Canada job prospects for immigrants improved markedly over the past year with far fewer of them unemployed in June compared to the same month in 2021, Statistics Canada figures reveal.<\/p>\n
Immigrants who came to Canada between five and 10 years earlier saw their unemployment drop in June last month to less than half of what it was a year ago.<\/p>\n
In June, 2021, the unemployment rate for that group of immigrants was 11.4 per cent. By last month, that had fallen to 5.6 per cent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Read More<\/b><\/p>\n British Columbia Draw: Province Issues At Least 129 Canada Immigration Invitations<\/a> Immigrants who came to Canada within the past five years also saw their employment prospects pick up, with their unemployment rate dropping from 10.9 per cent in June last year to 8.1 per cent last month.<\/p>\n Despite those improvements, though, immigrants still struggle with higher unemployment than workers who were born in Canada, notes the country\u2019s statistical and demographic services agency.<\/p>\n Native-born Canadians had an unemployment rate of only 4.7 per cent in June this year, down from 7.5 per cent for the same month in 2021.<\/p>\n Massive labour shortages across Canada \u2013 which are the bane of employers struggling to find qualified workers \u2013 are a blessing to those seeking employment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Watch Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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