On May 31, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced which categories will be addressed in the category-based list. Express Entry Giveaways expected to start this summer.
Find out if you’re eligible for category-based giveaways
Category-based giveaways will be held in conjunction with general giveaways and program-specific giveaways. In general draws, Canada Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) invites the highest category candidates to apply for permanent residence. In program-specific drawings, invitations are limited to the highest-ranked applicants per program.
In the new category-based draws, IRCC will invite the highest-ranking candidates who have a high command of French or who have work experience in any of the following areas:
- Health care
- Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers
- Trades, such as carpenters, plumbers, and contractors
- Transport
- Agriculture and agri-food
How were these categories chosen?
If you are eligible for selection in one of these categories, it would be helpful to know what the job market is like for your category and where more positions are available. This article will summarize Data from Statistics Canada on job vacancies (2022 Q4) in Canada and further break down the data by province and territory.
The new categories were chosen to fill open positions across Canada, as immigration is seen as a comprehensive way to reduce labor shortages in Canada. These categories were chosen after legislative requirements ensured that the Minister engaged in consultation with provinces and territories, injury members, unions, employers, workers, worker advocacy groups, settlement provider organizations, and immigration researchers and professionals. .
Health care
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has experienced an extremely high number of job openings in the healthcare and social care category.
Canada relies heavily on immigration to fill vacancies in the healthcare system. A quarter of registered nurses and 36% of doctors in Canada were born outside of Canada. Because of this, the IRCC is taking steps to facilitate the immigration of foreign-trained healthcare workers, such as removing some of the barriers for physicians already in Canada on a temporary resident visa.
In the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022, there were 143,695 open positions in the Health and Social Care category, bringing the vacancy rate to 6%. Job offers by province were:
- Ontario: 55,250
- Quebec: 40, 105
- British Columbia: 17,705
- Alberta: 9,770
- Saskatchewan: 2955
- Manitoba: 6,790
- Newfoundland: 2250
- Nova Scotia: 4,780
- New Brunswick: 2630
- PEI: 685
- Northwest Territories: 565
STEM careers
Occupations within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) tend to fall into the category of professional, scientific, and technical services. This sector had 56,915 jobs, or 4.6% in the fourth quarter of 2022. The jobs by province were:
- Ontario: 24,525
- Quebec: 14,725
- British Columbia: 8,115
- Alberta: 5,515
- Saskatchewan: 895
- Manitoba: 630
- Newfoundland: 405
- New Brunswick: 595
- Nova Scotia: 1,110
- PEI: 200
Open positions for territories are unavailable or there are no open positions.
STEM occupations are growing in demand in Canada. A report released by Statistics Canada in November 2022 indicated that the high rate of retirement, coupled with evolving technology and automation used in business and daily life, is creating a gap in necessary skills in Canada’s workforce. .
Many of the STEM professions offer a competitive salary compared to other categories. The average wage offered per hour in the fourth quarter of 2022 was $35.80, compared to $16.35 in the room and food services category, for example.
Trade winds
The transaction category includes wholesale and retail transactions for the purposes of Statistics Canada data. Total vacant positions in wholesale trade were 30,930, while total vacant positions in retail trade were 108,795. Job offers by province were:
- Ontario: 55,660
- Quebec: 34,495
- British Columbia: 19,215
- Alberta: 15,545
- Saskatchewan: 4,665
- Manitoba: 3,025
- Newfoundland: 895
- New Brunswick: 2155
- Nova Scotia: 3,065
- PEI: 520 (retail trade, no wholesale trade vacancies)
Transport
In the transportation and storage category, there were 43,700 open positions, or 5%. Since the beginning of 2021, the transportation job vacancy rate has been declining. Job offers by province were:
- Ontario: 15,110
- Quebec: 7,950
- British Columbia: 9,060
- Alberta: 6,445
- Saskatchewan: 915
- Manitoba: 1,915
- Newfoundland: 210
- New Brunswick: 720
- Nova Scotia: 1,055
- IEP: 115
Agriculture and agri-food
In the fourth quarter of 2022, the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting category had a vacancy rate of 10,535, or 3.9%. Since 2021, the job vacancy rate in this area has been declining, where it peaked at 7.2% in the second quarter of 2022.
Job offers by province were:
- Ontario: 3,070
- Quebec: 1,950
- British Columbia: 2,475
- Alberta: 940
- Saskatchewan: 540
- Manitoba: 550
- New Brunswick: 720
- Nova Scotia: 425
- PEI: 130
Minister Fraser has said that inviting more skilled workers into these profession categories will help Canada admit in-demand professionals to communities across the country. The category-based giveaways are scheduled to start this summer, but an exact date is not yet available.
reference: www.cicnews.com