In the 1870s, the trains pulled into Lewiston’s Grand Trunk Station carrying a new kind of arrival. They came from Quebec farms and Acadian villages in the Maritimes — thousands of French-speaking Canadians, drawn south by the steady wages of Maine’s textile mills. They settled in a dense neighborhood beside the Androscoggin River, between the […]
On June 10, Newfoundland and Labrador held its seventh provincial immigration draw, issuing more invitations for provincial immigration. The province extended a total of 108 invitations through the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP) and the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP). Assess your eligibility for enhanced PNP streams This marks the NL Office of Immigration […]
In Woonsocket, Rhode Island, the old nickname still holds: la ville la plus française aux États-Unis — the most French city in the United States. A recent change to Canadian law has turned that legacy into something concrete. A conservative estimate suggests nearly one in six Woonsocket residents — roughly 7,000 people — descend from […]
Canada has suspended the processing of around 36,000 applications for permanent residence (PR), in quarantine-related measures affecting foreign nationals within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and the Republic of South Sudan. Permanent residence visas issued to individuals from the affected regions have also been suspended, preventing about 1,700 PR visa holders from travelling […]
For much of the last 300 years, a French-Canadian family could answer to two surnames at once. A man baptized Roy might be buried as a Desjardins. Their grandchildren might use both, or pick one, or quietly drop the other. If your family came from Quebec, you may have inherited the half that hides where […]
The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) is closing the Career Employment Pathway (CEP) of its International Education Stream, effective immediately. Former CEP candidates wishing to settle in Manitoba will need to pursue other pathways to permanent residence. Assess your eligibility for enhanced PNP streams The MPNP announced this update on its official news webpage on […]
Of the occupations currently being prioritized for permanent residence by the Canadian federal government, about four in ten are set to receive a further boost in priority through the proposed high-wage occupation factor. As it stands today, 89 occupations are prioritized through category-based selection (CBS), which allows qualifying candidates to be selected as permanent residents […]
For many newcomers, buying a first home in Canada is an exciting milestone. Saving for a down payment, however, often takes planning, time and the right savings tools. To help support first-time homebuyers, the Government of Canada introduced the First Home Savings Account (FHSA), a registered savings plan designed to help eligible Canadian Residents save […]
The processing time for permanent residence applications through the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) has dropped by a full year. As of June 8, 2026, the expected wait time for a decision on a newly-submitted AIP application is 26 months. As of May 12, 2026, it was 38 months. Schedule a Free Work Permit Consultation This […]
Those applying for Canadian citizenship by descent will now have a 15-month wait time for their proof of Canadian citizenship certificates as of June 2026. There are now roughly 82,000 applications in the queue, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). As recently as May 12, that figure stood at 70,400. In under a […]
