Foreign workers in Canada: Industry retention after transitioning to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes

Temporary foreign workers (TFWs) can play a long-lasting role in alleviating labour shortages because, on average, one-third of work permit holders transitioned to permanent residency (PR) within five years after receiving their initial work permit. However, not all TFWs remain in their initial indu...

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Main Authors: Yuqian Lu, Feng Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Statistics Canada 2024-11-01
Series:Economic and Social Reports
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TFW
Online Access:https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2024011/article/00002-eng.htm
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description Temporary foreign workers (TFWs) can play a long-lasting role in alleviating labour shortages because, on average, one-third of work permit holders transitioned to permanent residency (PR) within five years after receiving their initial work permit. However, not all TFWs remain in their initial industries after gaining PR. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the industry retention of TFWs after their PR transition by examining all TFWs who held paid employment in Canada as work permit holders for work purposes.
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Foreign workers in Canada: Industry retention after transitioning to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes
Economic and Social Reports
TFW
title Foreign workers in Canada: Industry retention after transitioning to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes
title_full Foreign workers in Canada: Industry retention after transitioning to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes
title_fullStr Foreign workers in Canada: Industry retention after transitioning to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes
title_full_unstemmed Foreign workers in Canada: Industry retention after transitioning to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes
title_short Foreign workers in Canada: Industry retention after transitioning to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes
title_sort foreign workers in canada industry retention after transitioning to permanent residency among work permit holders for work purposes
topic TFW
url https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2024011/article/00002-eng.htm
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