Official Name
Canada
ISO2 Code
CA
ISO3 Code
CAN
Longitude
60 00 N
Latitude
95 00 W
Geolocation
POINT (-95 60)
Attended Meeting
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1. "Protecting the Rights of Migrants - A Shared Responsibility" 
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "Engaging diasporas and migrants in development policies and programs - their roles? their constraints?
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

Yes

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1. "Partnerships for more regular and protected migration" 
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • USD 25,000 Non-earnmarked 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in Cluster 1 "Labour Mobility and Development" 
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

Yes

RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 3.1. "Improving Public Perceptions of Migrants and Migration" 
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • USD 25,000 in December 2013 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1. "Operationalizing mainstreaming and coherence in migration and development policies" 
  • Rapporteur in RT 2.1. "Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfer, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin" 
  • Team Member in Business Roundtable 
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" on 22 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
- Participated in Thematic Meeting on "Recruitment, labour migration and diaspora: Improving labour market complementarities and economic development outcomes" on 11 September 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
- Co-Convener in Thematic Meeting on "The Role of Business in International Migration: Engaging the private sector as partners for positive development outcomes" on 23 March 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • USD 25,000 in February 2015
RT Participation

No Participation

Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Recognizing the contributions of women migrants to economic and social development in countries of origin and destination and addressing their specific needs, particularly concerning respect for their human rights" on 8 September 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delegate
Financial Contribution

Yes

RT Participation
  • Rapporteur in RT 3.2. "Principles, institutions and processes for safe, orderly and regular migration"
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended the Thematic Workshop on "Migration, Connectivity and Business" on 29 March 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Peace, Stability and Growth" on 19 July 2016 in New York, United States.
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • Fresh Contributions 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 3.1. "Raising the Global Talent Pool - Harnessing the Potential of the Private Sector for Global Skills Partnerships" 
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

Canada contributed with left-over from 2017; USD 25,000 (non-earmarked). Additionally, Canada contributed USD 25,000 (non-earmarked).

RT Participation

Roundtable Co-Chair in RT 1.1 "Harnessing the capital of migrants to realise their potential"

Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
Participated in the Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Development: a roadmap to achieving the SDGs" and "Labour Migration and Skills"

Pan-Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

Through Canada’s Agreement on Internal Trade, federal, provincial and territorial governments agreed to eliminate inter-provincial barriers to the free movement of workers, goods, services and investments within Canada.  In early 2009, all governments approved amendments to Chapter 7 of the Agreement to achieve full labour mobility for workers in regulated professions and red seal trades.  The Chapter now requires that a certified worker in one province or territory who wishes to relocate to another province or territory to work shall, upon application, be certified for that occupa

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Since the 1980s, Canada has accepted more immigrants and refugees for permanent settlement in proportion to its population than any other country. In the course of the twentieth century, the country’s immigration policy was transformed from a mechanism for keeping people of non-European origin out into a tool for meeting economic, demographic, social and humanitarian goals.

FERME Seasonal Movement of Agri Workers

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

Guatemala has been able to negotiate, through the Quebec Farmers Association "Ferme" large seasonal movements of agricultural workers under Canada's universal temporary foreign worker visa category. The program has been evaluated as highly successful in terms of almost 100% assured returns, high remittances, 20% female intake and improved family welfare back home.

Tripartite Partnerships (CIDA)

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

Canada’s International Development Agency (CIDA) uses a number of techniques to mobilize diaspora groups for development in their countries of origin. It directly funds development projects executed by diaspora groups with experience in implementing development projects, such as the Association of Haitian-Canadian Engineers and Scientists.

Since many diaspora groups do not have relevant experience, however, CIDA has created tripartite partnerships among diaspora organizations, Canadian development NGOs and NGOs in the countries of origin.

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