Total work-permit holders
400
2015–2026
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Northwest Territories • All programs • 2015–2026
Prepared September 24, 2026 8:28 AM
Report parameters
Destination
Northwest Territories
Program
All programs
Coverage period
2015–2026
Executive summary
Work-permit-holder summary
Change over selected period
+20
2015–2026
Percentage change
+200.0%
2015–2026
Largest program category
Other Temporary Foreign Workers with LMIA
395 work-permit holders
This report summarizes Temporary Foreign Worker Program work-permit-holder records for Northwest Territories, All programs, over the period 2015–2026.
Trend analysis
Annual work-permit-holder trend
Annual Temporary Foreign Worker Program work-permit-holder totals for Northwest Territories and All programs.
Key insights
What the data shows
- 1 Overall movement Work-permit-holder totals increased — 200.0% from 2015 to 2026
- 2 Latest annual total 30 work-permit holders — 2026 published total
- 3 Leading province or territory Northwest Territories — 400 work-permit holders
- 4 Largest program category Other Temporary Foreign Workers with LMIA — 395 work-permit holders
Detailed records
Annual work-permit-holder totals
| Year | Work-permit holders | Annual change | Annual percentage change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | — | — |
| 2016 | 15 | +5 | +50.0% |
| 2017 | 10 | -5 | -33.3% |
| 2019 | 5 | -5 | -50.0% |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 55 | +50 | +1000.0% |
| 2023 | 75 | +20 | +36.4% |
| 2024 | 110 | +35 | +46.7% |
| 2025 | 85 | -25 | -22.7% |
| 2026 | 30 | -55 | -64.7% |
Dataset information
About this report
Source, selection, coverage, and generation details for this analytical report.
- Dataset
- Temporary Foreign Worker Program work-permit holders by province or territory, program and year
- Publisher
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- Destination
- Northwest Territories
- Program
- All programs
- Coverage period
- 2015–2026
- Records included
- 48
- Report generated
- September 24, 2026, 8:28 a.m.
Methodology
How this report was prepared
This report uses Temporary Foreign Worker Program work-permit-holder data published by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Records are filtered by intended destination, published program category, and year.
Annual totals, year-over-year changes, provincial rankings, program distributions, summary statistics, and analytical highlights are calculated automatically from the normalized monthly source records.
Important note
The figures represent work-permit holders whose permits became effective during the selected period. They do not represent positive Labour Market Impact Assessments, jobs filled, or the number of people currently present in Canada.
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