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Temporary residents

Canada - Foreign workers present on December 1st 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 7,719 7,246 6,703 6,739 7,221 8,020 8,644 9,880 9,687 11,410
Intra company transferee 3,325 3,873 3,899 4,289 4,518 4,793 5,192 5,747 6,295 7,510
Trader and investor 59 58 69 63 85 93 80 82 72 81
Business visitor 469 353 488 368 344 316 310 261 234 209
NAFTA* 11,572 11,530 11,159 11,459 12,168 13,222 14,226 15,970 16,288 19,210
Professional 74 110 98 80 103 139 174 248 262 249
Intra company transferee 90 131 160 200 230 248 264 355 390 419
Trader and investor 0 2 5 3 9 6 6 4 — —
Business visitor 138 97 51 25 14 20 10 5 — —
Other FTA** 302 340 314 308 356 413 454 612 659 675
International agreements 1,748 2,013 2,337 3,124 1,827 2,210 3,148 4,080 4,037 2,165
Provincial agreements 1,120 5,440
GATS*** 2,654 2,328 1,219 629 448 447 533 510 415 334
Workers - International arrangements 16,276 16,211 15,029 15,520 14,799 16,292 18,361 21,172 22,519 27,824
Youth exchange program 11,294 13,356 15,605 20,448 25,247 27,778 29,455 37,676 49,332 55,948
Reciprocal employment 2,323 2,321 2,183 2,158 2,182 2,045 2,214 2,068 2,219 2,304
Exchange professor 675 697 845 937 1,027 1,031 1,076 1,198 1,294 1,446
Reciprocal employment 14,292 16,374 18,633 23,543 28,456 30,854 32,745 40,942 52,845 59,698
Intra-company transfers 3,115 3,488 4,565 5,481 6,165 7,440 8,215 9,587 10,360 12,242
Significant benefit 2,898 2,496 2,121 2,117 2,285 2,810 2,765 2,597 2,578 2,678
Entrepreneur/self-employed 410 377 382 446 612 751 729 509 366 351
Emergency repairs 56 204 145 70 61 60 69 34 45 75
Employment benefit 6,479 6,565 7,213 8,114 9,123 11,061 11,778 12,727 13,349 15,346
Spouse/common law partner of a foreign worker 1,263 3,387 5,589 7,617 9,542 11,598 14,615 17,843 19,476 19,329
Spouse/common law partner of a foreign student 1,817 2,099 2,539 2,933 3,145 3,197 3,410 3,407 3,987 4,343
Spouse/common law partner 3,080 5,486 8,128 10,550 12,687 14,795 18,025 21,250 23,463 23,672
Post-graduate employment 860 988 1,076 1,553 2,494 3,911 5,459 7,930 14,499 20,206
Post-doctoral fellow and award recipients 3,627 3,863 4,104 4,313 4,446 4,406 4,471 4,826 4,888 4,927
Research, educational, training 118 472 660 785 879 1,319 2,101 3,031 3,537 3,723
Research and studies related 4,605 5,323 5,840 6,651 7,819 9,636 12,031 15,787 22,924 28,856
Charitable or religious work 872 968 1,065 1,056 — 1,406 1,523 1,434 1,440 1,411
Repair and service equipment 2,351 914 65 21 —
Other Canadian interests 3,223 1,882 1,130 1,077 1,192 1,406 1,523 1,434 1,440 1,411
Workers - Canadian interests 31,679 35,630 40,944 49,935 59,277 67,752 76,102 92,140 114,021 128,983
Permanent resident applicants in Canada 3,214 406 1,439 1,933 2,008 2,051 2,617 2,409 2,998 4,424
Performing arts 734 241 41 5 --
Other work permits without LMO 215 104 27 8 -- 4 22 52 58 74
Other workers without LMO**** 4,163 751 1,507 1,946 2,012 2,055 2,639 2,461 3,056 4,498
Information technology workers 1,366 1,312 1,389 1,650 1,978 2,324 3,056 3,567 3,551 3,887
Live-in caregiver program 9,458 11,997 13,878 17,405 20,393 24,407 33,664 38,325 39,137 35,006
Mexican 10,304 10,782 10,567 10,727 11,846 13,035 14,271 16,160 15,725 15,957
Caribbean 8,046 7,806 8,123 8,178 8,401 8,224 8,191 7,918 7,717 7,973
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program 18,350 18,588 18,690 18,905 20,247 21,259 22,462 24,078 23,442 23,930
Low skill pilot program***** 1,304 1,581 1,869 2,282 4,314 13,354 29,570 37,193 28,930
Other workers with LMO 15,098 15,306 16,661 17,804 19,702 22,451 29,608 38,483 38,430 29,713
Workers with LMO**** 44,272 48,507 52,199 57,633 64,602 74,755 102,144 134,023 141,753 121,466
