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Nine months after reaching 40 million people, Canada cracked a new threshold on Wednesday, the same day Statistics Canada released a report showing the pace of population growth.

Walking into any Toronto hospital reminds Shakhlo Sharipova of the career she left behind. "Just the smell of the hospital brings those memories back. I feel this is my mission, this is where I belong really," she said. It's been 15 years since Sharipova entered a hospital as a working physician. She emigrated to Thorncliffe Park from Tajikistan in 2009. There, she had spent 12 years working as an ophthalmologist, specializing in glaucoma.After arriving in Toronto, her ability to ...

Newcomers face significant barriers to being hired in the fields they are trained in due to Canadian experience requirements. Ontario is in the process of passing legislation that seeks to ban those requirements, but experts say further supports are needed. 

Walking into any Toronto hospital reminds Shakhlo Sharipova of the career she left behind. "Just the smell of the hospital brings those memories back. I feel this is my mission, this is where I belong really," she said. It's been 15 years since Sharipova entered a hospital as a working physician. She emigrated to Thorncliffe Park from Tajikistan in 2009. There, she had spent 12 years working as an ophthalmologist, specializing in glaucoma.After arriving in Toronto, her ability to ...

Ontario has introduced Bill 149 — legislation that would make it illegal for businesses to list 'Canadian experience' as a requirement in job listings.

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Statistics Canada earlier predicted the country would hit the 40-million mark just before 3 p.m. on Friday, and it did so with just minutes to spare. 

Statistics Canada earlier predicted the country would hit the 40-million mark just before 3 p.m. on Friday, and it did so with just minutes to spare. 

A trend of population growth in Canada comes 'in large part' from permanent and temporary migration, StatCan says, and the population could reach 50 million in just 20 years.