If you’re new to Canada or if you’re thinking of settling here, you’re not alone.

More than half a million newcomers — permanent residents, temporary workers, and foreign students — came to live in Canada in 2009.

That’s according to recently-released statistics 부터 시민권과 이민 캐나다.

These newcomers included 252,124 permanent residents — 에 대해 30,000 more permanent residents than the government typically admitted annually in the 1990s — 뿐만 아니라 178,640 ìž„ì‹œ 외국인 노동자 및 85,131 foreign students, the largest number of foreign students ever admitted to Canada in a single year.

에 따르면 캐나다 이민성 보도 자료, the government expects that many foreign students and temporary workers (admitted to the country on a work permit) will eventually settle permanently in Canada, applying for permanent resident status either under the 캐나다 체험 교실 or as a 전문 인력이나 전문.

캐나다 체험 교실 (CEC) is designed to streamline the immigration process for people who are already working in Canada. 일반적으로, you can apply under the CEC provisions if you are:

• a temporary foreign worker with at least two years of full-time (or equivalent) skilled work experience in Canada, 또는
• a foreign graduate from a Canadian post-secondary institution with at least one year of full-time (or equivalent) skilled work experience in Canada

에 learn more about relocating to Canada, 우리를 참조 시작하기 가이드, 또는 제비에서 더 많은 정보를 얻을 수 시민권과 이민 캐나다.

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