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Temporary foreign workers in health care : characteristics, transition to permanent residency and industry retention / by Yuqian Lu and Feng Hou.CS36-28-0001/2025-8-2E-PDF

"Temporary foreign workers (TFWs) are playing an increasingly important role in addressing labour shortages in Canada’s health care sector. This study uses an integrated longitudinal administrative database and examines the number and characteristics of TFWs employed in the health care sector since 2000. It also tracks their transition to permanent residency (PR) and analyzes the percentage of individuals who remain in the sector after gaining PR"--Abstract, page 1.

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Department/Agency
  • Statistics Canada, issuing body.
TitleTemporary foreign workers in health care : characteristics, transition to permanent residency and industry retention / by Yuqian Lu and Feng Hou.
Series title
  • Economic and social reports, 2563-8955 ; v. 5, no. 8, August 2025
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Travailleurs étrangers temporaires dans le secteur des soins de santé : caractéristiques, transition vers la résidence permanente et maintien en emploi dans l’industrie.
  • "Insights."
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 11).
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, August 27, 2025.
  • ©2025
Author / Contributor
  • Lu, Yuqian, author.
Description1 online resource (11 pages) : graphs.
Catalogue number
  • CS36-28-0001/2025-8-2E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number36-28-0001
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