{"id":112672,"date":"2023-03-21T22:20:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T02:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/saskatchewan-immigration-nominations-forecast-to-soar-by-42-in-three-years\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T22:20:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T02:20:50","slug":"saskatchewan-immigration-nominations-forecast-to-soar-by-42-in-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/saskatchewan-immigration-nominations-forecast-to-soar-by-42-in-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Immigration Nominations Forecast To Soar By 42% In Three Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saskatchewan is hoping to boost the number of nominations through its Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program<\/a> (SINP) by 42 per cent over the next three years, by 2025, says provincial Immigration Minister Jeremy Harrison.<\/p>\n

This year, Saskatchewan\u2019s allocation for its Provincial Nominee Program<\/a> (PNP) is the biggest in its history, 7,250 nominations, and is expected to result in about 18,000 newcomers to the province in 2023.<\/p>\n

By 2025, that SINP allocation is expected to swell to 8,500.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration in Halifax earlier this month, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) agreed to cut red tape in the processing of SINP nominations and give the province sole authority over assessing a candidate’s ability to live in Saskatchewan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The IRCC also agreed to up Saskatchewan\u2019s annual allocation of provincial nominees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pleased to see that our proposal for a significant increase in our SINP allocation has been accepted by the government of Canada,\u201d said Harrison.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSaskatchewan is seeing record-high population growth numbers and immigration to the province has played a significant role in that. We are well on our way to our goal of 1.4 million residents by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the forum of immigration ministers, Harrison and his counterpart in the federal government also discussed federal settlement funding. The province wants to have control of those funds which are spent to help immigrants settle within Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n

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In July last year, the province put forth its Saskatchewan Immigration Accord<\/i>, modelled after a similar deal between Ottawa and Quebec, which contains measures to give the province more autonomy over immigration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the accord, Saskatchewan would set its own immigration levels, select skilled immigrants aligned with labour market needs, re-establish a family class immigration stream and gain control over the design and delivery of settlement and integration services.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaskatchewan needs more workers to fill job vacancies in all sectors of the economy,\u201d said Jason Aebig, chief executive officer of the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

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