Nova Scotia approved a record number of applications from immigration candidates in 2018 and is on track to welcome more new permanent residents this year than ever before, the provincial government says.
The Atlantic Canada province approved 2,272 applications through its immigration programs this year, compared to 1,651 in 2017.
“More immigrants have been approved to make Nova Scotia their home in 2018 than ever before,” the province reported.
A total of 1,400 applications were approved through the Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) and the remaining 872 were approved through the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP).
The NSNP allows the province to nominate a set number of economic immigration candidates for permanent residence each year through various streams, including three that are linked to Canada’s federal Express Entry system.
The Express Entry system manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s three Federal High Skilled economic immigration programs. Nova Scotia’s three Express Entry-linked streams allow the province to invite eligible candidates in these programs to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence.
These streams — Nova Scotia Demand, Nova Scotia Experience and Labour Market Priorities — accounted for 1,095 of the 1,400 applications approved by the NSNP in 2018.
The Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program is operated jointly by Canada’s federal government and the provincial governments of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador and allows designated employers in those provinces to hire eligible foreign workers for jobs they haven’t been able to fill locally.
The NSNP noted that 716 Nova Scotia businesses are designated under the AIPP.
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