| AIT | Agreement on Internal Trade |
| ALMPs | Active Labour Market Programmes |
| BDC | Business Development Bank of Canada |
| BLI | Better Life Index |
| CEC | Canadian Experience Class |
| CFTA | Canadian Free Trade Agreement |
| CHT | Canada Health Transfer |
| CLB | Canadian Language Benchmark |
| CMAs | Census Metropolitan Areas |
| CMHC | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation |
| COPS | Canadian Occupational Projections System |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CPP | Canada Pension Plan |
| CRS | Comprehensive Ranking System |
| CRTS | Constant Returns to Scale |
| ECEC | Early Childhood Education and Care |
| ESCS | Economic, Social and Cultural Status |
| FBI | Federal Business Immigration |
| FST | Federal Skilled Tradespersons |
| FSW | Federal Skilled Workers |
| GDI | Gross Domestic Income |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| GIS | Guaranteed Income Supplement |
| GST | Goods and Service Tax |
| IMDB | Longitudinal Immigration Database |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMP | International Mobility Program |
| IRCC | Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada |
| IRPA | Immigration and Refugee Protection Act |
| IRPP | Institute for Research on Public Policy |
| IRTS | Increasing Returns to Scale |
| LINC | Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada |
| LMIA | Labour Market Impact Assessment |
| METR | Marginal Effective Tax Rate |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NEET | Not in Employment, Education or Training |
| OAS | Old Age Security |
| OFCs | Offices of the Fairness Commissioner |
| ONPHA | Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association |
| OSFI | Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions |
| PBO | Parliamentary Budget Officer |
| PCF | Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change |
| PNP | Provincial Nominee Program |
| QBI | Quebec Business Immigration |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PIAAC | Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies |
| QPP | Quebec Pension Plan |
| QSB | Quebec Skilled Workers |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RHAs | Regional Health Authorities |
| SMEs | Small and Medium Enterprises |
| SPSD | Social Policy Simulation Database |
| SR&ED | Scientific Research & Experimental Development |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
| TFWP | Temporary Foreign Worker Program |
| TRIEC | Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |
| WITB | Working Income Tax Benefit |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |