Immigration News Blog

The population of Canada topped 33 million for the first time in the third quarter of 2007, bolstered by strong immigration, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.As of October 1, Canada’s population was estimated at 33,091,200, up 115,200 from July 1, or an increase of 0.35 percent, the government agency said in a statement.
Net immigration accounted for [...]

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The news item was on the front page but easy to miss. Short-ish, below-the-fold, it was accompanied by a blurry picture of a young girl with long hair. But the two lines just below the headline yesterday were shocking: a father in Mississauga attacked his daughter during a confrontation about hijab.
A further reading of the [...]

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One in four Canadians say they have been the victim of discrimination based on their race or ethnicity, says a new study to be released Monday. Respondents to a national survey cited race, ethnicity, skin colour and gender as areas where they felt their rights had been violated.The study was based on a survey conducted [...]

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“Heightened security spurs cross-border foot traffic, smuggling”  writes Nicholas Keung of Toronto Star: Tighter security at border points is driving a growing number of undocumented migrants out of vehicles and onto their feet – walking across the border at remote or lightly guarded places, sometimes with the help of smugglers who arrange a pickup [...]

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On December 4, 2007 Statistics Canada will release 2006 Census data in relation to Language, Mobility, Migration, Immigration and Citizenship.

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