Permanent Residency: Key PR Pathways

Achieving the goal of Permanent Residency is competitive. How can you improve your chances? Join McInnes Cooper Immigration Lawyers Meghan Felt…

The nature of the construction industry, especially when it comes to seasonal work and where the labour needs and costs must be estimated in…

Canadian businesses need foreign workers to address labour and skills shortages. Yet the Canadian government is taking steps to reduce the…

Whether you’re entering the Canadian market by setting up a subsidiary or a branch office, you’ll need to staff your new operations up. And…

Many international companies set up shop in Canada through branch offices or subsidiaries. Many of these companies are looking to staff up their…

Francophone immigration is a key and permanent priority for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). On January 16, 2024, IRCC…

Updated May 8, 2024. Canada’s labour and skills shortage continues – and so does the immigration solution. Canada’s ambitious…

Canada’s first Tech Talent Strategy aims to aggressively attract tech talent to “fuel innovation and drive emerging technologies forward”.…

Many Canadian employers continue to be challenged not only with hiring the right number of people, but with finding candidates with the right…

Immigration continues to play a key role in addressing Canada’s labour and skills shortage. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada…

Updated Feburary 9, 2024. On January 1, 2023, the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act and accompanying…

Many Canadian employers continue to be challenged not only with hiring the right number of people, but with finding candidates with the right…

The Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) began as a pilot program in 2017, and became a permanent federal immigration program in 2022. While the…

Climate migrants aren’t yet arriving on Canadian shores en masse - but the growing number of extreme weather events in Canada and around the…

Updated August 10, 2023. Canada’s Express Entry system, introduced in 2015, has been a successful and well-received innovation. It’s…

We updated this publication on March 1, 2023. On January 1, 2022, the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program became the permanent Atlantic…

The COVID-19 pandemic changed many aspects of the workplace for good – but pre-pandemic labour shortages isn’t one of them. While the…

As part of the Government of Canada’s overall response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)…

Canadian entities regularly contract with foreign companies to provide services in Canada. To complete its obligations under the contract, the…

Recently, New Brunswick temporarily broadened the eligibility for its Skilled Worker Stream through its Provincial Nominee Program (PNP),…

Many businesses with industrial and commercial equipment rely on foreign workers to provide emergency repair or installation services, both for…

On January 2, 2021, Newfoundland and Labrador began accepting expressions of interest under the new Priority Skills NL stream through its…

The current state of closed Canadian borders and stringent travel restrictions in efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be the…

This publication has been updated as of April 23, 2021. Employers that hire and employ temporary foreign workers must comply with many and…

The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting more than Canada’s domestic workforce. It’s also disrupting Canadian employers’ access to temporary…

This publication has been updated as of May 10, 2022. The Prince Edward Island Office of Immigration requires designated employers to file a…

Updated May 2, 2024. Canadian provinces are looking to immigration as a solution to labour market shortages, and the health sector is no…

Watch and listen to McInnes Cooper immigration lawyer Sarah McInnes and MC Alum David Nurse as they chart the Global Talent Stream’s Labour…

Updated May 18, 2023. The Global Talent Stream is a central pillar of Canada’s Global Skills Strategy. Initially launched as a two-year…

We updated this publication on May 18, 2023. There’s no shortage of warnings of a worker shortage in Canada – and the consensus seems to…

On December 18, 2018, the maximum sentence possible for impaired driving (among other things) will increase as the result of amendments to…

Immigration is one of the key solutions to looming (and current) worker shortages in Canada. But an employer that hires a foreign worker must…

Updated May 18, 2023. The Global Talent Stream is the central pillar of the Government of Canada’s Global Skills Strategy: an immigration…

Updated January 12, 2023. There’s no shortage of media coverage about a doctor shortage in Canada and the resulting impact on Canada’s…

Updated May 18, 2023. The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) allows qualified U.S. and Mexican citizens in certain “designated…

Canada’s most important trading relationship is – in all likelihood – about to change: the current U.S. administration has put the future…

Note: On January 1, 2022, the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program became the permanent Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP). Learn more at From…

Canada’s most important trading relationship might undergo some change with the results of the 2016 U.S. election. Facilitating cross-border…

We updated this publication on May 17, 2023. Applying for and obtaining a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) is a critical step in hiring…