The number of foreign workers in Canada on temporary permits is equivalent to 18.5 percent of the country’s private sector workforce, according to newly released figures from Canada’s immigration department.
The department counted 3,049,277 non-permanent residents in Canada as of Jan. 1, including more than 129,000 with expired work permits, according to a briefing note first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter. The figure represents 18.5 percent of the private sector workforce, which totalled 16.4 million workers, including self-employed Canadians in January, according to the Labour Force Survey released by Statistics Canada.
“While temporary residents enrich Canada’s economy and social fabric, we have committed to reducing temporary immigration growth to better align the needs of our labour market, housing supply and community capacity,” said the May 1 briefing note. …