56% of Canadians support Temporary Foreign Workers, Nanos Research

Highlights: 56% of Canadians expressed support for Temporary Foreign Workers

• Recent survey details released by Nanos Research show that Canadians are in support of Temporary Foreign Workers.
• Online survey and hybrid telephonic survey was conducted for 1,006 Canadians.
• 56% of Canadians were in favor of supporting temporary foreign workers in Canada.
• About two thirds of Canadians are in support of TFW’s aspiring to become citizens or permanent residents in the nation.

 

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Survey reveals Canadians underlining the importance of Temporary Foreign Workers

The recent survey conducted by Nanos Research, one of the leading research and strategy groups in North America, has measured Canadians opinions towards temporary foreign workers and showed that majority of Canadians emphasized the importance of temporary foreign workers crucial for the nation’s economy.

 

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Nanos research methodology

Nanos conducted the survey through RDD dual frame which included both the hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,006 Canadians who were 18 years of age or older.

 

The survey focused on their significance to the Canadian economy, support for employers hiring them to fill vacancies, their ability to become citizens or permanent residents, the number of temporary foreign workers who travel to Canada in search of employment, and allowing them to switch employers.

 

The results were weighted by age and gender using the latest Census information and the sample was geographically stratified in Canada. The survey showed a margin error of ± 3.1 points, which is 19 out of the 20 times.

 

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Majority of Canadians agree that foreign workers are crucial to nation’s economy

A notable majority of 48% of Canadians show that temporary foreign workers as crucial to the country's economy, with an additional 34% considering foreign workers as somewhat crucial.

 

Around 56% of older Canadians expressed stronger agreement compared to 38% of the younger Canadians.

 

Canadian firms hiring temporary foreign workers to fill vacant positions

Eight out of ten Canadians either support (49%) or somewhat support (30%) firms hiring temporary foreign workers to fill positions that cannot be filled by Canadians.

 

Notably, the Atlantic area and Quebec in Canada have higher levels of support for this.

Region	Percentage of support
Atlantic Area	61% completely support 25% somewhat support
Quebec	57% completely support 32% somewhat support

 

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Temporary foreign workers wanting to become citizens or permanent residents in Canada

Over two thirds of Canadians are in support of temporary foreign workers aspiring to become citizens or permanent residents. Older Canadians were more likely to provide this support than the younger Canadians.

 

Age Group	Percentage of support
55 years or above	74%
18 – 34 years	62%

 

Permitting temporary foreign workers to switch employers in Canada

Furthermore, when it came to permitting temporary foreign workers to switch employers, Canadians exhibited a more approving behavior, with majority of them (31%) being in favor compared those who were against (17%) who were against this.

 

Coming to regional variances, people in Quebec were more likely to agree with permitting temporary foreign workers to switch employers in Canada compared to people in Prairies and British Columbia.

 

Province	Percentage of support
Quebec	43%
Prairies	24%
British Columbia	26%

 

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