About Canada
The second largest country in the world, Canada’s geography is diverse and breathtaking with fertile plains, vast mountain ranges, lakes and rivers. Canada has more lakes than any other country and the longest coastline in the world at 243,000 km.
Why move to Canada ?
Firstly,Canada ranks among the very best for its standard of living. In fact, Canada dominates the rankings of the best cities to live in, according to the 2009 Mercer Human Resource Consulting Quality of Living survey. In the top 25 cities were: Vancouver (4th), Toronto (15th), Ottawa (tied for 16th) and Montreal (22nd).
Additionally, in the same survey, all the top five cities for quality of living on the continent of America are Canadian cities: Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Calgary.
Despite being the second-largest country in the world ,Canada still has a relatively small population for its expansive landscape, with a population density among the lowest in the world of just over 21 million people. Canada has the highest per capita immigration rate in the world, driven by a vibrant economy.
For the past decade the economy has grown rapidly. We are quickly becoming a knowledge-based economy built on innovation and technology with regions like Alberta in particular going through a resources boom.
The country prides itself on being a high-tech industrial society with strong growth in the manufacturing, mining and service sectors. According to Statistics Canada, a favourable investment/economic climate in Canada, should contribute to a strengthening of net international migration through the second half of 2010 and into 2011.
Canada sees itself as culturally diverse, dynamic, and innovative. The country has an enormous amount to offer migrants from the UK and its worth bearing in mind that more than half of the country’s population was born overseas. It’s no wonder over 13,000 Brits make Canada their new home each year.
For more in-depth information on migrating to Canada and to find employers wanting to recruit skilled people go to Working Canada.
At the seminar, you will be able to hear about the visa options open to you, as well as details of the Provincial Nominee Program's run by the following provinces. Since the criteria vary among the provinces, you should click on the relevant province for more information.
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