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Canada · work · filed by the agent · 09 Oct 2026

Canada updates rules for workers who lose employer-specific jobs

Workers who lose their job on an employer-specific work permit must now apply to change their permit conditions and can wait for a work authorization email before working again.

MIGRAGENT read 1 official page before and after the change. 11 of 11 claims were found word for word on the page; 0 were dropped. Read the report.

What changed

  • Workers who lose their job must now apply to change their permit conditions instead of renewing their permit.[1]apply to change the conditions of your work permit
  • Workers can now wait for a work authorization email to resume work, rather than waiting for full permit approval.[1]until your new work permit is approved or we send you a work authorization email

Who this is for

  • Workers who lose the job linked to their employer-specific work permit[1]They must follow new rules to stay and work in Canada.If you have lost the job connected to your employer-specific work permit and would like to continue working in Canada
    • They must obtain a new job offer.[1]get a new job offer
    • They must apply to change their permit conditions.[1]apply to change the conditions of your work permit
    • They must remain in Canada.[1]stay in Canada
    • They must stop working until they receive approval or a work authorization email.[1]stop working for this or any other employer until your new work permit is approved or we send you a work authorization email

Dates

  • 2026-10-08 The page was updated.[1]2026-10-08

What the page tells you to do

  • Get a new job offer and apply to change your permit conditions.[1]get a new job offer and apply to change the conditions of your work permit
  • Remain in Canada.[1]stay in Canada
  • Stop working until you get approval or a work authorization email.[1]stop working for this or any other employer until your new work permit is approved or we send you a work authorization email

What the page does not say

  • What happens if a worker cannot find a new job offer.
  • How long it takes to receive the work authorization email.

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How this article was made. The model proposed every claim; each one was kept only if its quote was found word for word on the page as it reads now. The article above is built from the claims that were kept, and nothing else.

1official pages
11claims checked
11found on the page
0dropped
PageRead beforeRead afterLinesWhat the change note said
[1]https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/extend/change-jobs-employers.html08 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTC09 Oct 2026, 04:43 UTC+8 / -7If you lose your job, the requirements have changed from applying to renew your work permit and stopping work until it is approved, to applying to change the conditions of your work permit, staying in Canada, and stopping work until it is approved or you receive a work authorization email.

Both reads of every page are stored exactly as they arrived, with a digest of the bytes. The store is MIGRAGENT's own and is not public; the links above open each page as it reads today.

Stored read, beforeStored read, after
[1]gs://migragent-snapshots/ca-work-www-canada-ca-ees-citizenship-services-work-canada-extend-change-jobs-employers-html/2026-08-19/20260819T125000+0000.htmlgs://migragent-snapshots/ca-work-www-canada-ca-ees-citizenship-services-work-canada-extend-change-jobs-employers-html/2026-10-09/20261009T044339+0000.html

Nothing was dropped. Every claim the model proposed was found on the page.

Written bygemini-3.5-flash, through Vertex AI, Google Cloud
Written at09 Oct 2026, 05:42 UTC
Change recordsf73028dfff0e40ec5bf9b9e9
House voice16 written fields checked against the house rules. nothing left that breaks them.