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Temporary residents

Canada - Total entries of foreign workers by yearly sub-status

*North American Free Trade Agreement
**Free Trade Agreement
***General Agreement on Trade in Services
****Labour Market Opinion
*****Also includes foreign workers from Guatemala working in agriculture

Number
Yearly sub-status 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  Professional 10,210 8,906 7,506 7,370 7,901 9,026 9,452 10,967 10,307 11,681
  Intra company
  transferee		 2,363 2,900 2,585 2,890 2,812 3,155 3,667 3,912 4,007 5,186
  Trader and
  investor		 49 56 56 40 57 70 50 49 44 49
  Business visitor 2,488 1,562 1,546 1,225 1,109 1,110 913 638 609 553
NAFTA* 15,110 13,424 11,693 11,525 11,879 13,361 14,082 15,566 14,967 17,469
  Professional 111 159 108 97 121 145 180 251 238 261
  Intra company
  transferee		 64 113 122 141 147 164 173 260 252 273
  Trader and
  investor		 0 4 6 3 6 12 6 7 2 3
  Business visitor 306 109 31 48 35 40 22 11 8 10
Other FTA** 481 385 267 289 309 361 381 529 500 547
International agreements 2,786 2,840 3,198 4,884 1,470 1,709 2,133 2,704 2,331 1,341
Provincial agreements 361 1,883
GATS*** 2,245 1,689 616 502 434 521 636 603 371 357
Workers - International arrangements 20,622 18,338 15,774 17,200 14,092 15,952 17,232 19,402 18,530 21,597
  Youth exchange
  program		 13,134 15,254 17,046 21,466 28,036 30,864 32,492 41,137 45,323 50,007
  Reciprocal
  employment		 2,829 2,887 2,766 2,074 2,118 2,034 2,161 2,054 2,078 2,708
  Exchange
  professor		 960 970 1,141 1,258 1,288 1,304 1,336 1,492 1,600 1,756
Reciprocal employment 16,923 19,111 20,953 24,798 31,442 34,202 35,989 44,683 49,001 54,471
  Intra-company
  transfers		 1,056 1,595 2,658 2,943 3,411 4,437 4,742 5,713 5,421 7,753
  Significant benefit 5,447 4,939 4,164 3,800 3,662 4,379 4,336 4,130 3,818 4,879
  Entrepreneur/
  self-employed		 649 478 678 734 710 730 648 530 478 466
  Emergency repairs 495 677 427 410 422 453 433 525 382 497
Employment benefit 7,647 7,689 7,927 7,887 8,205 9,999 10,159 10,898 10,099 13,595
  Spouse/common
  law partner of a
  foreign worker		 515 1,989 2,623 3,424 4,208 5,332 7,056 8,721 7,904 7,745
  Spouse/common
  law partner of a
  foreign student		 765 816 874 991 1,002 1,007 1,131 1,165 1,385 1,530
Spouse/common law partner 1,280 2,805 3,497 4,415 5,210 6,339 8,187 9,886 9,289 9,275
  Post-graduate
  employment		 153 218 127 199 260 340 400 318 367 579
  Post-doctoral
  fellow and award
  recipients		 2,699 2,706 2,536 2,519 2,605 2,438 2,704 2,953 2,954 3,102
  Research,
  educational,
  training		 108 556 723 756 805 1,259 2,096 2,976 3,346 3,441
Research and studies related 2,960 3,480 3,386 3,474 3,670 4,037 5,200 6,247 6,667 7,122
  Charitable or
  religious work		 1,811 1,408 1,285 — — 1,631 1,491 1,442 1,539 1,810
  Repair and service
  equipment		 6,650 3,312 27 — —
Other Canadian interests 8,461 4,720 1,312 1,136 1,782 1,631 1,491 1,442 1,539 1,810
Workers - Canadian interests 37,271 37,805 37,075 41,710 50,309 56,208 61,026 73,156 76,595 86,273
PR applicants in Canada 2,816 503 984 1,076 903 965 1,318 1,153 1,376 1,249
Performing arts 9,844 4,137 14 —
Other work permits without LMO 215 111 5 — 1 0 18 42 59 80
Other workers without LMO**** 12,875 4,751 1,003 1,079 904 965 1,336 1,195 1,435 1,329
Information technology workers 901 836 1,056 1,307 1,782 2,152 2,983 3,210 2,691 2,928
Live-in caregiver program 4,369 4,739 5,085 6,710 7,203 9,338 13,773 12,883 9,824 8,394
  Mexican 10,450 10,796 10,562 10,840 11,875 12,987 14,416 16,275 15,736 15,943
  Caribbean 8,059 7,820 8,131 8,210 8,403 8,263 8,159 7,908 7,647 7,955
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program 18,509 18,616 18,693 19,050 20,278 21,250 22,575 24,183 23,383 23,898
Low skill pilot program 2,277 2,336 2,796 3,781 6,554 15,365 25,733 19,069 14,893
Other workers with LMO 25,110 23,499 22,176 22,656 24,313 26,581 30,430 32,418 26,741 22,964
Workers with LMO**** 48,889 49,967 49,346 52,519 57,357 65,875 85,126 98,427 81,708 73,077
Foreign workers 119,657 110,861 103,198 112,508 122,662 139,000 164,720 192,180 178,268 182,276

