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StatsCan's LFS underestimates NPRs by 3-4 percentage points1. StatsCan's 'Canadian-born' includes Indigenous people and Canadian-born children of immigrants2.

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StatsCan's LFS underestimates NPRs by 3-4 percentage points

The Canadian Equivalent of the "9-of-10 Jobs to Foreign-Born
“StatsCan's LFS underestimates NPRs by an estimated 3–4 percentage points of the 15+ population (C.D. Howe Skuterud 2023, 2024)”
SOURCEThe Canadian Equivalent of the "9-of-10 Jobs to Foreign-Born·stored copy on file
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source

StatsCan's 'Canadian-born' includes Indigenous people and Canadian-born children of immigrants

The Canadian Equivalent of the "9-of-10 Jobs to Foreign-Born
“StatsCan's "Canadian-born" includes Indigenous people and Canadian-born children of immigrants”
SOURCEThe Canadian Equivalent of the "9-of-10 Jobs to Foreign-Born·stored copy on file
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source
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2025
2025-01
StatsCan LFS revision
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2025-01
LFS population calibration revision
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2025-04
LFS methodology break
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2026
2026-01
2025 annual LFS release
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