Extend or change the conditions on your work permit: Changing jobs or employers - Canada.ca

The "If you have lost your job" section was revised and restructured. It now instructs applicants to "stay in Canada" (new explicit instruction) and to "apply to change the conditions of your work permit" (rather than "renew" it), and allows work to continue until either the new work permit is approved or IRCC sends a work authorization email (previously only until approval). The prior guidance about needing to leave Canada by the "must leave by" date if no new job offer is found was removed, replaced by a link to a new dedicated "lose-job" page. Consultants should re-check client guidance against the new linked page for lost-job scenarios.