Canada Immigration News

The government organization, Statistics Canada, has released census data this week showing that approximately two-thirds of Canada's population growth is currently accounted for by immigration.

Canadian Ministers Monte Solberg (Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, HRSDC), and Diane Finley (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, CIC) have announced new improvements to the Temporary Foreign Workers program.

Canada unexpectedly granted permanent resident status this week to an Iranian man who spent nearly three years in sanctuary in a Vancouver church before being arrested over the weekend.

The Canada Border Services Agency released Amir Kazemian from custody after Citizenship and Immigration officials granted him residency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.

The leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP), Jack Layton, says the federal government needs to do more to recognize foreign credentials of immigrants who come to Canada and want to make it their home.

Some people living in Canada who thought they were Canadians until they applied for a passport will be fast-tracked for citizenship by Immigration Minister Diane Finley. A law called the Citizenship Act of 1977 that required certain people to re-apply for citizenship by their 28th birthday is the cause of the grief.

The Whistler Chamber of Commerce, a resort town in British Columbia, is petitioning to have the Canadian working holiday visa program extended to two years. They also wish to remove age restrictions.

If successful, the changes could have a huge impact on reducing labor shortages in Canada, especially British Columbia's resort industry.