SKILLED MIGRANTS TO CANADA by Mel Tobias

SKILLED MIGRANTS TO CANADA by Mel Tobias

“Lack of work experience” in Canada is a significant barrier to prospective skilled immigrant when leaving their country for Canada.  The other major challenge to career in Canada includes lack of information about jobs and the perceived difficulty of the licensing process in Canada.

Ontario is still the most popular Canadian immigration destination with 50% of those surveyed intending to settle in Canada’s most populated provinces.  Other favorite destinations include British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec and Saskatchewan.

The skilled worker principal applicants that landed in Canada were between 25 and 44 years old, with about 13% between 45 and 65 years old.  They were citizens of India (33%), the Philippines (16%), China, Nigeria, Iran and Pakistan.  Many indicated that their field of study is engineering, business and management, health, math and computer science.

The top professional categories included registered nurse, registered engineers, psychiatric nurses, software engineers and designers, computer programmers, interactive media developers, information system analysts to name a few.

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– “LIFE IN CANADA” Article reprinted with permission of author