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Immigration department of the Government of Canada
There is no authoritative claim in the provided reporting that “immigrants get $80,000 from the Canadian government” as a blanket policy; fact-check outlets show viral social posts claiming figures li...
No credible evidence in the provided reporting shows new immigrants to Canada receive a one‑time $80,000 federal payment; fact‑checks and government documents referenced in the sources show large cash...
Federal Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) monthly income support for government‑assisted refugees is set to match prevailing provincial social assistance rates and therefore varies by province; it...
There is no single, current federal program that broadly gives Canadian employers an ongoing tax break simply for hiring immigrants; some past provincial proposals and niche provisions have existed or...
Yes — citizens generally must hold Canadian work authorization (a work permit) to lawfully take paid employment in , though streamlined, treaty-based pathways and a handful of program exceptions make ...
Ontario newcomers arriving as resettled refugees in 2024 can access federal Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) supports: temporary accommodation, a one‑time start‑up payment and monthly income supp...
Canada’s Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) does not publish a single nationwide “per-refugee” payment for 2025; , with rates updated effective September 1, 2024 and referenced throughout 2025 guid...
There is no single federal wage‑subsidy program in Canada that is exclusively devoted to "recent immigrants and refugees"; instead, a handful of federal programs explicitly include protected persons o...
Canada provides government-assisted refugees (GARs) with a one-time start‑up payment plus monthly income support for up to one year (or until they become self‑sufficient), with monthly amounts tied to...
Canada funds settlement and resettlement programs and pays service providers to help newcomers integrate, and it set targets for annual permanent resident admissions (395,000 in 2025, with planned red...
If you tell a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer at a Port of Entry (POE) in Ontario that you want to claim refugee protection, officials will process your claim right away: CBSA or Immigrat...
does provide wage subsidies that can be applied when employers hire newcomers, students and other under‑represented groups, but these programs are varied, time‑limited, and usually open to citizens an...
Privately sponsored refugees in Canada do not receive a standing, federal monthly social assistance cheque the way government‑assisted refugees do; instead, their monthly financial support is provided...
Federal settlement services for newcomers are funded and delivered through IRCC’s Settlement Program, which recently provided over $65 million in funding extensions and introduced new streams such as ...
does not operate a systematic biometric “exit check” program that photographs or fingerprints travellers as they leave the country, and the available government sources show biometric collection in Ca...
provides refugees a mix of one-time and ongoing settlement services: immediate essential services and a one-time household/start-up allowance, monthly income support generally for up to one year (or u...
’s ports of entry collect (fingerprints and facial images) under specific immigration programs and for identity verification, but collection is limited to designated locations and to people who meet C...
Canada provides time-limited federal income supports for resettled refugees under the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) that are calibrated to provincial social assistance rates, and there are spe...
Refugees who are protected persons or privately sponsored and who live in Canada and care for children under 18 are generally eligible to apply for the Canada Child Benefit (CCB); they should apply as...
The Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) provides a provincially varying Monthly Income Support to newly resettled refugees; the exact dollar amounts for 2026 are not listed in the supplied reporting...