Newcomers and Immigrants in Canada

Robert Eli Rubinstein details his parents' immigration journey to Toronto in 1948.

Telephone scammers pretending to be representatives from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) recently used threats of deportation and a bitcoin ATM to defraud a recent immigrant in Charlottetown PEI out of $65 000, CBC reports. Now a Charlottetown court has ruled that the Bitcoin ATM

'These would be government assisted refugees, where the government pays their expenses for their first year in Canada. So it would help them get settled, help them get jobs, get their kids in school, get housing, all that sort to thing' Don Curry North Bay & District Multi-Cultural Centre founder and board chair

Event in Abbotsford on Wednesday, Oct. 10

On a sunny summer day at Vancouver’s Granville Island Market, a temporary booth with an eclectic menu is doing brisk business. Patrons can choose dishes such as Venezuelan Hallacas (like a tamale),…

Early-fall snowstorms have delayed harvest seasons for many Prairie grain farmers, but there's at least one crop that was able to be pulled from the ground this Thanksgiving weekend for a good cause.

An Edmonton ESL teacher and a refugee student from Syria are celebrating after a project that started as classroom exercise was nominated for a major literary prize.

Through Express Entry programs Canada is accepting immigrants who can contribute to their rapidly growing economy

Breaking papadum and giving thanks to the country I call home.

LGBT Canadian youth talk about coming out to a family that might have a different point of view

When Nour Ali votes for mayor in Winnipeg's upcoming election, it will be the first time in his life he's ever cast a ballot — and the first time he's had the opportunity to participate in a democracy he feels a part of.

From Southeast Asia to Scandinavia to the United States to Toronto to Saskatchewan, Jebunnessa Chapola has kept her mother language close to her heart. As a professional singer in her native Bangladesh, Chapola learned to perform a wide variety of classical Bengali songs and dances. When she left home at the age of 23 to …

Over the last 10 years Canada has welcomed more than 1.75 million proud new Canadians.

Rania Sfeir was one of them.

She arrived in Canada with her husband and two small children from their native Lebanon in 2003 and became a Canadian citizen in 2009.

"I remember how proud I was this day," S

Leading Seaman Mujda Hakime, 25, exemplifies the opportunities available in the Canadian Armed Forces. Her journey to Canada elevates her above the norm.

An internal immigration department document shows that, after 25 years in the country, a typical refugee is earning as much or more than the Canadian norm, which is about $45,000 a year.

Newcomers to Winnipeg got a chance Saturday to ask questions of mayoral candidates in what’s being billed as a first-of-its-kind forum for the city.

A group from Whistler, B.C., has been lobbying to bring Hassan Al Kontar to Canada ever since he became stranded in the Kuala Lumpur airport in March. He is now in danger of immediate deportation back to Syria, leaving his legal team and advocates scrambling.

Things are good now tells poignant and thought provoking stories of immigrants and refugees to Canada from East Africa and the Middle East. From a female ex-freedom fighter struggling with her new . . .