Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) was designed to allow companies to bring in a limited number of temporary workers to Canada to fill labour shortages.
The program has been criticized by the United Nations:
Canada’s foreign worker program a ‘breeding ground for contemporary slavery,’ says UN report
Below is a map based on TFWP data released by the Canadian Federal Government. The data show companies’ approvals for temporary foreign workers (TFWs). The data does NOT show whether a given position has been filled, only that the organization in question has received permission to hire a TFW rather than a Canadian for the job.
The TFWP is divided into different streams:
You can see the median Canadian salary for each province here.
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