Essential Services and Industries Depend on International Migrants
Looking at these industries as a whole we find 9.8 per cent of the private household service industry workers, 8.0 per cent of gas station workers and 7.2 per cent accommodation and food service workers are temporary foreign workers. In administrative and support services it is 5.8 per cent; animal and aquaculture production 5.6 per cent; 4.3 per cent in warehousing and storage; 3.8 per cent in professional, scientific and technical services. See Chart 1.
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One
way to see the dependence of essential
services and industries on
international migrants is that temporary
foreign workers comprise 30
per cent of the workforce in 17 per cent of
all employers in private
household services and 10 per cent of all
employers at gas stations, in
food services and at drinking establishments;
6.6 per cent of all food
and beverage stores; 5.2 per cent of real
estate companies; 4.3 per
cent of businesses in accommodation services
and 4.2 per cent of all
food manufacturing firms.
