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Alistair Steele · CBC News · Posted: Nov 02, 2022

Early on the morning of Feb. 24, 16-year-old Denys was jolted awake by the rumble of Ukrainian tanks racing down a nearby highway to head off the Russian invasion of his country.

Within days, the enemy had broken through and…

The Canadian Press November 2, 2022

Quebec Premier François Legault is maintaining that the province cannot accept more than 50,000 immigrants a year despite Ottawa’s plans to significantly raise the country’s immigration levels.

Legault told reporters Wednesday that the federal…

Nicholas Keung The Star Tue., Nov. 1, 2022

The federal government will use new power to hand-pick immigrants to address Canada’s skill shortages, increase the sponsorship of parents and grandparents, and begin issuing temporary visas for spouses while their permanent-residence…

Tristin Hopper The National Post Oct 31, 2022  

As immigration surges to its highest levels in Canadian history, a new poll finds that Canada remains one of the most pro-immigration countries on Earth.

According to a telephone survey of 2,000 Canadians conducted by the Environics…

The Conversation October 31, 2022 Laura Madokoro

In recent weeks and months, there have been a number of stories about migrants being sent to places without their consent.

In the United Kingdom, a new policy has been introduced to send certain asylum-seekers to Rwanda instead of…

Canadian Press Oct 28, 2022 

TORONTO — A group of advocates is urging the federal government to remove the limit on applications to sponsor certain Afghan refugees in Canada – or at least stop counting rejected applications towards it.

The government introduced a new program last…

By Examiner Staff Thu., Oct. 27, 2022

The Peterborough census metropolitan area had nearly twice as many recent immigrants last year than it did five years earlier, 2021 Census statistics released Wednesday by Statistics Canada indicate.

Peterborough had 1,300 recent immigrants…

Rhythm Sachdeva CTV News Oct. 27, 2022

As millions of South Asians around the world celebrate Diwali this year, a festival symbolizing triumph over darkness and dating back 2,500 years, its strong foothold on regions far from the Indian subcontinent also comes to light.

A five…

Guelph Today October 27, 2022

Newly released 2021 census data shows a shift in Guelph’s growing immigrant population.

Immigrants made up 23.8 per cent, or 33,780 of Guelph's overall population in 2021, an increase of 5,885, or 17 per cent, over 2016.

The main places of birth for…

Anna Mehler Paperny October 27, 2022 Salt Wire

TORONTO (Reuters) - Immigrants' share of Canada's population has hit its highest point in the country's 150-year history and the biggest share among G7 countries, new data released by Statistics Canada showed on Wednesday.

Twenty…