Immigrants to Canada need to be ensured they will be able to land jobs commensurate with their education and experience in the coming decades since these workers will form the bulk of any growth in the Canadian labour force, reports the Conference Board of Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cBetween 2023 and 2026, the federal government is pursuing combined immigration targets that will see an addition of almost two million permanent residents,\u201d notes the economic think-tank.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAs the share of immigrants in Canada\u2019s labour force increases, it is key to ensure that immigrants obtain work commensurate with their skills and education.\u201d<\/p>\n Canada\u2019s population growth currently depends almost entirely on immigration.<\/p>\n In its report,\u00a0Record-High\u00a0Population\u00a0Growth Continues, Fuelled By Strong Permanent And Temporary Immigration<\/i>, Statistics Canada noted in mid-December that Canada welcomed 107,972\u00a0new permanent residents<\/a>\u00a0in the third quarter of 2023 alone.<\/p>\n Read More<\/b><\/p>\n Canada Is Becoming A Nation Of Immigrants, Says Think-Tank<\/a> \u201cFrom January to September 2023, immigration reached 79.8 per cent, or 371,299 new permanent residents of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship\u00a0Canada’s (IRCC) target of 465,000 immigrants for the year,\u201d noted the\u00a0statistical\u00a0and demographic services agency.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom July 1 to October 1, the country saw the number of non-permanent residents continue to increase. The total non-permanent resident\u00a0population\u00a0increased from 2,198,679 to 2,511,437.<\/p>\n Tuesday, the Conference Board\u2019s latest report, Retirements, Migration and New Frontiers: Canada\u2019s Labour Markets Outlook to 2045, underscored the importance of immigration to Canadian employers.<\/p>\n \u201cYet challenges remain when it comes to overqualification,\u201d notes the Conference Board. \u201cData from the 2021 census shows that immigrants with a foreign degree are twice as likely to be overqualified as those with a Canadian degree.<\/p>\n \u201cData reveal that elevated rates of overqualification persist among the second-generation children of immigrants and that the risk of overqualification is even higher among women and visible minorities.\u201d<\/p>\n Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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