*North American Free Trade Agreement
**Free Trade Agreement
***General Agreement on Trade in Services
****Labour Market Opinion
*****Also includes foreign workers from Guatemala working in agriculture

Percentage
Yearly sub-status 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  Professional 8.5 8.0 7.3 6.6 6.4 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 6.4
  Intra company
  transferee		 2.0 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.8
  Trader and
  investor		 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Business visitor 2.1 1.4 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3
NAFTA* 12.6 12.1 11.3 10.2 9.7 9.6 8.5 8.1 8.4 9.6
  Professional 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Intra company
  transferee		 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
  Trader and
  investor		 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Business visitor 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other FTA** 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
International agreements 2.3 2.6 3.1 4.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 0.7
Provincial agreements 0.2 1.0
GATS*** 1.9 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2
Workers - International arrangements 17.2 16.5 15.3 15.3 11.5 11.5 10.5 10.1 10.4 11.8
  Youth exchange
  program		 11.0 13.8 16.5 19.1 22.9 22.2 19.7 21.4 25.4 27.4
  Reciprocal
  employment		 2.4 2.6 2.7 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.5
  Exchange
  professor		 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0
Reciprocal employment 14.1 17.2 20.3 22.0 25.6 24.6 21.8 23.3 27.5 29.9
  Intra-company
  transfers		 0.9 1.4 2.6 2.6 2.8 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.0 4.3
  Significant benefit 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.4 3.0 3.2 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.7
  Entrepreneur/
  self-employed		 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
  Emergency repairs 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
Employment benefit 6.4 6.9 7.7 7.0 6.7 7.2 6.2 5.7 5.7 7.5
  Spouse/common
  law partner of a
  foreign worker		 0.4 1.8 2.5 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.2
  Spouse/common
  law partner of a
  foreign student		 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8
Spouse/common law partner 1.1 2.5 3.4 3.9 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.1
  Post-graduate
  employment		 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
  Post-doctoral
  fellow and award
  recipients		 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7
  Research,
  educational,
  training		 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.9 1.9
Research and studies related 2.5 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.9
  Charitable or
  religious work		 1.5 1.3 1.2 — — 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0
  Repair and service
  equipment		 5.6 3.0 0.0 — —
Other Canadian interests 7.1 4.3 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0
Workers - Canadian interests 31.1 34.1 35.9 37.1 41.0 40.4 37.0 38.1 43.0 47.3
PR applicants in Canada 2.4 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.7
Performing arts 8.2 3.7 0.0 —
Other work permits without LMO 0.2 0.1 0.0 — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other workers without LMO**** 10.8 4.3 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.7
Information technology workers 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.6
Live-in caregiver program 3.7 4.3 4.9 6.0 5.9 6.7 8.4 6.7 5.5 4.6
  Mexican 8.7 9.7 10.2 9.6 9.7 9.3 8.8 8.5 8.8 8.7
  Caribbean 6.7 7.1 7.9 7.3 6.9 5.9 5.0 4.1 4.3 4.4
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program 15.5 16.8 18.1 16.9 16.5 15.3 13.7 12.6 13.1 13.1
Low skill pilot program***** 2.1 2.3 2.5 3.1 4.7 9.3 13.4 10.7 8.2
Other workers with LMO 21.0 21.2 21.5 20.1 19.8 19.1 18.5 16.9 15.0 12.6
Workers with LMO**** 40.9 45.1 47.8 46.7 46.8 47.4 51.7 51.2 45.8 40.1
Foreign workers 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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