Canada is the only G7 country to offer a direct immigration pathway to eligible foreign skilled workers with/without a job offer or work experience in Canada.

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Job vacancies in healthcare and accommodation and food services sectors are high in Canada, showed the latest job vacancies report published by Statistics Canada. The report says that Canada's accommodation and food services sector had the highest rate of employers looking for workers in the month of May. Similarly, health sector had the highest number of open positions during the month.

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A recent study has found that Atlantic Canada is facing a scarcity of immigrant workers and many employers in the region are finding it difficult to hire candidates with necessary skills and experience. The study report was published by The Harris Centre at Memorial University in Newfoundland titled 'Employer Attitudes Towards Hiring Newcomers and International Students in the Atlantic Provinces'.

The Canadian province of Manitoba invited 1140 Express Entry candidates in the draw held on July 27. This is the highest number of invitations issued in any single Manitoba draw ever. The Expression of Interest cut-off score in the draw was 557. The candidates were invited through the Skilled Workers Overseas category under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program(MPNP).

Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program(OINP)draw held on July 27 invited 1031 Express Entry candidates to apply for provincial nomination. The candidates were invited through the Express Entry Human Capital Priorities(HCP) Stream under the OINP. All the invited candidates have work experience in one of the 18 targeted occupations, which include healthcare workers and managers.

Even as Canada is all set to reopen its borders, a Provincial Nominee Program(PNP)-specific draw was held on July 21, inviting 462 candidates to apply for permanent residence. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score required to receive an invitation in the draw was 734 points. This CRS requirement is significantly low compared to the previous PNP-specific draw held on July 7, in which the CRS cut-off score was 760.

The Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will accept a record number of applications for the 2021 Parents and Grandparents Program(PGP), announced Marco Mendicino, the Immigration Minister of Canada, the other day. The IRCC will invite up to 30000 potential sponsors who have already submitted an interest to sponsor form in 2020. The invitations will be issued over the course of two weeks starting from September 20, 2021.

Canada will allow fully vaccinated international travellers to enter the country beginning September 7, it has been announced. Fully vaccinated US tourists will be allowed into the country starting from August 9. If COVID conditions remain favourable, non-essential travellers from all other countries will also be allowed to travel to Canada from September, provided they are fully vaccinated.