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Record Number Skilled Migrants Accepted under Provincial Nominee Programs by Canada
Posted on : 03 Aug, 2011

While understanding the importance of the Provincial Nominee Programs, Canada is geared to accept record number of skilled migrants under these programs.

Recognizing that the labor shortage gap of the provinces and the territories is filled by the skilled manpower, which is essentially obtained by the way of the Provincial Nominee Programs, the Immigration Minister of Canada, Jason Kenney said that the PNPs play a dominant role.

As per the reports, Canada plans to admit 40,000 immigrants in the Provincial Nominee category in the year 2011. In 2005, as many as 8,000 skilled immigrants entered Canada under the PNP and the recent figure is five times more, thus, proving the popularity of this category.

Under the Provincial Nominee category, people are nominated by a Canadian province or territory to apply for immigration to Canada. Thus, every province and territory identifies its own economic immigrants. Keeping the popularity and the benefits of the programs in mind, the projected admissions of nominees has been increased each year.

Col. BS Sandhu (Retd.), CMD, WWICS Group said, “Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver attract the largest share of skilled immigrants. However, due to the Provincial Nominee Programs, 26 percent of skilled migrants accepted as Permanent Residents of Canada choose to settle in provinces or territories other than Ontario, British Columbia, or Quebec.”

He added that the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee program, which is the PNP for Saskatchewan is also gaining popularity, as this program is a fast track option to settle in Saskatchewan, which is the most rapidly developing province of Canada.