Federal Government: Provincial Nominee Program

Nova Scotia Dept: There were 2,138 immigrant landings in the province in 2011, the last year for which numbers are available. That's down from 2,408 in 2010 and 2,424 in 2009, according to CBC. In November, the federal government allowed Nova Scotia to bring in an additional 200 families under the provincial nominee program. That's 700 instead of only 500 for 2012 and the number of immigrants arriving in Nova Scotia has slowly dropped over the last five years, but government officials say they're confident they can double it by 2015. But the province expects that number to jump. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.