- Produce original findings, models, and analysis from public data, policy, and proprietary company signal
- Answer market-sizing questions and maintain living market models
- Track policy signals and program data to forecast immigration trends
- Produce original data stories, eligibility analyses, trend pieces, and annual flagship reports
- Build methods, privacy discipline, and rigor for converting search demand, community questions, assessment data, and case patterns into insights
- Size new practice areas and markets for company investment decisions
- Represent research through methodology notes, media briefings, and occasional speaking engagements
- Set the research agenda with the COO
- Coordinate the publishing calendar with the media team
- Supply research for CV Labs and CanadaVisa content, newsletters, PR, strategy, and policy conversations

Requirements

- Reliable empirical work with demographic, economic, or policy data
- Experience with census and administrative datasets, survey design, or population modeling
- Domain depth in migration, demography, or public policy, or demonstrated ability to build it quickly
- Ability to translate rigorous findings into headlines and journalist-quotable writing
- Experience working to a cadence of publications, reports, or briefings
- Use of AI throughout the workflow for data wrangling, literature synthesis, or model prototyping
- Intellectual honesty and commitment to rigorous, caveated findings
- Comfort being the entire research function initially
- PhD is a strong signal but not a requirement
- Direct Canadian immigration,



citizenship, or diaspora research experience is a bonus
- Experience at Statistics Canada, IRCC, a think tank, or migration-focused academic centre is a bonus
- Public research byline is a bonus
- Genealogy, historical-records, or population-ancestry research exposure is a bonus
- Experience making research a growth engine is a bonus

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in empirical research, particularly with demographic, economic, and policy data, while effectively translating complex findings into accessible narratives. Proficient in utilizing AI for data analysis and maintaining rigorous methodologies in research outputs.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- Empirical Research
- Demographic Data Analysis
- Policy Analysis
- AI Data Wrangling
- Migration Research

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

- Census Data Analysis
- Survey Design
- Population Modeling
- Data Storytelling
- Market Sizing
- Trend Analysis
- Research Methodology
- Statistical Analysis
- Data Visualization
- Report Writing

Soft Skills

- Intellectual Honesty
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Adaptability
- Critical Thinking

Certifications & Qualifications

- PhD (Preferred)

Industry Keywords

- Migration
- Demography
- Public Policy
- Statistics Canada
- IRCC
- Think Tank
- Research Publication
- Genealogy
- Population Ancestry
- Immigration Trends

Tools & Technologies

- AI Tools
- Statistical Software
- Data Management Systems
- Content Management Systems
- Publishing Platforms

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📌 Head of Research (Toronto)
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📍 Toronto