Ambassador Petronila P. Garcia despatched a consular team to Regina, Saskatchewan from the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa last 27 September 2019. In a breakfast meeting on 28 September 2019 with the newly elected officials of the Philippine Association of Saskatchewan led by its president, Architect Pepito Escanlar, Deputy Chief of Mission Francisco Noel Fernandez III enjoined the community leaders to be vigilant in monitoring cases of illegal recruitment and human trafficking affecting Filipinos in the province. DCM Fernandez shared with them information on the basic elements of illegal recruitment and human trafficking, while noting the limitations of Canadian legislation regarding human trafficking.

There are approximately 33,600 Filipinos and Canadian of Filipino heritage in the province of Saskatchewan, most of whom reside in the cities of Regina and Saskatoon.