Province of Manitoba establishes Immigration Advisory Board
The main task is to keep immigrants in the province.
The provincial program Manitoba nominated 6,275 people in 2021, a record number of candidates since the program's inception in 1998. In total, more than 165,000 people have immigrated to Manitoba over the years.
Only 21% of applicants in 2021 settled outside the province's largest city, Winnipeg, despite the pre-pandemic pilot program of immigration to northern and rural areas. The most frequent settlements for newcomers were in the following cities:
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Nepava;
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Steinbach;
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