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Newfoundland Nova Scotia: We are saving lives with this." Alex LeBlanc with the New Brunswick Multicultural Council says there are practical reasons why the province could receive more than others. "We do have three resettlement organizations whereas other provinces, P.E.I., Newfoundland and Nova Scotia have just one each ," said LeBlanc. "Capacity is definitely part of why we are punching above our weight." But the New Brunswick government appeal to the federal government played a role too, according to CBC. The province made it clear to John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, that N.B. would take as many refugees for resettlement as possible. The Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia crunched the numbers, which include government assisted and privately sponsored refugees. "The provinces have stepped up," says Gerry Mills, Director of Operations at the organization.. "This is a humanitarian movement of peoples. In September, New Brunswick minister for the population growth secretariat, Francine Landry, said that taking on 1500 refugees could boost the stagnant population and help the province economically. Elsewhere in the country the numbers show Saskatchewan is close behind the Maritimes, followed by Alberta and Ontario, with B.C. resettling the fewest refugees per capita. In January McCallum said N.B. was "crying out" for refugees. "Two of the provinces who are the most keen to receive refugees are Nova Scotia and New Brunswick partly because they are nice people who welcome refugees but also because they desperately need more workers because their population is aging more than the rest of us," he said. "The premier of New Brunswick has gone out of his way to say not only can New Brunswick welcome them but New Brunswick has jobs for them in areas like fish processing," said McCallum at the time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Statistics Canada: The growth was entirely the result of a modern high 1,994 immigrants, who came to the province between January and March, at least 60 per cent of those Syrian refugees, according to CBC. According to Statistics Canada, the number of international immigrants arriving in New Brunswick last winter was double anything the province has experienced since comprehensive record keeping began in 1971. Overall, New Brunswick grew by 1,133 people during the first quarter of the year, the single largest gain in six years. New Brunswick welcomes first Syrian refugees Maritime provinces lead the way in resettling Syrian refugees New Brunswick is 'crying out' for Syrian refugees, John McCallum says But it also widely beat any of the less reliable quarterly immigration counts which date back to 1946. New Brunswick has welcomed the most Syrian refugees per capita in Canada. Patrick Charbonneau, agency population analyst, said although New Brunswick continues to face serious demographic problems, the rush of immigration this year has so far overwhelmed all other issues. "New Brunswick had the highest proportion of Syrian refugees in Canada and the gain outnumbered the losses that occurred," said Charbonneau. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

New Brunswick: Statistics Canada says New Brunswick's population dropped by 764 during 2013, the second year in a row of decline, despite more than 2,000 international immigrants arriving during the year. , according to CBC. Tracking addresses used by people collecting Child Tax Benefit payments and utilizing other tax records, Statistics Canada found that New Brunswick lost a net total of 3,031 residents to other provinces in 2013, 85 per cent of that number to Alberta. A strong wave of immigrants coming to New Brunswick last year was not enough to reverse the province's dwindling population numbers, as current residents continue to move west by the thousands, new figures show. Immigrants have become the most significant source of new citizens in New Brunswick, but their numbers are being overwhelmed by existing residents who have been leaving for other provinces, principally Alberta. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Government Revenue Dept: Joe Ruggeri, the former director of the Policy Studies Centre at the University of New Brunswick, said there will be increased government spending, but not an increase in government revenue, as more people retire and aren't replaced in the New Brunswick workforce, according to CBC. In Alberta, they don't have the problem because they have already had a lot of in-migration from the younger people from other provinces, including ours, going to Alberta." New Brunswick government services will be put under increased strain as baby boomers continue to retire and not enough babies are being born in the province, according to an economist. "We don't get the same immigration push here that they get in the rest of Canada, Ruggeri said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Post Secondary Education Dept: The Provincial Nominee Program, which is operated out of the Department of Post-Secondary, Education, Training and Labour, has been running in the province since 1999 and it is credited with bringing 5,509 immigrants to Canada, according to CBC. "Without measuring the number of nominees that settle and stay in New Brunswick, the Provincial Nominee Program is unable to determine whether it is achieving its objective and having an economic benefit on the province of New Brunswick," the auditor general's report said and auditor General Kim MacPherson is raising concerns over the program that recruits immigrants to settle in the province, saying the government is not monitoring whether people are actually staying in New Brunswick. However, Auditor General Kim MacPherson said in her report released on Tuesday that the New Brunswick government does not know how many immigrants actually settled in the province. As reported in the news.
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CanadaImmigrants.com New Brunswick Desk - The New Brunswick government's reorganization of its population growth efforts is winning plaudits from Fredericton's multicultural association. "The placement of the Population Growth Secretariat under the department will allow for a more strategic alignment of existing human resource development programs offered though the department," Arseneault said. Labour Minister Donald Arseneault said the secretariat's move to his department would give the government greater ability to boost the province's population. The Liberal government announced the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour would be taking over responsibility for the Population Growth Secretariat from Business New Brunswick on Thursday. As reported in the news.

