Protests in Canada and other main news of the week
During the week of January 24-30, there were many positive and negative events in Canada.
Immigration selections
Canada held three immigration raffles in one week, inviting more than 1,600 people.
The province of Ontario called 1,032 professionals in working professions who had a profile in the Express Entry system. Such selections are quite rare. The province had a previous drawing in this category in June 2021. The workers who received invitations did not score very high.
British Columbia conducted the selection process in several streams at once. 289 invitations were sent to qualified professionals, low— and intermediate-skilled professionals and graduates of Canadian universities. This was the second draw in 2022, and the passing scores in the new selection were slightly higher than in the previous one.
Manitoba held the third drawing. It called 315 people from Manitoba's Skilled Trades, Skilled Trades Abroad and Canadian graduates. This, too, is the second selection that took place in the province this year. The passing scores for Manitoba professionals have gone up a lot, while those for overseas professionals have gone down a bit.
Working and studying in Canada
In Canada, immigration through education continues to gain popularity. It's one of the surest ways to move in 2022, as a new Statistics Canada study confirms. It shows that 250,000 people are in Canada each year on a student visa, with most of them successfully graduating and getting a work permit. Within 5 years of graduation, about 75% of graduates receive permanent residency in Canada.
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