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Last filed October 19, 2026 · Brampton & London, Ontario
Changing jobs during an Atlantic Immigration Program application: three permissions, not one
Under the AIP your job offer stays part of your PR application until a decision is made. A promotion, a new employer or a sale of the business affects three separate things: the PR file, the provincial endorsement and your work permit. What each one needs, and the order to deal with them in.
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Sponsoring an adopted child, orphaned relative or other relative: what IRCC Guide 5196 asks of the sponsor
Guide 5196 covers three narrow family-class doors: a child you adopt, an orphaned brother, sister, nephew, niece or grandchild under 18, and one relative of any age when you have no one else. What each door requires of you as the sponsor, and where files go wrong.
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Immigrating to Canada as a French speaker: your options outside Quebec
Canada wants more French-speaking newcomers in the provinces and territories outside Quebec, and it has built real advantages for them: French-only Express Entry rounds, bonus CRS points, an LMIA-exempt work permit and a pilot for francophone communities. Here is how each one works and how to prove your French.
Case law ·
Mason v. Canada (2023 SCC 21): immigration decisions with harsh consequences must give stronger reasons
Two men faced deportation under a "security" ground for violence that had nothing to do with national security. The Supreme Court said the tribunal ignored their arguments, the consequences and international law, and set out the rule every high-stakes immigration decision now answers to.
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Express Entry is changing on November 3: high-wage points, job offers without an LMIA, and a pause in draws
IRCC is rebuilding how Canadian work and job offers score in the CRS. A new factor worth up to 150 points, job offer points back without an LMIA, and up to two weeks without invitations. What it means for your profile.
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Ontario launches a new REDI round: OINP nomination spaces for six northern and eastern communities
Ontario has opened a new round of its Regional Economic Development through Immigration initiative, running to the end of 2027. Six communities, no separate application, and what it means if your job offer is in one of them.
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Canada’s two one-time PR initiatives: 33,000 workers and 115,000 protected persons
Two one-time measures add permanent residence on top of the 380,000 target. Neither opens a new application: here is who they cover and how far each has got.
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Canada’s 2026–2028 temporary resident targets: what the caps on new students and workers cover
New temporary arrivals are capped at 385,000 in 2026. Who counts toward that number, who does not, and what it means if you are already in Canada.
Programs ·
Adopting a child from abroad: citizenship process or immigration process?
There are two ways to bring a child adopted abroad to Canada, and for many families the choice is already made for them. Who must use citizenship, who must sponsor, and what actually differs when you can pick.
Case law ·
Five Supreme Court decisions that shaped refugee protection in Canada
Every refugee hearing in Canada runs on rules the Supreme Court wrote in five cases between 1985 and 2013. Here is what each one decided, in plain language, and why it still matters at the Refugee Protection Division today.
Programs ·
Visitor visa or super visa? How to choose for your parents and grandparents
Both let a parent visit Canada for the same $100 fee. One allows six months at a time with no income test; the other allows five years at a time but needs your income, $100,000 of insurance and a medical exam. Here is how to pick.
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The undeclared family member window has closed. Here is what is left.
For seven years a public policy let refugees and sponsored spouses bring in a spouse or child they had not declared when they immigrated. It expired on 10 September 2026 and was not renewed. Applications already received are safe; everyone else is back to the exclusion rule and a discretionary humanitarian request.
Case law ·
When IRCC will not decide: the court order that forces one
A writ of mandamus is a Federal Court order requiring IRCC to make a decision on an application it has left sitting. What the court asks, how long is long enough, and what the Federal Court of Appeal changed in 2026 when it held that you no longer have to prove the delay harmed you.
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