January 1, 2024 – In a much-awaited move, the province of British Columbia proclaimed December 18 as International Migrants Day (IMD). 

January 1, 2024 — Thanks to international migration, Canada’s population increased to 40,528,396 as of October 1, 2023.

December 16, 2023 — Canada has condemned China over “acts of intimidation” against the Philippines in the South China Sea, areas of which Manila refers to as the West Philippine Sea.

December 16, 2023 – A recently released study by Statistics Canada reveals that Canadian Filipino women had the lowest rate of self-employment at only five percent. Black Canadian women are slightly higher than Canadian Filipino women at six percent compared to their Korean counterparts who had the highest self-employment rate at 25 percent. 

December 1, 2023 — Canada is deploying a state-of-the-art surveillance system to help the Philippines protect its sovereign waters.

November 16, 2023 — The B.C. provincial government has passed new legislation that will benefit internationally trained professionals.

November 16, 2023 — Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, has laid out Canada’s immigration targets for 2024-2026.

November 1, 2023 — Neri Colmenares, a former member of the House of Representatives in the Philippines, visited Canada and met with several Members of Parliament (MPs), elected officials, and government representatives regarding the situation in the Philippines.

November 1, 2023 — Malaya Marcelino is the new Minister of Labour and Immigration in Manitoba.

October 16 — A mass will be offered for Aprodicio Laquian at the St. Mark Parish at UBC on October 20.

October 16, 2023 — Voters in Manitoba made history on October 3 by electing the first premier of First Nations descent in a province in Canada.

October 7, 2023 – Aprodicio Laquian, founding editor of CanadianFilipino.Net, has died.

September 16, 2023 – While participating in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia in early September, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and invited him to visit Canada in 2024 to celebrate the 75^th anniversary of Canadian-Filipino diplomatic relations. 

September 16, 2023 –Canada ranked second in a new listing ofthe world’s best countries. Switzerland topped the global rankings for the second year in a row. Canada edged out Germany as the second best, moving up from third position in 2022.

August 16, 2023 – It didn’t take much to rally the troops, so to speak.

August 16, 2023 – Canada condemned on August 6 the “dangerous and provocative actions” by China against the Philippines in the South China Sea.