Canada's farm labor shortage is costing billions and expected to rise: report

Canada's farm labor deficit is expected to double by 2029 to 123,000 worker...

FILE PHOTO: Temporary foreign workers harvest mushrooms at the Highline Mushrooms farm, Canada's largest mushroom grower, in Leamington, Ontario, Canada, April 14, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo

Farmers in Canada have long reported challenges in recruiting farm workers because the rural-based work traditionally involves a high degree of manual labor, long hours, and is often seasonal. “In the coming years, the gap between the sector’s labor requirements and the available pool of domestic labor is expected to widen considerably, a trend that would place more agricultural businesses at risk and seriously impede the sector’s growth potential,” the report said.

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