More than 7,500 vulnerable foreign workers granted open work permits since 2019

Number of approved open work permits for vulnerable foreign workers more than tripled from 589 in 2020 to 2,036 in 2023

Data begins in June 2019, when the program was created, to the end of the year. 2024 figures cover Jan. 1, 2024, to Aug. 31, 2024.
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Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (Aloysius Wong/CBC)