Province of Manitoba establishes Immigration Advisory Board

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: