Feds Say Immigrants Needed to Build Homes, but Only 1.6 Percent Have the Skills

Published on December 15, 2023

Only 1.6 percent of newcomers to Canada in 2022 were accepted based on having skills to work in construction, federal data indicates, as the Liberal government defends its immigration levels citing the need for new trade workers to build homes. Immigration Canada provided the data on Dec. 6 in response to an order paper from Conservative MP Pat Kelly. The department says that between 2016 and September 2023, Canada admitted 42,495 permanent residents in the skilled trades immigration category. Those include a wide range of trades workers, such as plumbers, boilermakers, ironworkers, welders, cabinetmakers, and carpenters. Canada saw a record number of newcomers in 2022, accepting 431,645 new permanent residents. Out of those, 6,950 were in the skilled trades category, for a ratio of 1.6 percent. The number was higher in 2021 at 9,855 and was standing at 8,195 for the year 2023 up to September....

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