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Labour Market Impact Assessment

What is a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)?

The LMIA is a document that Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) issues to employers that gives them permission to hire temporary workers.

ESDC will assess the employer’s LMIA application to determine the impact of hiring a temporary foreign worker on Canada’s job market. A positive or negative LMIA letter will be issued to the employer by ESDC. Your employer should give you a copy of this letter to include with your work permit application.

LMIAs are usually issued for a specific period of time, and the work permit issued will match that period. You will likely need a new LMIA to extend your work permit beyond this period

Temporary Foreign Worker Program

For many skilled foreign workers from around the world, working in Canada is an attractive option. Nearly 200,000 foreign skilled workers arrive in Canada each year on Temporary Canadian Work Permits. You can be one of them!

Canadian employers can apply for a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) to determine if a foreign worker can be hired temporarily to fill a labour or skills shortage. They have following options: –

Hire a skilled worker to support their permanent residency

Hire a top foreign talent through the Global Talent Stream

Hire a foreign academic

Hire a temporary worker as an in-home caregiver

Hire a temporary foreign agricultural worker

Temporary foreign agricultural workers can be hired through the following channels:

Seasonal Agricultural Program

The temporary foreign worker must be from Mexico or one of the participating Caribbean countries

Production must be included on the National Commodities List

Agricultural Stream

A temporary foreign worker may be from any country

Production must be included on the National Commodities List

Stream for high-wage positions

Production is not included on the National Commodities List

A foreign worker can be hired for a high-wage agricultural job

Stream for low-wage positions

Production is not included on the National Commodities List

A low-wage agricultural job can be filled by a temporary foreign worker

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