Immigration

The 2023 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration provided updates on Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) policy approach and outcomes for the period ending December 31, 2022. As a requirement of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, this annual publication gives to the Minister of IRCC the opportunity to inform ...

Canada has announced that it will continue to welcome a large number of permanent residents in the next three years. Released on November 1, the Immigration Levels Plan is tailored to support economic growth while balancing with the pressures in areas like housing, healthcare and infrastructure. It aims to chart ...

Uncertain times ahead for Canadian immigration One of the distinguishing features between Canada and the United States is its political discourse on immigration. In Canada, for the past several decades, there has generally been a political consensus on maintaining or increasing immigration levels.  This may be changing, however, as an apparent ...

Black-led church, which is calling for volunteers, is 3rd in Toronto to step up A view of a room at Pilgrim Feast Tabernacles in Etobicoke. The church is providing temporary shelter for asylum seekers. (Oliver Walters/CBC) Another Toronto church has stepped up to provide temporary emergency shelter to asylum seekers as the city continues ...

Mayor Olivia Chow welcomes $97M in funding but says it ‘will not meet the needs’ of refugees in Toronto Refugees had been sleeping on the street in front of a Toronto shelter intake office for weeks, after the city said it could no longer cope with the high number of claimants ...