Total 96,390 101,099 109,679 125,034 140,690 160,854 199,246 249,796 281,349 282,771

*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 8.0 7.2 6.1 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.3 4.0 3.4 4.0
Intra company transferee 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.7
Trader and investor 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Business visitor 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
NAFTA* 12.0 11.4 10.2 9.2 8.6 8.2 7.1 6.4 5.8 6.8
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 0.2 0.2 0.2 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 -- --
Business visitor 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- --
Other FTA** 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
International agreements 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.5 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.4 0.8
Provincial agreements 0.4 1.9
GATS*** 2.8 2.3 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Workers - International arrangements 16.9 16.0 13.7 12.4 10.5 10.1 9.2 8.5 8.0 9.8
Youth exchange program 11.7 13.2 14.2 16.4 17.9 17.3 14.8 15.1 17.5 19.8
Reciprocal employment 2.4 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8
Exchange professor 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Reciprocal employment 14.8 16.2 17.0 18.8 20.2 19.2 16.4 16.4 18.8 21.1
Intra-company transfers 3.2 3.5 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.1 3.8 3.7 4.3
Significant benefit 3.0 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.9
Entrepreneur/self-employed 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1
Emergency repairs 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Employment benefit 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.9 5.9 5.1 4.7 5.4
Spouse/common law partner of a foreign worker 1.3 3.4 5.1 6.1 6.8 7.2 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.8
Spouse/common law partner of a foreign student 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.5
Spouse/common law partner 3.2 5.4 7.4 8.4 9.0 9.2 9.0 8.5 8.3 8.4
Post-graduate employment 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.4 2.7 3.2 5.2 7.1
Post-doctoral fellow and award recipients 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.7
Research, educational, training 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3
Research and studies related 4.8 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.6 6.0 6.0 6.3 8.1 10.2
Charitable or religious work 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 -- 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Repair and service equipment 2.4 0.9 0.1 0.0 --
Other Canadian interests 3.3 1.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Workers - Canadian interests 32.9 35.2 37.3 39.9 42.1 42.1 38.2 36.9 40.5 45.6
Permanent resident applicants in Canada 3.3 0.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.6
Performing arts 0.8 0.2 0.0 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**** 4.3 0.7 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.6
Information technology workers 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4
Live-in caregiver program 9.8 11.9 12.7 13.9 14.5 15.2 16.9 15.3 13.9 12.4
Mexican 10.7 10.7 9.6 8.6 8.4 8.1 7.2 6.5 5.6 5.6
Caribbean 8.3 7.7 7.4 6.5 6.0 5.1 4.1 3.2 2.7 2.8
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program 19.0 18.4 17.0 15.1 14.4 13.2 11.3 9.6 8.3 8.5
Low skill pilot program***** 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.7 6.7 11.8 13.2 10.2
Other workers with LMO 15.7 15.1 15.2 14.2 14.0 14.0 14.9 15.4 13.7 10.5
Workers with LMO**** 45.9 48.0 47.6 46.1 45.9 46.5 51.3 53.7 50.4 43.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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