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Canada to welcome 500,000 immigrants a year by 2025 as minister moves to hand-pick more newcomers
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…
Published November 4, 2022
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Racial diversity surges in Waterloo Region as immigration doubles in past five years
Jeff Outhit The Record Tue., Nov. 1, 2022
WATERLOO REGION — Immigration has exploded in this region after years of decline, and racial diversity is surging.
Waterloo Region received 27,840 immigrants between 2016 and 2021, twice as many as it received in the previous five years…
Published November 4, 2022
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Immigration has never been higher, and Canadians have never been more pleased with it
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…
Published November 4, 2022
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Migrants deserve the right to make decisions about where they live
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…
Published November 4, 2022
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Recent immigrants locating in Peterborough has nearly doubled, Census finds
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…
Published November 4, 2022
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Kitchener organization quietly helps Afghan refugees
Terry Pender The Record Thu., Oct. 27, 2022
WATERLOO REGION — Wasai Rahimi waited for hours Wednesday evening at Pearson airport for a family of eight to clear customs and immigration as privately sponsored Afghan refugees.
Rahimi’s Kitchener-based non-profit, iHelp International…
Published November 4, 2022
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We are not strangers in the country:' Advocates question why Diwali isn't a public holiday in Canada
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…
Published November 4, 2022
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Immigrants now make up nearly 24 per cent of Guelph's population
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…
Published November 4, 2022
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A nation of immigrants: Newcomers' share of Canadian population hits record
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…
Published November 4, 2022
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Atlantic provinces see rapid growth in immigration, Census figures show
Hina Alam · CBC News · Posted: Oct 26, 2022
Chijioke Amadi has called Prince Edward Island home for the past 15 years since arriving from Nigeria.
He landed in the province in 2007, when he was 21, to study engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island. His road hasn't…
Published November 4, 2022