In partnership with other community stakeholders, the Greater Halifax Partnership has been working to make immigration a priority for our community and has taken a leadership role in a number if immigration related activities.
Employer Support Program
The Partnership is working to educate employers on the immigration process through our Immigration Employer Support Program. For those employers who have indicated recruitment challenges, the program will provide them with information on the opportunities and benefits of hiring immigrants and how to begin the process.
Further information is available on the Employer Support Program.
Connector Program
The Halifax Connector Program puts newcomers to our city directly in touch with business owners and operators, managers, civil servants, community leaders…people like you.
This initiative is a simple but effective referral process that puts newcomers in touch with local employers so they can build a solid network to join our workforce and settle successfully in our community.
Visit the Connector Program section for further information.
Nova Scotia Nominee Program
The Partnership is working with the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration providing support for the "Community Identified" stream of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program. Newcomers in Greater Halifax who want to apply for Nova Scotia’s “Community Identified" stream, must contact us to obtain a letter of identification before they can apply. Our role is to screen candidates based on their long established community connections and potential labour market and economic contributions, and support them through this first step in their immigration process. In the past year we have screened over 200 requests, resulting in over 80 applications advanced to the NS Office of Immigration.