DOLE: 2000 New Jobs Available in Canada, Can Bring your Family

The announcement was made by Secretary Silvestre Bello III of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

The Philippine Government had recently signed a Letter of Intent with with the Government of Yukon to establish a framework to plan for immigration programming and improved cooperation on human resource development between the Philippines and the territory of Yukon.

IMPORTANT STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YUKON IF YOU’RE THINKING OF WORKING THERE
The Territory of Yukon is the smallest and westernmost of Canada’s three territories.

Yukon has the smallest population with only 35,874 people.

Yukon’s capital is the city of Whitehorse. Incidentally, Whitehorse is Yukon’s ONLY city.

Yukon is home to Canada’s tallest mountain. At 5,959m, Mount Logan is the second highest peak in North America (after Denali in Alaska).

Yukon is cold, with long harsh winters and very short, warm summers.

There’s also not too many people in Yukon. In fact, there are only 0.1 people per square kilometre.

The Filipino population is growing very fast in Yukon, with Filipinos making up 15% of Yukon’s immigrant population.

The Filipino language is currently ranked number 4 in the most spoken language in Yukon (after German, with 1.3% of people in the territory speaking the language).

The predominant religion in Yukon (39.6%) is Roman Catholicism.

YUKON AND PHILIPPINES TO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING 2000 NEW JOBS TO CANADA
The Government of Yukon and the Philippine Government will work together to match OFWs with available jobs in Canada under the Yukon Nominee Program.

With the territory’s labour and population requirements, the two governments will work together to find opportunities for OFWs to go to Canada and apply for Permanent Residency under the Yukon Nominee Program.

Both governments will also cooperate in establishing the system of recruitment, protection and placement of OFWs bound for Yukon.

A new public information campaign will be launched by the Yukon government to provide details about the Yukon Nominee Program.

The Letter of Intent was signed by Yukon Minister of Economic Developement Ranj Pillai and Bello.

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