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There are three types of private sponsors in Canada, which can be applied for directly through the Government of Canada or through Lifeline Syria: [4] [14] Sponsorship Agreement Holders (SAHs): incorporated organisations that have formal agreements with the government to support a refugee family for 12 months.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; French: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for matters dealing with immigration to Canada, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The department was established in 1994 following a reorganization.
Canada receives its immigrant population from almost 200 countries. Statistics Canada projects that immigrants will represent between 29.1% and 34.0% of Canada's population in 2041, compared with 23.0% in 2021, [1] while the Canadian population with at least one foreign born parent (first and second generation persons) could rise to between 49.8% and 54.3%, up from 44.0% in 2021.
Visa requirements for Canadian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Canada.. As of 2024, Canadian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 187 countries and territories, ranking the Canadian passport 7th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. [1]
ArriveCAN was introduced by the federal government on April 20, 2020, as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and launched on April 29, 2020. [2] The app was developed by a two-person [3] Canadian consulting firm, GC Strategies, through a pre-existing contract with the CBSA. [4]
Plan International was founded as "Foster Parents Plan for Children in Spain". During World War II, the organisation became known as "Foster Parents Plan for War Children" and worked in England. After the war, Plan International extended aid to children in France, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece and briefly in Poland ...
The Education (Parents' Bill of Rights) Amendment Act, 2023, commonly known as the Parents' Bill of Rights, is a 2023 piece of legislation amending the Saskatchewan Education Act. Also known as Bill 137, the legislation was introduced on October 10 during an emergency session of the 29th Saskatchewan Legislature , and it was passed on October ...
Merged with TUI AG, the parent company of Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, after in an all-cash transaction worth $2.3 billion US in 2005. Creo: Eastman Kodak: United States: Creo was a world leader in digital printing software. Eaton's: Sears: United States: Eaton's was, at one time, Canada's largest retailer, with a history going back to 1869.