Social Media Ideas for 2026 - 2028 Immigration Levels Plan

Canada on track to admit fewer permanent residents than planned for 2026

Over the first half of the year, Canada’s permanent resident admissions amounted to only 41% of the federal government’s annual target. On August 18, 2026, Immigration, Refugees an...

Canada unveils four-pronged approach to re-defining top picks for permanent residence through Express Entry

The federal government has taken the first step in advancing a four-pronged approach to changing which skilled workers get prioritized for Canadian permanent residence (PR) in 2027...

Canada boosts transparency on permanent resident admissions

Canada’s immigration department has made clear that its top-line targets for annual permanent residence (PR) admissions don’t tell the whole story. On a government web page that we...

Canada Plans to Provide 454,000 PRs annually and Opens New Opportunities for Aspiring Immigrants. Apply Now!

Canada Plans to Provide 454,000 PRs annually and Opens New Opportunities for Aspiring Immigrants. Apply Now! HIGHLIGHTS: CANADA REVEALS 908,000 PLANNED PR ADMISSIONS FOR 2026 AND 2...

Canada opens book on number of waitlisted permanent residence applications

As of July 21, Canada’s immigration department will begin sharing monthly updates on the portion of permanent residence applications that are in active processing, versus those tha...

Live Webinar: Canadian Immigration Fall 2026: Pathways to Permanent Residence, Language, and Credentials

A free live webinar with CanadaVisa, World Education Services (WES), and CELPIP. Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET (8:00 a.m. PT). Online. Canada’s immigration system f...

2026 Regulatory Agenda Signals Significant Immigration Changes for Employers

IRCC’s application inventory exceeded 1.5 million in May 2026, department data shows

As of May 31, 2026, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) had 1,517,770 applications awaiting processing in its inventory. This figure includes permanent residence, t...

Canada's immigration system needs to be reset in order to face ongoing economic challenges, says RBC

Factors such as population shocks, frequent rule changes, a weakened points system and a diminished focus on skills and experience have created an unstable environment, report says

Canada proposes new entry categories for skilled workers in 2027

Canada proposes new Express Entry categories for 2027, targeting skilled workers in tech, healthcare, and research. Learn about the changes and how to prov Read More: https://punc...

Immigration board asks feds to better track temporary residents

OTTAWA — Canada needs to make further cuts to the number of temporary residents in the country and generate better tracking data when they leave the country, the head of an expert...

Project 2025 And Immigration: 19 Months Into Trump’s Second Term

Number of unauthorized immigrants hit new high of nearly 16 million in 2024, report says

WASHINGTON — The unauthorized U.S. immigrant population grew to its highest level ever by mid-2024, increasing to 15.8 million after hovering at about 11 million since 2010, accord...

British Columbia unveils provincial immigration quotas for health-care and child-care workers

British Columbia has released new data on how many skilled workers in priority healthcare and childcare occupations it intends to nominate in 2026. By year’s end, the province inte...

Immigration department releases monthly update on application processing

On August 18, 2026, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published new data on application throughput for permanent residence, temporary residence, and citizenship f...

Immigration Services Agency to add 226 staff amid rise in foreign residents

The Immigration Services Agency will add 176 immigration inspectors, who review applications for residency status, and 50 immigration control officers.

Number of unauthorized immigrants hit new high of nearly 16 million in 2024, report says

WASHINGTON — The unauthorized U.S. immigrant population grew to its highest level ever by mid-2024, increasing to 15.8 million after hovering at about 11 million since 2010, accord...

Alberta greenlighted to nominate 200 additional workers for permanent residence this year

The federal government has granted the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) 200 additional nomination slots for 2026, allowing more workers to be selected for permanent res...

Undocumented immigration population reached as high as 15.8M, report finds

New estimates put the U.S. undocumented immigrant population in mid-2024 at 14.6 million to 15.8 million, a sharp increase from around 11 million in the 2010s.  Since then the non-...

Cross-border travel from Canada to U.S. in July 2026: +12.8% by car, -1.4% by air

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada has released its cross-border travel data for July 2026 – and the increase in overall return trips from the U.S. in July 2026 marks the fourth consecutiv...

British Columbia to nominate 1,000 additional healthcare, construction, and cream-of-the-crop provincial immigration can...

The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) has received 1,000 additional nomination spaces for 2026, which will be used to support foreign nationals in care-related oc...

August 2026 Visa Bulletin – Modest Progress Except for India and Philippines; Further Freezes Forecast by Fiscal Year-En...

Cross-border travel from Canada to U.S. in June 2026: +5.2% by car, -3.8% by air

TORONTO —Statistics Canada has released its cross-border travel data for June 2026. The increase in overall return trips from the U.S. in June 2026 marked both the third consecutiv...

Undocumented immigration population reached as high as 15.8M, report finds

New estimates put the U.S. undocumented immigrant population in mid-2024 at 14.6 million to 15.8 million, a sharp increase from around 11 million in the 2010s.  Since then the non-...