Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab and Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia: Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab issued a statement saying 2,661 immigrants settled in the province last year, according to CTV. Among last year immigrants, 717 people came through the Nova Scotia Nominee Program -- the highest number yet for the program. This year, a total of 1,050 individuals are expected to gain permanent residency through the program, the government says and - More immigrants chose to make Nova Scotia their home last year than at any time in the last 10 years, the provincial government said Monday. But the trend hasn't been a straight line of steady growth. Since 2004, when 1,771 immigrants arrived in Nova Scotia, the number rose almost every year and peaked at 2,651 in 2008 before dropping off to 2,138 in 2011 and rebounding steadily in the past three years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.