Temporary Resident Workforce

Temporary Resident and the Labour Force Survey in Canada – The growing underrepresentation of NPRs in the LFS highlights a fundamental limitation of the survey

Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) underestimates the rapidly growing non-permanent resident (NPR) population. This undercount potentially distorts important economic indicators, such as nominal wage growth and unemployment rates, because NPRs disproportionately influence these measures as a growing share of new labour market entrants. To address this data gap, this E-Brief recommends revising the LFS … Continue reading →