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🇨🇦 Carney Signals Canada May Raise Immigration Levels Again

Plus: a new francophone recruitment push, extended Ebola entry rules, and a higher proof-of-funds bar for students.

In this week’s issue, Ottawa backs a new francophone recruitment drive in Newfoundland and Labrador, extends its Ebola-related entry restrictions into late November, and raises the proof-of-funds bar for international students.

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🇨🇦 Carney Signals Canada May Raise Immigration Levels Again

Prime Minister Mark Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney has signalled that Canada’s two-year run of immigration cuts may be ending, with officials now weighing when to allow “a controlled increase” in population growth — a shift that matters to anyone planning a move to Canada.

📈 The cuts may be ending
Carney says Canada’s immigration system is “back under control” after years of reductions aimed at easing post-pandemic population and temporary-resident growth.

📉 Why the shift now
Statistics Canada recorded just 189,425 new residents over the past year (0.5% growth) — the smallest July-to-July increase since 1944–45 — as non-permanent residents fell by 154,614.

🗓️ Watch November 1
Ottawa must table a new three-year Levels Plan by November 1, setting permanent and temporary resident targets through 2029 — the clearest signal yet of how many newcomers Canada will welcome.

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TRENDING NEWS

Ottawa is funding a new push to recruit French-speaking workers to Newfoundland and Labrador, committing $349,684 over two years to attract bilingual talent in education, early childhood education and healthcare. It doesn’t open a new pathway, but it supports Canada’s goal of 9% francophone permanent-resident admissions outside Quebec, rising to 10.5% by 2028. Read more

Canada has extended its Ebola-related immigration restrictions to November 27, keeping previously approved visas and documents suspended for applicants connected to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan. IRCC continues processing applications without finalizing them, and affected applicants can request an exemption through its crisis web form. Read more

International students now need to show more money to study in Canada, with applicants outside Quebec required to prove access to at least $23,448 for first-year living costs — a $553 increase that took effect September 1. Officers are also scrutinizing where the funds come from and whether they will stay available throughout the program. Read more

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