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New Brunswick: The 2011 National Household Survey from Statistics Canada shows the country is home to about 6.8 million foreign-born residents. That accounts for 20.6 per cent of the population, up from 19.8 per cent in 2006, according to CBC. New Brunswick is well below the national average. Foreign-born people account for 3.9 per cent of New Brunswicks population. In 1991, that number was 3.3 per cent. Visible minorities account for 2.3 per cent of New Brunswickers, compared to 19.1 per cent nationally. 4,000 immigrations in 3 years Canadas immigration boom is passing New Brunswick by, the latest figures show, but one demographer say that's changing. Of the G8 countries, only Australia has a higher percentage of residents born abroad. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

research lab: The plan for the Economic Immigration Lab is, in part, to work with local employers to create better pathways to local jobs, according to CBC. There are a number of studies that show that international students would like to stay in the community in which they study at a rate of anywhere between 50 to 60 per cent, said LeBlanc. Think about a research lab or a science lab, a social lab is not so different from that, said Alex LeBlanc, executive director of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council. Providing an incentive for international students to stay and make their home in the province will in turn help address New Brunswick's problems with stagnant population growth and taxation. Courtesy of UNB LeBlanc said the New Brunswick government, the New Brunswick Business Council, City of Moncton, and the Association for Francophone Municipalities are all at the new lab's leadership table. The University of New Brunswick Pond-Deshpande Centre will be the host of a 'social' lab that will focus on retaining and attracting immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cent: In New Brunswick, however, only 4.6 per cent of residents were born outside Canada, barely an increase from 4.5 per cent in 2011, according to CBC. Just over 9,000 immigrants arrived in New Brunswick in that time-frame. The 2016 census numbers show that immigrants in Canada have reached their highest level in almost a century, making up 21.9 per cent of the population. Immigration paperwork interrupts 'happily ever after' for Harvey couple Give cities bigger role in immigration, N.B. advocate tells MPs 21.9% of Canadians are immigrants, the highest share in 85 years Stats Can That's a sign we're doing the right things and the investments are working, that more people are attracted to New Brunswick and more people are staying, said Alex LeBlanc, executive director of New Brunswick's Multicultural Council. The national proportion is five times that, according to the most recent Statistics Canada data. We're really just taking steps in this direction towards growing our population the time for steps has passed and really New Brunswick needs to take leaps towards growing our population. 'If we're not all rowing in the same direction, people might have negative experiences when they come, and choose to move elsewhere.' -Alex LeBlanc Across Atlantic Canada, immigrants make up 4.8 per cent of the population. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

New Brunswick: Fishermen in New Brunswick's zone 23 were back on the water again, hauling up traps in the Escuminac and Caraquet areas, according to CBC. "We re trying to get a few lobsters because we have to pay for our licences," he said in French, noting a lobster licence is not cheap and A protest by New Brunswick lobster fishermen over low prices appears to have ended on Monday, while fishermen in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia kept their boats tied up. Alain-Paul Th riault was among them. They felt they had to go out, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.