New Brunswick

A majority of Canadians continue to hold positive views on key aspects of immigration and few see immigrants and refugees as a pressing national concern, a new Environics Institute survey has found.

According to recent data from Statistics Canada, the country’s total population is estimated to be over 39.5 million (as of January 1, 2023). This means that, for the first time ever, Canada’s population grew by over one million people in a single year.

There are a number of pathways for nurses to immigrate to Canada.

Canada was experiencing nursing shortages even before the pandemic. Ontario, for example, is planning to invest $342 million over the next five years to hire more than 13,000 healthcare workers to the province. BC has promised to provide up to $16,000 to about 1,500 internationally educated nurses to cover application fees, English language tests, and educational upgrading. Also, Quebec is investing $65 million to recruit and train nearly 1,000 nurses from francophone countries.

A new Statistics Canada report says Canada is aging and it will continue to depend on high immigration levels to renew its population.

A new report on the Government of Canada’s Express Entry economic immigration system shows candidates from India and China led their fellow Express Entry candidates in invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence in 2017.

May 12 is celebrated as International Nurses Day in Canada, to recognize the contribution of nurses to healthcare services.

A recent analysis of Canadian international students suggests that most who receive a study permit in a certain province tend to remain in that province for their next period of study or work.

IRCC will spend about $1.7 billion on immigrant settlement and integration services across Canada this fiscal year.

Median hourly wages in all provinces and territories (except for Nunavut) will increase after May 31st.

Ahmed Hussen said he wants to expand pilot that links skilled refugees with 5 provinces and territories

The Atlantic provinces of Canada have come together with the federal government to launch an exciting new employer-driven immigration program, which is likely to attract the attention of potential immigrants and employers alike.

The New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP) is announcing long delays in the processing of applications. The reason is "significant number of applications," the province explained on its website.

In collaboration with the federal government, New Brunswick will launch a pilot project to address labour shortages.

The pilot aims to facilitate permanent residency for international students who have graduated from one of 19 eligible programs of study.

Strategy calls for active recruitment of nurses from countries with similar professional standards

The province of New Brunswick has temporarily reopened its Express Entry Labour Market Stream to Expressions of Interest from eligible skilled workers with professional experience in 14 priority occupations, including seven tech-related positions. In an update published May 1, the New Brunswick nomination program (NBPNP) reported that its Express Entry Labour Market Stream is opening to those with work experience in one of these 14 priority occupations:

New Brunswick is now accepting Expressions of Interest to its Express Entry-linked immigration stream. 

New Brunswick could benefit from an increase in the number of newcomers over the next three years as a result of policies proposed by the Progressive Conservative Party.

In the last 40 years New Brunswick has been facing shortage of work force and the shortage has been growing significantly in the last few years Economist and author Richard Saillant says it’s only due to the roughly 1,000 immigrants now coming into New Brunswick each year that the province’s workforce isn’t decreasing by 4,000 people a year

Although our immigration numbers are rising, we're still losing close to half of them over a 5-year period.