Website for potential immigrants now up and running

Nipissing MPP Monique Smith
News Release

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The City of North Bay is launching a new website to encourage investment and attract talent.

Newcomers and potential immigrants will get the information they need to live, work and invest successfully in North Bay through www.northbayimmigration.ca . The site provides practical information and resource links about the region on such topics as:

finding a home or healthcare information getting a job or volunteer opportunities locating a school or university starting a business or investing

The new website is one of twenty-one municipal websites designed to help regions across the province promote themselves around the world. All the websites will be linked to ontario.ca/immigration, which provides information to newcomers.

Municipal portals are part of a $10 million investment, over five years, through the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement.

“This website is an important tool in attracting newcomers to North Bay,” said Monique Smith, MPP for Nipissing. “Providing this information to those who are thinking of relocating to North Bay will help them to make an informed decision.”

"We're extremely pleased to launch the next stage of our Immigration Strategy. This Portal will be the world's window into North Bay, and they're going to be very pleased with what they see," said North Bay Mayor Victor Fedeli. He added, "A successful immigration strategy is key to our future economic development plans, as we will need trained people to fill in the mass retirement of the baby-boomers."

QUICK FACTS

Ontario receives over 40 per cent of all newcomers to Canada.

Two-thirds of newcomers have post-secondary education or training.

Between October 2008 and October 2009, 18.6 per cent fewer newcomers were employed in Ontario versus 2.9 per cent Canadian-born workers.

The Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement was signed in 2005 by the federal and Ontario government’s to provide newcomers with more and better settlement and language training services.

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