Summary: April 18, 2018 - Ontario immigration has conducted a new draw for the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program's Entrepreneur Stream inviting 13 candidates to apply for immigration to Canada, with a lowest score of 132.

August 6, 2019 - Ontario immigration has conducted a new large Tech Draw, issuing Notifications of Interest to 1,773 candidates with Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System scores as low as 435.

July 24, 2019 - Quebec immigration authorities have initiated the process of implementing a Settlement Agreement reached in the class-action suit filed by applicants to Quebec's Regular Skilled Worker programme (QSWP).

June 17, 2019 - Quebec's National Assembly sat into the early hours of Sunday morning to eventually pass Bill 9, controversial immigration legislation that means 16,000 skilled worker applications will be scrapped.

March 9th 2016 - Immigration authorities conducted the 6th round of invitations under Express Entry in 2016 and 29th overall, inviting 1,013 applicants for permanent residence. The lowest score was 473, an increase from the previous draw.

August 13, 2018 - Artificial intelligence (AI) helps federal immigration authorities improve the way it manages new applications. The question is whether this can be applied to other areas of Canada's immigration programs, including helping to accept or deny an application altogether.

Canada will accept 2000 applications for a new Atlantic Immigration Pilot program for high-skilled and intermediate-skilled workers and international graduates destined to New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

October 12, 2017 - Canada's treatment of immigration detainees is back in the spotlight after human rights activists urged the UN to put pressure on the federal government.

June 13, 2018 - Canada has created a Francophone Immigration Policy Hub in its latest bid to increase the number of French-speaking new permanent residents.

January 26, 2018 - Read our 2017 year-in-review analysis covering permanent residence (federal express entry, provincial programs, caregivers, family class, parents and grandparents), citizenship, temporary workers, students, refugees and criminal inadmissibility. Contains video.

December 31 , 2020 - Vaccines already being used in the fight to stop COVID-19 will give Canadian immigration a much-need shot in the arm in the coming year as governments lift travel...

November 1, 2017 – Canada plans to welcome 980,000 new immigrants over the next three years under an ambitious 3-year Canada immigration plan announced by the federal government today.

November 9, 2018 - Canada's provinces will bring in more immigrants through Provincial Nomination Programs over the next three years.

November 16, 2020 - Canada Immigration numbers remained low in September, as travel restrictions in place due to the coronavirus pandemic continued to dramatically impact permanent resident arrivals.

October 18, 2017 - The Express Entry Canada immigration system is geared towards awarding Comprehensive Ranking System points to applicants most likely to quickly integrate and enjoy economic success. Read how age is factored.

The Liberals have managed to achieve a significant increase in annual immigration numbers while the headlines have suggested otherwise. This represents something of a policy coup.

March 10, 2021 - Immigration to Ontario dropped last year to barely over half of what it had been the previous year as COVID-19 closed the Canadian border to non-essential travel and crippled many of the province's businesses.

May 3, 2018 - Ontario immigration officials have conducted a new draw aimed at Skilled Trades candidates, its 11th of the year under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program stream, inviting 59 candidates.

Ontario immigration applicants who appeal a refused application must do so by email.

October 13, 2017 - The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program opened its two key international student streams, Masters Graduates and PhD Graduates for new applications.