Every international student enrolled at a major Ontario university must pay at least $156 more for compulsory health insurance, effective September 1, 2026. A family of three must pay $468 more. Plan your journey to permanent residence with CanadaVisa+ For individuals, the annual cost of premiums for the University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) has risen The post Ontario international students face 20% fee hike for compulsory health insurance first appeared on CIC News.

Between 1860 and 1900, an estimated 31,000 French Canadians moved to Lowell in Massachusetts. They moved from the Canadian province of Quebec to find work in the textile mills in New England and, by 1880, were the largest ethnic group in the city. Today, anyone who can trace a line of ancestry to these French-Canadian The post Little Canada of Massachusetts: Lowell’s history could mean Canadian citizenship for thousands of its residents today first appeared on CIC News.

Employers with several small work locations can now hire more temporary foreign workers, under new rules introduced by the Canadian federal government. Through an update to the government webpage on August 18, 2026, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has allowed affected employers to employ more than the usual 10% or 20% of their workforce The post Canada expands access to low-wage foreign workers for multi-site employers first appeared on CIC News.

The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) has received 1,000 additional nomination spaces for 2026, which will be used to support foreign nationals in care-related occupations, construction trades, and high-earning/scoring roles seeking Canadian permanent residence. The BCPNP’s total allocation for 2026 now sits at 6,254 nominations, higher than its final 2025 allocation following two increases The post British Columbia to nominate 1,000 additional healthcare, construction, and cream-of-the-crop provincial immigration candidates first appeared on CIC News.

You have a document for every generation, from your Canadian ancestor down to you. What you may not know is that IRCC counts some of them for far more than others, and a single generation resting on the wrong kind can sink the whole claim. Officers at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) do not The post IRCC groups your citizenship by descent documents into primary and secondary tiers: Here is the list first appeared on CIC News.