News - Immigration

On December 12, Xandros Efren Zelaya Fuentes pled guilty to one count under to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for returning to Canada without authorization and was sentenced to 30 days in jail by a Winnipeg provincial court judge.

Multiculturalism and Literacy Minister Flor Marcelino congratulated 30 new Canadians on starting a new chapter in their lives in Manitoba at a citizenship ceremony held today at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Multiculturalism and Literacy Minister Flor Marcelino welcomed 30 new Canadians to Manitoba at a recent citizenship ceremony held at the Legislative Building.

The Manitoba government is celebrating the first-ever national Francophone Immigration Week, Nov. 3 to 9, and is unveiling a faster, easier electronic process for applying in French to the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP).

Canada’s growing immigrant population is creating new opportunities for Canadian food producers and processors, according to J.P. Gervais, Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) Chief Agricultural Economist.

Improvements designed to significantly strengthen the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program for Business (MPNP-B) were announced recently by Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Christine Melnick.

Manitoba is investing $1.4 million over two years to improve the recognition of foreign credentials and get people working more quickly.

Premier Greg Selinger has announced a new pre-arrival strategy to better help prepare provincial nominees for labour-market integration before they arrive in Manitoba.

Premier Greg Selinger and Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Christine Melnick today welcomed 40 new Canadians at a special Diamond Jubilee swearing-in ceremony for the nation’s newest citizens.

Manitoba has seen an increase in population of 16,227 people in the last 12 months, bringing the total estimated population to 1,240,000 as of Oct. 1, the best provincial population growth in nearly 40 years, Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade Minister Peter Bjornson announced.