1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (390+ words) Ottawa has moved to make permanent the ability for asylum claimants to obtain faster access to work permits. The move comes in the form of draft changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, published in the Canada Gazette the…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago  (240+ words) Ottawa has moved to make permanent the ability for asylum claimants to obtain faster access to work permits. The move comes in the form of draft changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, published in the Canada Gazette the…...

5+ hour, 32+ min ago  (990+ words) Canada's citizenship department has issued new guidance on what it expects as proof of Canadian lineage from people applying for citizenship by descent, after asking multiple new Canadian citizens to return their citizenship certificates based on their submitted documentation. Among…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (861+ words) Canada's citizenship department built a section on its citizenship by descent application forms to accommodate applicants who want to apply under the new citizenship rules, but don't have all the answers. If, for example, you don't know whether a grandparent…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (360+ words) Provincial nominees and their spouses can qualify for work permits months sooner, under temporary operational measures put in place by Canada's immigration department. As of June 2026, eligible foreign nationals are better positioned to avoid losing authorization to work in Canada…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (287+ words) The wait time for in-Canada work permit applications has dropped by nearly a full month. Foreign nationals in Canada who submit an application for a new work permit or to extend their existing work permit can expect a processing time…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (870+ words) In the 1870s, the trains pulled into Lewiston's Grand Trunk Station carrying a new kind of arrival. They came from Quebec farms and Acadian villages in the Maritimes " thousands of French-speaking Canadians, drawn south by the steady wages of Maine's textile…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (871+ words) In Woonsocket, Rhode Island, the old nickname still holds: la ville la plus fran'aise aux "tats-Unis " the most French city in the United States. A recent change to Canadian law has turned that legacy into something concrete. A conservative estimate…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (594+ words) Of the occupations currently being prioritized for permanent residence by the Canadian federal government, about four in ten are set to receive a further boost in priority through the proposed high-wage occupation factor. As it stands today, 89 occupations are prioritized…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (933+ words) If one of your grandparents was born in Canada, you may already be a Canadian citizen " even if you and your parents were born abroad, and no one in your family has ever held a Canadian passport. You wouldn't apply…...