate has been falling for several months in a row. Nevertheless, labour shortages remain high. The reason is that while employment is rising in some sectors, it is falling in others. Such sectors as the hotel business, catering and retail trade are particularly affected.

The good news is that the number of immigrants coming to Canada has been on the rise in recent months. In the past week, there have been several immigration selections in which 1,180 people have been invited.

The country is still calling for candidates through the Express Entry system, even though the invitation plan has already been exceeded. This time, the luck of the 775 participants of provincial immigration programs smiled. And the passing score was very low.

Saskatchewan has selected 65 candidates among the entrepreneurial stream. These are business people looking to buy or start a company in the province.

British Columbia called 340 candidates in several streams at once: for skilled professionals, mid— and low-skilled workers and foreign graduates of Canadian universities.

Alberta has released the results of an immigration raffle that took place back in October. The province sent 248 invitations to Express Entry applicants.

Immigration selections of varying sizes take place regularly in Canada. A few hundred people or a couple of thousand can be called in a week. The country conducted a survey to find out how locals feel about these levels of immigration.

It turns out that Canadians see immigration as an important part of the economy, and that they see it as a unique feature of their country. Interestingly, natives are more positive about the number of newcomers than immigrants themselves.

Alex Pavlenko, founder of the emigration portal Immigrant.Today

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