Emergency service/repair personnel

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An emergency is defined as an urgent and critical situation of a temporary nature that:

Definitions

Emergency service personnel
are persons entering Canada as a provider of emergency services, including medical services, for the protection or preservation of life or property. They are exempt from requiring a work permit under subsection 186(t) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.
Emergency repair personnel
are persons whose admission is required in Canada to carry out emergency repairs to industrial or commercial equipment in order to prevent disruption of employment. They require a work permit and are exempt from requiring a labour market opinion under subsection 205(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.

To facilitate crossing the border, it is recommended that emergency service/repair personnel have the following documents upon their arrival:

Additional information

Responding companies should send workers who are admissible into Canada and should not have:

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