Temporary Foreign Worker Program 2010-2017

Temporary Foreign Worker Program 2010-2017 Understanding Labour Market Impact Assessment statistics: This release displays annual Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) statistics related to positions, geographical location, occupations, sectors and foreign workers by country of origin. It is important to note that the decision to issue a work permit rests with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and that not all positions on a positive LMIA result in a work permit. As well, there may also be a time delay between the date the temporary foreign worker (TFW) obtains the work permit and the date they enter Canada. For these reasons, data provided in the LMIA statistics cannot be used to calculate the number of TFWs that have entered or will enter Canada. IRCC publishes annual statistics on the number of foreign workers who enter Canada in its Facts and Figures publication: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/menu-fact.asp. These statistics are based on the number of work permits issued at ports of entry and encompass a variety of program streams beyond the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), such as temporary residents entering Canada to work, study or for humanitarian and compassionate reasons. Effective February 2018, LMIAs in support of Permanent Residence (PR) are excluded from TFWP statistics reporting, unless reported separately. This may impact statistics reported over time. 2022-04-12 Employment and Social Development Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Economics and IndustryGovernment and PoliticsLabourLabour Market Impact AssessmentPositiveNegativeTemporary Foreign Worker PositionLocation of EmploymentOccupationsIndustriesEmployerLMIATFWP GlossaryDOC https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/85712032-c7fe-4968-b34a-1d125e54f177/download/2a3-web-comm-2018-edsc-english.docx GlossaryDOC https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/98a5cf5d-05c4-470b-94ec-34cd013e6576/download/2a3-web-comm-2018-edsc-french.docx Table 12. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on requested Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/4d138fae-e025-4f3a-8031-26670581d88e/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_12_e.csv Table 12. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on requested Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/bc41e135-23a9-4117-8800-0d38a1d30442/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_12_f.csv Table 13. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by stream and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/0da7b54e-5c93-4763-85d6-76fd38f4aa41/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_13_e.csv Table 13. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by stream and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/798c3b38-8371-46ab-b9ce-6aedf96e9567/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_13_f.csv Table 3. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by Statistics Canada economic region and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/f9e6a956-316f-421f-9bd1-2b18b4536da6/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_03_e.csv Table 3. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by Statistics Canada economic region and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/43c020e3-4797-44aa-b298-76c4225c457d/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_03_f.csv Table 6. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by North American Industry Classification System - 2002 (NAICS) and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/57045f1c-9218-4149-b42a-20a795820881/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_06_e.csv Table 6. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by North American Industry Classification System - 2002 (NAICS) and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/3eb2d569-6a52-47e2-a85c-6a4b2ff6fd51/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_06_f.csv Table 7. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by National Occupational Classification - 2011 (NOC) and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/ad98965e-85a2-4863-a51d-f94782411a19/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_07_e.csv Table 7. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by National Occupational Classification - 2011 (NOC) and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/8c7c6fa7-d2c4-41a2-aae8-d3f5398a84c9/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_07_f.csv Table 1. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/a52887b4-7e91-4a5b-8daa-25a6124b0701/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_01_e.csv Table 1. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/b2a9649f-a46c-44b2-9635-a6fb735d7e03/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_01_f.csv Table 4. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by National Occupational Classification - 2011 (NOC) skill level and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/c9a615d5-c846-44e8-810a-dfa4e4377ecb/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_04_e.csv Table 4. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by National Occupational Classification - 2011 (NOC) skill level and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/b2a3b147-1c7e-485b-931b-257ea7b056bc/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_04_f.csv Table 5. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by National Occupational Classification - 2011 (NOC) skill type and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/42d28482-6348-4457-8b6d-840d88c8e233/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_05_e.csv Table 5. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by National Occupational Classification - 2011 (NOC) skill type and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/ebf8953f-f3dc-4682-a6a8-5e3780586098/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_05_f.csv Table 2. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by urban area and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/af025276-cf2e-4c45-bc58-d4c920b37b9d/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_02_e.csv Table 2. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by urban area and province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/9be1524b-9195-42bb-8b75-a3eb76ac94dd/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_02_f.csv Table 8. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) issued for caregivers by National Occupational Classification - 2011 (NOC) and province/territory between 2015 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/c3acdee8-1057-43e5-b2f2-5c945eaedfe0/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_08_e.csv Table 8. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) issued for caregivers by National Occupational Classification - 2011 (NOC) and province/territory between 2015 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/e74ebe61-80fe-48b8-800b-deb822e11128/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_08_f.csv Table 9. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) under the Primary Agriculture stream by province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/d4b33cce-ad9d-454d-873c-6eb8607a0f3a/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_09_e.csv Table 9. Number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) under the Primary Agriculture stream by province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/5659c042-db51-4228-879a-9aab11ba7bd0/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_09_f.csv Table 11. Number of employers who received at least one positive or negative Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) by province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/7bdc0a1c-4912-4c0c-9a2f-35dae560bf10/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_11_e.csv Table 11. Number of employers who received at least one positive or negative Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) by province/territory between 2010 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/4aaa975d-b410-46e6-a4f1-248694e7800c/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_11_f.csv Table 10. Top countries of residency according to the number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by province/territory between 2014 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/c0f9cec7-13b6-404b-b3e5-6077a08e0c6e/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_10_e.csv Table 10. Top countries of residency according to the number of temporary foreign worker (TFW) positions on positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by province/territory between 2014 and 2017CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/c65d2014-ef25-4781-b9b2-e13a7293b72d/resource/cf7b3024-e1bb-4eee-8bff-5e9638f0d3e6/download/tfwp2017_annual_table_10_f.csv

Understanding Labour Market Impact Assessment statistics: This release displays annual Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) statistics related to positions, geographical location, occupations, sectors and foreign workers by country of origin. It is important to note that the decision to issue a work permit rests with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and that not all positions on a positive LMIA result in a work permit. As well, there may also be a time delay between the date the temporary foreign worker (TFW) obtains the work permit and the date they enter Canada. For these reasons, data provided in the LMIA statistics cannot be used to calculate the number of TFWs that have entered or will enter Canada. IRCC publishes annual statistics on the number of foreign workers who enter Canada in its Facts and Figures publication: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/menu-fact.asp. These statistics are based on the number of work permits issued at ports of entry and encompass a variety of program streams beyond the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), such as temporary residents entering Canada to work, study or for humanitarian and compassionate reasons. Effective February 2018, LMIAs in support of Permanent Residence (PR) are excluded from TFWP statistics reporting, unless reported separately. This may impact statistics reported over time.

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