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Canada landed an overwhelming 46,315 new immigrants in October as per the Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data. A successful “landing in Canada” means that the legal status of a foreign national in Canada is now converted to permanent residence. This is not limited to individuals entering Canada from overseas but also applied to existing temporary residents living in Canada.

During the month of October 2021, the vast majority of those who have “landed” during the pandemic are existing temporary residents of Canada. However, the case was different before the pandemic, as most new permanent resident landings came to Canada directly from abroad.

Canada remains to be the only G7 country to offer a direct permanent residence pathway to eligible skilled foreign workers. Interested individuals must come good in human capital factors like work experience, language proficiency, age, and education qualification.

The country is currently pursuing its most ambitious Immigration Levels Plan in its history. It plans to welcome 401,000 immigrants in 2021, another 411,000 in 2022, and an additional 421,000 in 2023.

Canada has now welcomed 313,838 immigrants between January and October 2021.

Immigration Minister Open to Increase Immigration Levels

In an interview given to Bloomberg & Toronto Star, the new Canadian immigration minister, Sean Fraser, opened up on the opportunities and challenges in his new role in politics.

The minister is confident and prepared to increase Canada’s immigration levels if it is necessary to address labour shortages. The country is experiencing significant job shortages in large part due to fewer immigrants arriving from overseas amid the pandemic.

Fraser sought support from local businesses and communities to increase the immigration levels. He is “very much open to” even higher levels to accommodate more foreign migrants in Canada.

Unfortunately, Canada is still battling with a backlog of nearly 1.8 million immigration applications. It has grown by almost 350,000 more applications since July.

No matter what impact the travel restrictions had on Canadian immigration, the local authorities are still processing applications and even issuing new permanent residence invitations to successful applicants.

IRCC data revealed the number of applications it had processed during the pandemic:

• 337,000 permanent residence applications were processed between January and September 2021. It processed some 214,000 applications in 2020.

• 1,500,000 temporary residence applications were processed between January and September 2021. This compares to nearly 1,700,000 applications in 2020.

• 134,000 Canadian citizenship applications were processed between January and September 2021. This compares to about 80,000 applications processed in 2020.

Canada is dependent on the immigration of economic-class candidates to overcome dual demographic shocks. Its flagship system to manage applications for federal immigration programs is Express Entry. The Provincial Nominee Programs are also offering reliable permanent residence pathways for foreign migrants.

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The federal government has taken suitable measures to achieve its Immigration Levels Plan 2021-2023 to welcome over 1.2 million new immigrants by 2023. The Immigrations Levels Plan 2022-2024 is due to be announced next year, and we can expect the intakes to only increase further.

Canada got off to a strong start to the year before losing momentum. Beginning in June, however, Canada started to pick up the pace with the landing of 35,000 immigrants.

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Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index for 2021 is out and Canada has been well-acknowledged for its relentless efforts to increase immigration, despite the pandemic.

The pandemic hit major immigration-friendly destinations like Australia, Canada, the UK, the USA equally with such destinations becoming hostile for new migrants temporarily. Even Canada’s population growth was slashed to the slowest pace in more than a century.

But as restrictions eased, Canada welcomed the largest number of newcomers in July since at least 2015 and repeated the same feature in September.

The Nation Brands Index takes into account the reputations of nations around the world based on six criteria: exports, governance, culture, people, tourism, and investment and immigration. This year, the index measured 60 nations and derived their survey results from 60,000 interviews.

Germany retained the top spot for the fifth consecutive time. Global respondents feel particularly positive about buying German products, the appeal of investing in German businesses, the employability of German people, the German government’s work to fight poverty, and excelling in sports.

This year, Canada is close behind it with top scores in Governance, People, Immigration, and Investment criteria.

Canada Overtakes the UK to Rank Second Overall

Canada overtook the U.K. to hold the second-place spot after Germany. This year, the U.K. dropped to fifth place overall. While the UK still maintains a positive overall ranking for perceptions of its culture, exports, and immigration, and investment, it had dropped in global perceptions of its people, and governance.

For the first time ever, the index ranked Canada top in immigration and investment categories.

It means that the respondents perceive the nation’s ability to attract immigrants, foreign workers, and international students more positively than others. It also reflects upon the positive quality of life and business environment in Canada for foreign immigrants.

Among the other criteria, Canada scored top marks for governance. It perceives the competency and fairness of national government to global issues like peace, justice, poverty, and the environment.

Holding the top spot in the people category too, Canada is now globally perceived as a nation of competence, openness, friendliness, and tolerance.

The Canadian government is only planning to add more than 400,000 new permanent residents each year by 2023.

So, what does this mean for the future of Canadian Immigration?

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The great push for skilled foreign immigration in Canada is based on the premise of fulfilling labour shortages and increasing population growth.

With the latest statistics in the picture, Immigrants now make up nearly a quarter of Canada’s workforce. A majority of them work in food manufacturing and essential services like nursing and residential care facilities.

Such foreign immigrants are eligible to apply for permanent residence either directly or indirectly mostly based on their work experience and language proficiency.

Where Canadian-born workers generally avoid essential occupations, the demand for such occupations keeps rising. These positions are thus filled by newcomers, even though they may be overqualified. Nearly 40 per cent of newcomers who work as childcare providers and support workers have university degrees and are deemed overqualified for the job.

One of the main reasons for this is that Canada has a number of immigration pathways for workers in “skilled occupations” but does not always include jobs that are in-demand.

Here is where Canada is showing potential to improve immigrant outcomes and fill labour gaps in essential services like nursing and residential care services. This could be of interesting read for aspiring foreign healthcare professionals who are willing to work & settle in Canada.

Dedicated Permanent Residency Pathways & Data-Driven Approach for Essential Workers

The report suggests rolling out more permanent residence pathways dedicated to essential workers to overcome the problem of overqualification.

This is in favour of the government as ​​underemployed immigrants do not make the best use of their education and skills, lower earnings, career prospects, and thus, limiting their economic contributions to the country.

With dedicated PR pathways for essential care, foreign workers will have a better shot at permanent residency and escape underemployment.

Applying for a temporary work permit in Canada under the International Mobility Program exempts employers to conduct Labour Market Impact Assessment (LIMA). This is beneficial for essential workers, mainly in the healthcare field.

The report suggests making IMP more data-driven. This would help researchers understand which groups work in which occupations and sectors, under what conditions, through which immigration pathways, and where the change is needed. These efforts could help inform immigration policy, and targeted policies for sectors and occupations.

Co-ordinated Approach for Credential Recognition

The report has highlighted the ill-effects of poor Credential recognition of newcomers in Canada.

It is linked to overqualification and underemployment among new immigrants. The credential recognition process is complex, lengthy, and costly. It prevents immigrants from working in jobs they might be otherwise qualified for, such as the qualified nurse who is working as a nurse’s aide.

“The government needs a coordinated response to this intricate web of challenges that requires close collaboration with employers, regulators, and other relevant bodies”, as mentioned in the report.

The above suggestions are taken from the recent study called Valued Workers, Valuable Work: The Current and Future Role of (Im)migrant Talent, and it is written by Dr Yilmaz Dinc.

The current state of Canadian Immigration for healthcare workers & other essential workers is positive. Canada is keen on fulfilling over 60 per cent of its exuberant immigration target of 1.2 million new immigrants by 2023 only through economic-class programs.

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