Quebec has accepted 41 per cent fewer skilled workers in first half of 2019, statistics show

Jedwab said the latest federal numbers also reveal that immigrants to Canada from French-speaking countries such as Haiti, Tunisia and France – a majority of whom have typically settled in Quebec, he said – are also down significantly in the first half of 2019. About 43 per cent fewer Haitians, 34 per cent fewer French people and 23 per cent fewer Tunisians have been accepted in the country in the first and second quarters of 2019.

“It looks like this was a cut for the sake of cutting,” Jedwab said in an interview. “We see in the first six months the substantial percentage of cuts came from the economic category and principally via skilled workers – and it came largely from French-speaking countries.” Immigration to Canada falls largely into three categories: economic, family sponsorship and refugees. The data reveals Quebec cut family-sponsored immigration by 10 per cent in the first six months of 2019 – compared with same period in 2018. The numbers also show a 20 per cent reduction in the number of refugees and protected people accepted in the first half of 2019.

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