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As Ottawa tightens permit caps year over year as new student arrivals to Canada in January 2026 totaled just 7,040, down sharply from a year earlier.
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A rule change effective April 1 means post-secondary international students no longer need a co-op work permit for required placements.
Employers in census metropolitan areas with unemployment at 6% or higher can no longer file low-wage LMIA applications. The freeze took effect April 10 and runs until the next quarterly review on July 10.
The one-year filing deadline has dominated coverage, but the law also grants sweeping powers over immigration documents, application processing, and data sharing.
Recent immigrants report nearly identical surplus-skills rates as Canadian-born workers, yet are far more likely to hold jobs beneath their education. Two new Statistics Canada studies quantify the mismatch and the barriers behind it.
IRCC has formally proposed repealing the Federal Skilled Worker, Canadian Experience, and Federal Skilled Trades classes and replacing them with a single streamlined program. Public consultations are planned for spring 2026.
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