Temporary foreign workers in Canada : Travailleurs étrangers temporaires au Canada

This report assesses the importance of foreign workers in the Canadian economy, and then focuses on the question of foreign workers in low-skilled occupations. [...] This is the category of foreign positions in Canada have existed since the 1960s and workers which attracted most of the media were formally introduced in legislation in the 1970s. [...] Nationally, the share of foreign workers in the Canadian labour force tripled between 2002 and Instead, this report provides a high level overview of 2012, although they still represented less than 2 per the relative importance of foreign workers in the cent of the total labour force. [...] Interestingly, the relative importance of Those entering Canada under the TFWP do so at the foreign workers in the labour force appears to be request of employers who must obtain approval 1 Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada higher in small centres than in large census of the pay scale and employers seem to have resisted metropolitan areas. [...] The initial purpose of this report was to evaluate the impact of foreign workers on local labour markets for 2 The role of foreign workers in the national various occupations.