September 10, 2020 - Ontario immigration is to adopt an Expression of Interest system to manage the application process for some of its most popular streams.

April 23, 2018 - Ontario is making it clear that Skilled Trades candidates are a priority for immigration, after the province conducted its ninth draw of the year under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program in which 29 candidates were issued Notifications of Interest. In 2018, 488 invitations have been issued under this stream.

May 18, 2018 - Ontario immigration officials have conducted a new draw aimed at Skilled Trades candidates, the 13th of 2018 under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program stream. The draw saw 45 candidates issued Notifications of Interest under the province's Express Entry Skilled Trades stream, bringing the total for 2018 to 697.

July 18, 2018 - The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program will begin accepting 1900 new business immigration applications with new criteria starting September 10, 2018, the Quebec immigration ministry (MIDI) has announced. Quebec operates the largest business immigration program in Canada.

An announcement on March 28 will detail a swathe of changes due to come into effect on August 1.

The Quebec Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness (MIDI) announced a maximum number of 5000 Skilled Worker Program applications submitted on line ("Mon projet Quebec"), will be accepted for its intake period in 2017. The period of reception will be revealed at a later date.

February 2, 2018 - Canada ‘s Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) has moved to change the way it prioritizes asylum seeker hearings in an attempt to manage an ever-increasing backlog of candidates waiting to have their cases heard.

July 12, 2018 – Saskatchewan has announced it will join several other Canadian provinces in moving to an Expression of Interest immigration system.

October 13, 2017 - The Conference Board of Canada, in its latest report on immigration, advocates a 50 per cent increase in annual immigration levels to 450,000 a year. We strongly disagree.

January 22, 2018 - Canadians are finding it much more difficult to move to the U.S. since Donald Trump became president, despite there being no formal change in immigration policy towards Canada.

October 22, 2019 - Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party made a number of immigration proposals in the lead up to Monday's federal election.

September 19, 2018 - Canada immigration authorities have conducted a new Express Entry draw, issuing Invitations to Apply to 3,500 candidates. The September 19 draw saw a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 441, just one point above the 2018 low of 440.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appoints Ahmed Hussen as Canada's new immigration minister. Watch our live stream video as Managing Partner Colin Singer discusses what to expect in 2017.

October 30, 2018 - Canada immigration authorities issued Invitations to Apply to 3,900 candidates for the third consecutive Express Entry draw. The CRS score for the latest draw was 442 and means 11,700 ITAs have been issued in October.

September 22, 2017 – The latest draw conducted by the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program saw a modest increase in the number of invitations to apply, as the required scores again dropped.

November 29, 2017 – Canada's provinces are moving away from a direct path to Canada for wealthy immigrants and turning to two-step immigration programs aimed at entrepreneurs looking to establish businesses and be granted Canadian permanent residence.

July 13th, 2016 - Immigration authorities conducted the 15th round of invitations under Express Entry in 2016, inviting 747 applicants for permanent residence with a lowest CRS score of 482.

April 24, 2017 – A new parliamentary committee report has made 24 recommendations on how the Canada immigration system can improve.

February 26, 2020 - Canada is set to begin accepting applications through the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot in March 2020.

May 11, 2018 - British Columbia immigration officials conducted a new draw under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program inviting 34 candidates to apply under the province's technology-only stream.