The distribution of temporary foreign workers across industries in Canada / by Yuqian Lu.: CS45-28/1-2020-25E-PDF
"Temporary foreign workers (TFWs) have played an increasingly important role in the Canadian labour market in recent years (Lu and Hou, 2019). Close to 470,000 foreign nationals have a work permit that became effective in 2019, compared to 340,000 in 2017 and 390,000 in 2018. However, their contribution to the labour market could be severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by governments at all levels to contain the spread of the virus. Even though TFWs are allowed to enter Canada, the availability of new TFWs may be reduced or delayed due to travel restrictions in some source countries, their unwillingness to travel due to the fear of virus infection, and the mandatory 14-day self-isolation policy upon arrival. Additionally, many businesses are temporarily closed or are operating considerably below their full capacity, which could lead to disproportionate layoffs among temporary foreign workers"--Page [3].
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| Department/Agency | Statistics Canada. |
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| Title | The distribution of temporary foreign workers across industries in Canada / by Yuqian Lu. |
| Series title | StatCan COVID-19 : data to insights for a better Canada |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Répartition des travailleurs étrangers temporaires dans les industries au Canada. Cover title. "Release date: June 3, 2020." Issued also in HTML format. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2020. ©2020 |
| Author / Contributor | Lu, Yuqian, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 unnumbered pages) : graph. |
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| Subject terms | Foreign workers -- Canada -- Statistics. COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- Canada. COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Economic aspects -- Canada. |