r/CanadianVisaReform

04.16.2026

Duties:

Calculate and prepare cheques for payroll

Calculate fixed assets and depreciation

Keep financial records and establish, maintain and balance various accounts using manual and computerized bookkeeping systems

Maintain general ledgers and financial statements

Post journal entries

Prepare other statistical, financial and accounting reports

Prepare tax returns

Prepare trial balance of books

Reconcile accounts

This requires a secondary school diploma and 1-2 years of experience.

$31.96 is the exact wage needed to qualify for the High-Wage Stream of the TFW Program. Since the position is not in Halifax, the employer would not be subject to a refusal to process if they filed below $31.96 but is subject to a 10% cap and could only get a 1 year work permit. The employer previously applied for an administrative assistant for $30 per hour in February, 2026. $30 per hour was the median wage at the time of submission to qualify for the High-Wage Stream which was raised to $31.96 in July, 2026. $31.96 is significantly above the median wage in Truro, NS as Bookkeepers are paid a median hourly rate of $21.63 per hour.

https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/49910237?source=searchresults

https://www.junonews.com/p/feds-left-municipalities-in-the-dark

According to this immigration lawyer on YouTube, Canada has already invited 18.6% more people for PR this year compared to last year. 135,215 invitations is only from programs within Express Entry, there are many more other programs outside of Express Entry that have their own quota for PR. Also number of invitation does not equal to number of people getting invited for PR. For example, a single individual or a family of multiple people will get one invitation. So, there are more than 135,215 people invited this year just from Express Entry programs. Not only there was no reducation in number of invitations this year but it increased !!