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.