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Plus Canada’s TFWP arrivals fall by 41%
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Wage offers near provincial thresholds may face longer recruitment, shorter employment periods, worker caps, and metropolitan-area processing restrictions after July 17.
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New arrivals rebounded this spring but remained well below their 2024 peak after Ottawa tightened hiring rules. The federal figures exclude permit extensions and certain short-term workers.
The Saskatchewan cities moved across the federal 6% unemployment cutoff in opposite directions. The resulting processing rules will remain fixed through October 9.
The July 9 French-language proficiency draw set a 420 CRS minimum as Ottawa leans on Express Entry to hit rising francophone immigration targets outside Quebec.
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Employment and Social Development Canada issued more than $10.2 million in penalties for the 2025–2026 fiscal year, up from $4.8 million the year before, while banning 30 employers from the program.
Plus Alberta issues 1,051 AAIP invitations.
The Alberta Opportunity Stream accounted for 832 of the invitations, while Alberta still had more than 4,200 nomination spaces remaining in its 2026 federal allocation.
