Temporary Foreign Agricultural Workers in Canada by Country of Citizenship

Statistics Canada provides counts of temporary foreign workers in the agricultural sector, broken down by country of citizenship at the national and provincial levels. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-07 and is available in XML, CSV, and HTML formats under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze the geographic distribution of agricultural labor sources based on country of citizenship data.
• Model provincial demand for temporary foreign workers based on counts by province.
• Track changes in agricultural workforce composition over time based on the temporal coverage implied by the update date.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Coverage includes both national and provincial breakdowns.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (XML, CSV, HTML).

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The temporal coverage of the data is not explicitly stated in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Collection Method

Likely collected through administrative records or surveys related to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 12:46:40.575124

Geography

Canada and its provinces