Alberta Receives Funds For Immigrants Benefits

01 Jan 2011

Alberta will receive over C$64 million in order to assist immigrants settle in their new Canadian communities. The government has decided to increase the funding due to increase in number of immigrants.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said, “The funding shift to Prairie provinces is not only designed to better mirror migration trends. It's also to help direct new arrivals to those strengthening economic regions that are not-so-traditional destinations. We're encouraging them to go to where the jobs are and often that's Alberta.”

Immigrant Calgary Services is the largest settlement agency in Calgary that provides essential services to new immigrants in Canada, such as language training, career coaching, family support, and more. Immigrant Calgary Services will be using the increased funds to better inform newcomers of the services available to them as many immigrants are not aware of these services once they arrive in Canada.

Keeping in view the support of settlement agencies newcomers to Alberta will greatly benefit.