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Temporary Foreign Worker Positions, Unemployment rate, COVID-19 deaths among immigrants

Distribution (in percentage) of Temporary Foreign Worker Positions in Canada in 2020

Distribution (in percentage) of Temporary Foreign Worker Positions in Canada in 2020

Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (March 18, 2021). Number of Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Positions on Positive Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) by Province/Territory. Accessed on 17 June 2021. Retrieved from http://www.edsc-esdc.gc.ca/ouvert-open/bca-seb/imt-lmi/TFWP2020_Q4_Table_01_e.csv 

 

Expected impact of COVID-19 on businesses majority-owned by Canadian immigrants and visible minorities in Canada for the second quarter of 2021

Expected impact of COVID-19 on businesses majority-owned by Canadian immigrants and visible minorities in Canada for the second quarter of 2021

Source: Statistics Canada. (28 May 2021). Business or organization expectations over the next three months, by business characteristics, second quarter of 2021. Table: 33-10-0337-01. Access on 18 June 2021. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3310033701&request_locale=en  Note: Majority ownership is defined at 51% or more. Majority-ownership was reported for private sector businesses only.

 

Unemployment rate by immigrant status, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality (January 2019 – June 2021)

Unemployment rate by immigrant status, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality (January 2019 – June 2021)

Source: Statistics Canada. (09 July 2021). Table 14-10-0082-01 Labour force characteristics by immigrant status, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality. Access on 09 July. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410008201  *Refers to people who are, or have been, landed immigrants in Canada. A landed immigrant is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada

 

Distribution of provisional COVID-19 deaths among immigrants during the early months of the pandemic, by selected immigrant-specific characteristics

Distribution of provisional COVID-19 deaths among immigrants during the early months of the pandemic, by selected immigrant-specific characteristics

Source: Statistics Canada & Edward Ng. (June 9, 2021). COVID-19 deaths among immigrants: Evidence from the early months of the pandemic. Chart 1. Access on 18 June 2021. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-28-0001/2021001/article/00017-eng.htm 

 

Disclaimer: The data visualizations and graphs depicted above are curated from publicly available national and provincial Canadian institution reports.