It\u2019s a banner year for immigration in Nova Scotia with the Atlantic Canadian province already having bust its previous record for the number of permanent residents it welcomes every year, reveals the latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, 10,670 new permanent residents have already been recorded from January to September,\u201d provincial Deputy Immigration Minister Ava Czapalay reportedly told the Nova Scotia Legislature\u2019s public accounts committee.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is more than any previous year and we still have three months remaining in the calendar year for processing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Top 10 Most In-Demand Jobs in Canadian Province of Saskatchewan Toronto<\/a> Based on the trend in those first nine months of the year, Nova Scotia is on track to have welcomed 14,227 new permanent residents by the end of 2022.<\/p>\n That would be 5,042, or 55.4 per cent, more new permanent residents settling in Nova Scotia this year than in 2021, which was already a record-breaking year with 9,155 new permanent residents immigrating to the province.<\/p>\n According to Czapalay, 83,000 applications were sent in for Destination Canada fairs.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Canadian embassy screened those applicants down to about 5,000 but we had everyone from truck drivers to French teachers to doctors, nurses, all kinds of people,\u201d Czapalay reportedly said. \u201cOur job in Immigration and Population Growth is to bring in the qualified people that Nova Scotia needs to grow its economy.\u201d<\/p>\n Based on the current trend, the province could close the year with 181 per cent growth in Nova Scotia\u2019s Provincial Nominee Program<\/a>\u00a0(NSPNP) with 6,407 new permanent residents, or 4,127 more than the 2,280 last year.<\/p>\n Although the province\u2019s PNP program numbers were still down last year compared to prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nova Scotia\u2019s strong performance through the PNP this year would still be an 82.3 per cent improvement over the 3,515 new permanent residents it welcomed through it in 2019.<\/p>\n The Atlantic\u00a0Immigration\u00a0Program<\/a>\u00a0(AIP) is showing steady growth this year and projected to close up 8.4 per cent higher, at 2,900 new permanent residents, than it did last year. With regards to the Canadian Experience Class<\/a>\u00a0(CEC), numbers there are down by 64.9 per cent compared to last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW)<\/a> is exploding in the province. It is up by 406.7 per cent, or 203 more new permanent residents, and projected to wrap up this year with 253 new permanent residents having been welcomed to Nova Scotia, up from only 50 in 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In 2019, the FSW allowed 350 to immigrate to Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n The one-time, Temporary Resident\u00a0to\u00a0Permanent Resident<\/a>\u00a0(TR-to-PR) pathway is on its way based on the current trend to see 1,740 people gain their permanent residence this year, up 89.1 per cent from last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Family Sponsorships And Refugee Numbers Are Up In Nova Scotia<\/b><\/p>\n By the end of the year, 1,067 relatives of people in Nova Scotia are projected to have been reunited with their loved ones through the family sponsorship<\/a> programs. That\u2019s up 46.1 per cent from last year and 21.2 per cent from 2019.<\/p>\n
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