Hire a skilled worker to support their permanent residency – Recruitment and advertisement

4. Recruitment and advertisement

Employers must conduct recruitment efforts to hire Canadians and permanent residents before offering a job to foreign workers.

Employers offering a wage to a temporary foreign worker (TFW) that is:

• below the provincial/territorial median hourly wage must meet the advertisement and recruitment requirements of the stream for low-wage positions
• at or above the provincial/territorial median hourly wage must meet the advertisement and recruitment requirements of the stream for high-wage positions