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Canada is looking for South Africans with these skills in 2025
The Government of Canada has published a list of eligible professions for category-based selection for permanent residence applications through the express entry pathway in 2025.
The list of skills includes healthcare professionals, engineers, scientists, teachers, farmers, cooks, carpenters, bricklayers, and electricians.
Canada’s express entry pathway gives people with specific qualifications and work experience priority to apply for permanent residence.
The Canadian government explained that immigration is essential to supporting the country’s economic growth.
Immigration accounts for almost 100% of Canada’s labour force growth, helping to address labour shortages in key sectors.
“As labour requirements in key sectors continue to evolve, Canada’s immigration system must be nimble and responsive to our country’s needs,” it said.
On 27 February 2025, Marc Miller, Canada’s minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, announced the 2025 express entry categories.
The 2025 categories included education to align the selection of federal economic immigrants with Canada’s long-term labour shortages.
Here is a list of professions for category-based selection for permanent residence applications through the express entry pathway into Canada.
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Healthcare and social services, including family physicians, nurse practitioners, dentists, pharmacists, psychologists, and chiropractors.
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Trade occupations, including carpenters, plumbers, and contractors
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Education, including teachers, child care educators and instructors of persons with disabilities
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STEM professionals, including data analysts, civil engineering, electrical engineering, other engineering professions, actuarial scientists, biologists, scientists, and IT professionals.
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Agriculture and agri-food production, including farmers, farm workers, food processing technologists and similar agriculture professions.
The Canadian government said the list adjustments are needed to achieve long-term, well-managed, sustainable growth and economic prosperity.
“We focus economic immigrant selection efforts on priority sectors, such as health care, construction and education,” Miller said.
“This allows us to issue invitations to prospective permanent residents with specific skills, training or language abilities to bring in-demand professionals to Canada.”
South Africans applying for this programme need to have accumulated at least 6 months of full-time, continuous work experience in one of these categories within the past 3 years.
They will also be required to write a language proficiency test to ensure their English are good enough to move to Canada.
source:Canada is looking for South Africans with these skills in 2025 – BusinessTech
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