The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council is looking for input from the Ag sector for its new Labour Market Information survey.
The survey provides key information on the labour market that will help identify labour shortage issues by better understanding how workforce needs have change.
The new data will help policymakers guide future action on the growing workforce crisis in the ag industry.
Each year a number of temporary foreign workers are brought in to help meet the shortage of agricultural workers.
According to Statistics Canada data in 2021 the ag sector employed 61,735 temporary foreign workers up 11.9 per cent from 2020.
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