Blue Bird Blog

The cost of buying a home in Canada has gone up slightly according to the most recent data from Statistics Canada.
The recently released New Housing Price index shows that on average, prices increased 0.1% month-over-month in May, the first increase since August 2022. It further showed that prices were up in six of the 27 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) surveyed in May 2023, down in eight and unchanged in the remaining 13 CMAs.

Five of Canada’s provinces have invited candidates to apply for provincial immigration.
Provincial immigration is not the same across Canada. For example, while most Canadian provinces and territories have Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs), Quebec does not have one due to a special agreement with the federal government that allows it to select all its economic immigrants.

Canada has held an Express Entry draw for the fourth day in a row this week. IRCC has held its first-ever French category-based Express Entry draw, inviting 2,300 candidates with strong French-speaking abilities. Candidates required a minimum CRS score of 439, which is the lowest CRS score of 2023. This  is the sixth round of invitations issued in two weeks and brings the total number of candidates invited through Express Entry over this period to 9,800.