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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Newcomers can access federally funded settlement services through IRCC-funded providers, searchable via the government’s “Find free newcomer services near you” tool; Ottawa invested about $1.17 billio...
Canada provides government-assisted refugees up to one year of financial support tied to provincial social assistance rates and settlement services; benefits are far lower than viral online claims of ...
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) lets employers hire foreign nationals for temporary jobs when qualified Canadians or permanent residents are not available and requires a Labour Market...
Available sources returned by your search do not mention or compare international student-to-work visa switching rules for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, or the USA; therefore I cannot cite d...
Ontario-arriving refugees commonly receive short-term, coordinated supports: immediate housing and essentials for days to weeks from organizations like the Red Cross, and formal federal Resettlement A...