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The LFS undercounts NPRs by roughly 3–4 percentage points of the 15+ population1.

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The LFS undercounts NPRs by roughly 3–4 percentage points of the 15+ population

The Canadian Equivalent of the "9-of-10 Jobs to Foreign-Born
“.D. Howe (Skuterud, 2024) has documented that the LFS undercounts NPRs by roughly 3–4 percentage points of the 15+ population”
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"the official numbers likely understate the foreign-born contribution"
Asserted by D. D. Howe · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
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