Atlantic Immigration Pilot by the numbers
A snapshot of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program based on data since its inception in 2017 to November 2018:
Hot: Skilled workers. Not: Students
- Most of the people recruited through the Atlantic Immigration Pilot have been skilled workers who either have a college diploma, university degree or a designation in a skilled trade.
- Few university students have used the Pilot.
Permanent resident status lags for AIPP families
Permanent resident admissions are lagging far behind job offers and work permits. More than 3,000 job offers had been made through the program by the end of October 2018, but only 1,202 workers, spouses and children were granted permanent residency through the program in the same period. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is trying to speed up the pace of permanent residency admissions.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada recently released this statement: “The Department has implemented a number of initiatives to increase the intake of permanent residence applications including encouraging candidates to begin gathering these documents as early in the process as possible, working with our partners to introduce reminders and improving instructional documents. Although candidates are encouraged to begin the process of gathering documents required to apply for permanent residence early in the process, some candidates do not begin this process until after they received a job offer, which lengthens the lag between job offer and permanent residence.”
| Atlantic Canada Totals | |
| Designated Employers | 1,520 |
| Jobs Offered | 3,037 |
| The number of workers, spouses and children offered permanent residence in Canada through Oct. 19, 2018. | 1,202 |
| By Province | |||
| 2017 | 2018 | Total to date | |
| Newfoundland | |||
| Quota | 442 | 442 | |
| Designated Employers | 118 | 79 | 197 |
| Endorsed Jobs | 123 | 210 | 333 |
| Prince Edward Island | |||
| Quota | 120 | 220 | |
| Designated Employers | *216 | 216 | |
| Endorsed Jobs | 120 | 157 | 277 |
| Nova Scotia | |||
| Quota | 792 | 792 | |
| Designated Employers | 277 | 378 | 655 |
| Endorsed Jobs | 201 | 755 | 956 |
| New Brunswick | |||
| Quota | 646 | 1046 | |
| Designated Employers | 287 | 165 | 452 |
| Endorsed Jobs | 487 | 984 | 1471 |
| *includes 2017 and 2018 | |||
Sharp provincial differences in AIPP job levels
Technical and trade jobs dominate AIPP* endorsed jobs:
| NL | NS | NB | |
| Total Jobs | 333 | 956 | 1401 |
| O (managers) | 4% | 12% | 11% |
| A (professional) | 6% | 9% | 7% |
| B (technical and trades) | 75% | 50% | 41% |
| C (trained) | 16% | 30% | 40% |
PEI figures not available
Compiled by Kelly Toughill and Yongmei Wang.
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This article is part of PPF’s three-year Immigration and Atlantic Revitalization project. Get our newsletter to keep up on the latest research.
Kelly Toughill is a consulting researcher with PPF, specializing in immigration policy. She is an award-winning journalist and Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of King’s College in Halifax, and is also the founder of Polestar Immigration Research.
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