Skilled immigrants are needed in Canada to fill jobs, says housing minister

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9 months ago

Highlights: Canada needs skilled professionals to fill up job vacancies

Canada has more than 1 million job vacancies to be filled
Skilled workers are required in the building trades and construction sector
Canada will invite more immigrants as per the 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan
Canada has 38,905 job vacancies available in the construction sector

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Skilled Professionals for various job vacancies needed in Canada

Ahmed Hussen, the Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Minister, stated that more foreign skilled workers need to be invited to Canada to work in different sectors especially building trades and construction. Canada has around a million job vacancies in different sectors.

Canada 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan

Canada has planned to invite more immigrants according to the 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan. The table below reveals the details of the invitations:

Immigration Class	2023	2024	2025
Economic	266,210	281,135	301,250
Family	106,500	114,000	118,000
Refugee	76,305	76,115	72,750
Humanitarian	15,985	13,750	8000
Total	465,000	485,000	500,000

Job vacancies in the third quarter of 2022 in Canada

According to the latest report by Statistics Canada, there were 959,600 job vacancies available in the third quarter of 2022. The number of job vacancies in the construction sector is 38,905. According to the government, employment prospects in the construction sector will prevail in the next few years.

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Canada PNP Immigration results for December 2022

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