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For information about Canada's citizenship and immigration programs, contact the federal department of Citizenship and Immigration.

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Each year, Ontario welcomes more than half of all immigrants to Canada. Immigration is vital to Ontario’s growth. Newcomers play a key role economically, socially, and culturally in making Ontario strong and prosperous. The Ontario government is committed to helping newcomers integrate quickly into the workforce and society.

Through the Newcomer Settlement Program, the ministry supports community organizations to provide settlement, orientation, job-finding workshops and other direct settlement services to more than 125,000 newcomers that arrive in communities across Ontario each year.

The ministry leads the provincial implementation of the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement, signed on November 21, 2005 by the federal and Ontario Government Immigration Ministers, and co-ordinates the development of provincial strategies to further Ontario’s goals in immigration and settlement.

Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement — Consultations to seek input on the development of settlement and language training strategies.

MCGUINTY GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES ONTARIOIMMIGRATION.ca

March 7, 2006 – TORONTO– The McGuinty government is launching an immigration website to welcome Ontario’s newcomers, and give them the information they need to start their new lives here, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Mike Colle announced today. Read the full new release.

CANADA AND ONTARIO SIGN HISTORIC IMMIGRATION AGREEMENT

November 21, 2005 – TORONTO– The Honourable Mike Colle, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and the Honourable Joe Volpe, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today signed the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement. Read the full new release.

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March 2, 2005
Ontario Government Helps Immigrants Settle in Ontario