Newcomers and Immigrants in Canada

For years, the region struggled with a demographic downturn. Just as newcomers were reversing it, Ottawa shut the doors.

Windsor resident Akshat Virmani worries a new law in India would strip her of her transgender identity. Experts are decrying the law, which restricts who can identify as trans. The CBC's Pratyush Dayal reports.

The Turkish Society of Canada hosted a multicultural dance and art festival on Saturday at Nathan Phillips Square. The event celebrated International Children's Day, highlighting Toronto's diversity.

Powell Street or Paueru Gai was home to Vancouver’s Japanese Canadian community before their members were dispossessed and interned during World War II. Return to Paeuru Gai is a collection of essays about the festival that first took shape 50 years ago amid a push to right this historical wrong.

Family estrangement is rising in Canada and the U.S. Experts explain why adult children cut ties, how it happens, and whether relationships can heal.

Mariam Saran Camara arrived in Quebec in 2009 from Guinea to join her partner who was already living there. Despite holding a master’s degree in economics and management, her qualifications were not only refused recognition, but she wasn’t even granted full Secondary V (Grade 11) credit.

Thunder Bay, Ont., is seeing one of its largest periods of immigration to date, according to a new report about newcomers’ experiences in the northwestern Ontario city. Here are some of the report's main takeaways and how partners hope to use this information to boost attraction and retention rates.

Immigrants with disabilities in Canada face layered barriers, from policy gaps to cultural stigma.

Canadian-born families held double the median wealth of recent immigrant families between 2016 and 2023, but less than established immigrants, according to a study released Wednesday.

They are hosting newcomers, welcoming strangers into their homes and helping them rebuild their lives.

Reception House Waterloo Region marked the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with a very special Eid celebration. The organization prepared an Eid event specifically for newcomers to Canada to help them integrate into their new community.

Known as Toronto’s “Little India,” Gerrard Street East has long been home to South Asian businesses, where ethnic wear and handicrafts sit alongside popular sweets and savouries.

Canada needs skilled immigrants. But the lack of Canadian experience prevents many qualified internationally-trained professionals from getting jobs in Canada.

More than 100 people rallied at the steps of the Manitoba Legislative Building on Tuesday to call on government to extend federal work permits that are set to expire.

Prince Edward Island’s population growth is slowing after several years of rapid expansion, a shift an expert says could ease pressure on housing and services, but also raise economic concerns.

Mohammed Al Hindi is a Palestinian refugee claimant whose application is now at risk because of Ottawa's new border law, C-12.

Distance does not necessarily protect immigrants from wars happening abroad. Instead, global connectivity embeds the stress and strain of these conflict zones in their daily lives.

Confluence 2026 crowned Canada’s first national creator award winners, celebrating diverse voices shaping the country’s growing creator economy.

Daily moments like the fluency and accuracy with which educators pronounce children’s names are essential in shaping classroom and school belonging.

With 45,687 Indian nationals awaiting decisions, critics and advocates are clashing over whether Canada’s asylum system is under strain or doing its job.

The All Are Welcome Here event, held Wednesday in London with a nod to the city's bicentennial, touched on what organizers called 'two centuries of immigration.'

The City of Kitchener has passed its first municipal newcomer strategy. The goal is to help people new to the city to help them feel included, understand city services and start and grow their own business.

Hundreds of youth newcomers gathered at the Power of Voice Youth Conference on Saturday, hosted by the Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth.