Immigrants and temporary foreign workers fill gaps in Canada’s labour force and help employers respond to vacancies in various sectors.
Many of those that immigrate as children, or the children of immigrants, on average, contribute to Canada’s labor force and go on to earn as much or more as the Canadian born.
Roughly 1 in 4 workers (26%) in Canada are immigrants here are some facts:
In 2016, there were 600,000 self-employed immigrants employing over 260,000 Canadians.
Source: IRCC
Immigrant owners of small and medium-sized enterprises are successful in introducing a product, process or marketing innovation into the marketplace
