{"id":107866,"date":"2022-12-02T10:10:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T15:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/newfoundland-and-labrador-wants-its-provincial-canada-immigration-allotment-doubled\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T10:10:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T15:10:38","slug":"newfoundland-and-labrador-wants-its-provincial-canada-immigration-allotment-doubled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/newfoundland-and-labrador-wants-its-provincial-canada-immigration-allotment-doubled\/","title":{"rendered":"Newfoundland And Labrador Wants Its Provincial Canada Immigration Allotment Doubled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newfoundland and Labrador\u2019s provincial immigration minister wants Canada\u2019s federal government to double the province\u2019s allotment of immigrants who can settle there through the Provincial Nominee Program<\/a> (PNP).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are turning the tide of forecasted population decline, but we need the federal government to act on our call, so our population growth will not be obstructed, newcomers will not face longer processing times, and there will not be fewer immigration spaces of which to avail,\u201d provincial Immigration Minister Gerry Byrne reportedly told Saltwire Network.<\/p>\n

The provincial immigration minister wants Ottawa to boost Newfoundland and Labrador\u2019s number of immigration spots to 3,050 from 1,593.<\/p>\n

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Newfoundland and Labrador\u2019s latest call for a higher provincial allocation comes four months after a similar request by immigration ministers from all of Canada\u2019s provinces and territories.<\/p>\n

Last summer, they called on Ottawa to help businesses across the country hire more immigrants by speeding up the processing of applications and boosting provincial and territorial allocations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNewcomers are crucial to filling in-demand jobs, growing our economy, and building a stronger Canada,\u201d tweeted Ontario Immigration Minister Monte McNaughton in July. \u201cOur job sites and factory floors need more boots on the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re calling on the federal government for a better deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The immigration minister of Canada\u2019s most populous province met with his counterparts from other provinces and territories to discuss the future of the country\u2019s immigration system in Saint John, New Brunswick in late July.<\/p>\n

The provincial and territorial ministers were then demanding a greater say in the selection of immigrants, more input into any modernization of the Express Entry<\/a> system, and increase to their allotments under the PNPs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAcross Canada, jobs are going unfilled and paycheques unclaimed. Ottawa must let provinces select more of the skilled newcomers their communities need,\u201d tweeted McNaughton.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to stop holding Canada back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reveals that 760 new permanent residents settled in Newfoundland and Labrador through the PNP in the first nine months of this year.<\/p>\n

PNP On Track To Welcome 1,013 New Permanent Residents To Newfoundland This Year<\/h3>\n

Based on that trend, Newfoundland, as the province is often affectionately dubbed, could see 1,013 new permanent residents this year through the PNP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That would be almost twice as many as the 570 new permanent residents under the PNP to the province in 2019, the last full year before the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

It would also be almost exactly double the 510 new permanent residents to the province under that program last year.<\/p>\n

Newfoundland and Labrador claims the pace of immigration to the province has ground to a halt because no more spaces are available for this year. But the province is still accepting applications. They are just being deferred to next year.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Newfoundland welcomed 1,120 new permanent residents. Based on the trend during the first nine months of this year, the province is on track to welcome 3,213 new permanent residents this year.<\/p>\n

That level of immigration, if the current trend continues through to the end of the year, would mean a spike in the rate of immigration of 56.7 per cent over the 2,050 new permanent residents that settled in\u00a0Newfoundland\u00a0and Labrador last year.<\/p>\n

The and\u00a0Atlantic Immigration Program<\/a>\u00a0(AIP) is on track to help 753 new permanent residents come to\u00a0Newfoundland\u00a0and Labrador this year, up 83.7 per cent from 410 in 2021.<\/p>\n

TR-To-PR Pathway Means 293 New Permanent Residents For Newfoundland And Labrador<\/h3>\n

The biggest percentage spike in immigration programs in Newfoundland this year, though, is in the number of new permanent residents through the\u00a0Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident<\/a>\u00a0(TR-to-PR) one-time pathway which is projected to welcome 293 new permanent residents, up 179.4 per cent from the 105 newcomers to the province last year.<\/p>\n

Family sponsorship<\/a>\u00a0programs in\u00a0Newfoundland\u00a0and Labrador are expected to show growth of 25.7 per cent, with the number of new permanent residents arriving through them this year expected to hit 220.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0refugee<\/a>\u00a0programs are showing even greater growth, expected to end the year up 49.5 per cent with a total of 740 newcomers.<\/p>\n

Immigration to\u00a0Newfoundland\u00a0and Labrador has been so strong this year as to drive the fastest rate of growth the province had seen in more than half a century during the second quarter.<\/p>\n

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