Foreign workers in the labour force: Provincial retention after transition to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes
As the number of temporary foreign workers increases and more of these workers transition to permanent residency in Canada, provinces and territories—especially those with smaller populations—have been actively targeting foreign workers through immigration programs such as the Provincial Nominee Pro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Statistics Canada
2024-10-01
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| Series: | Economic and Social Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2024010/article/00002-eng.htm |
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| Summary: | As the number of temporary foreign workers increases and more of these workers transition to permanent residency in Canada, provinces and territories—especially those with smaller populations—have been actively targeting foreign workers through immigration programs such as the Provincial Nominee Program as a strategy to attract and retain new immigrants (Picot, Hou & Crossman, 2024). However, there is limited knowledge regarding the retention rate of former temporary foreign workers in the province or territory where they were employed before immigrating, and how this retention rate varies among different types of temporary foreign workers and by province or territory. Such information is directly relevant to policy considerations related to the regionalization of immigration and the role of the transition from temporary to permanent residency.
This article examines the geographic retention of permanent residents who previously worked in Canada on work permits for work purposes and became landed immigrants (hereafter referred to as former work permit holders) from 2011 to 2020. The analysis begins by assessing the proportion of these former work permit holders who remained in the province or territory where they last worked before obtaining permanent residency status. It then compares their retention in the intended destination with that of economic class immigrants who had no previous experience in Canada (refer to the Data and definitions section for more details). |
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| ISSN: | 2563-8955 |