Canada Announces 2026 Express Entry Category-Based Draws
Express Entry is the online system used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) to manage and process Immigration Applications from skilled workers in the following three Immigration programs: the Canadian Experience Class the Federal Skilled Worker Program the Federal Skilled Trades Program In category-based rounds of invitations, IRCC invites candidates in the Express […]
Toronto is having a big tech moment
The following article, which appeared on CNN’s website on January 20, 2018, speaks volumes about Toronto both in terms of the strength of its technology sector and the cultural/ethnic diversity of the city. The article makes specific mention of the fact that the percentage of foreign-born residents in the Greater Toronto Area region — 39.7% […]
Toronto fourth-most livable city in the world, Economist says
The City of Toronto is fourth on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual list of most “liveable” cities once again in 2016, a spot it has held each year since 2009. The list analyzes five different categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure, ranking 140 cities across the world each year. Toronto is behind […]
Province to teach money skills in schools
Ontario students will start learning money smarts as early as Grade 4, when Queen’s Park rolls out a new financial literacy curriculum in September 2011. Prompted by growing debt levels among Canadian youths and reckless personal spending habits that helped trigger the global credit crunch, the province will design lessons that can be worked into […]
Accurate Documentation Necessary for Successful Canadian Immigration
I was recently contacted by a potential Canadian immigrant, whose application was refused when the visa officer did not award points for his Master’s degree. He lost his degree and submitted his application with a certificate from the university confirming that the degree was issued but that according to the recipient, the original degree had […]