LMIA employers & approved positions
Explore employers with positive LMIAs and compare occupations, provinces and program streams.
Historical full years 2015–2025 and Q1 2026 records, not current vacancies. Approved positions are not permits or arrivals. Only Q1 is available for 2026; do not compare it directly with full-year 2025.
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| Quarter | Records | LMIA | Positions (source scope) | Count basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13,112 | Not provided | 82,683 | Approved |
| 2016 | 15,979 | Not provided | 77,346 | Approved |
| 2017-H1 | 10,863 | Not provided | 47,492 | Approved |
| 2017-Q3 | 4,538 | Not provided | 12,731 | Approved |
| 2017-Q4 | 4,752 | Not provided | 27,337 | Approved |
| 2018-Q1 | 4,401 | Not provided | 26,302 | Approved |
| 2018-Q2 | 4,629 | Not provided | 18,891 | Approved |
| 2018-Q3 | 4,761 | Not provided | 16,648 | Approved |
| 2018-Q4 | 5,763 | Not provided | 31,575 | Approved |
| 2019-Q1 | 7,317 | Not provided | 32,288 | Approved |
| 2019-Q2 | 6,967 | Not provided | 20,844 | Approved |
| 2019-Q3 | 7,329 | Not provided | 23,718 | Approved |
| 2019-Q4 | 9,228 | Not provided | 36,362 | Approved |
| 2020-Q1 | 8,814 | Not provided | 33,607 | Approved |
| 2020-Q2 | 3,472 | Not provided | 14,595 | Approved |
| 2020-Q3 | 7,476 | Not provided | 23,379 | Approved |
| 2020-Q4 | 8,375 | Not provided | 35,128 | Approved |
| 2021-Q1 | 8,685 | Not provided | 34,132 | Approved |
| 2021-Q2 | 8,168 | Not provided | 21,813 | Approved |
| 2021-Q3 | 4,655 | Not provided | 13,193 | Approved |
| 2021-Q4 | 7,028 | 10,004 | 40,959 | Approved |
| 2022-Q1 | 10,512 | 13,772 | 44,167 | Approved |
| 2022-Q2 | 15,167 | 19,214 | 45,198 | Requested |
| 2022-Q3 | 14,079 | 17,549 | 39,956 | Approved |
| 2022-Q4 | 17,002 | 21,979 | 66,687 | Approved |
| 2023-Q1 | 17,109 | 21,124 | 59,749 | Approved |
| 2023-Q2 | 16,170 | 19,295 | 41,900 | Approved |
| 2023-Q3 | 18,558 | 22,205 | 47,284 | Approved |
| 2023-Q4 | 22,026 | 25,782 | 78,742 | Approved |
| 2024-Q1 | 25,579 | 29,517 | 68,148 | Approved |
| 2024-Q2 | 23,351 | 27,633 | 52,948 | Approved |
| 2024-Q3 | 20,590 | 24,173 | 49,121 | Approved |
| 2024-Q4 | 17,745 | 21,812 | 58,653 | Approved |
| 2025-Q1 | 17,952 | 21,708 | 51,328 | Approved |
| 2025-Q2 | 15,273 | 18,516 | 36,010 | Approved |
| 2025-Q3 | 11,278 | 13,516 | 29,818 | Approved |
| 2025-Q4 | 9,737 | 12,230 | 47,487 | Approved |
| 2026-Q1 | 8,790 | 10,832 | 33,216 | Approved |
2016–2023 and 2024 Q1 use NOC 2011; other quarters use NOC 2021. Cross-version occupations are not directly comparable. Search, rankings, profiles, comparison and exports below use the selected period. Employer names are deduplicated by exact published name across quarters; positions and LMIAs sum source records.
The 2022 Q2 title describes positive LMIAs, but numeric headers say Requested LMIAs / Requested Positions. Counts retain that source meaning and are not assumed to be approvals. Full-year 2022 and all-quarter sums mix count bases and are not pure approval totals.
2017 H1 remains a combined half-year; together with Q3 and Q4 it covers the full year. 2020 is complete. Sources from 2015 through 2021 Q3 omit LMIA counts and incorporation status. Missing fields are shown as not provided; incomplete LMIA sums are not displayed for mixed periods.
2015 omits occupation and program; 2016 omits program. Missing classifications are not inferred. 2017 H1 combines Q1 and Q2 without separate quarter counts.
Common Chinese search aliases are supported; published names remain in English.
Rankings & distribution
| Name | Positions | LMIA | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC | 26.5% | 2 | |
| Adastra Corporation | 13.2% | 1 | |
| Autodesk Canada Co. | 13.2% | 1 | |
| Avenue Code S.A | 13.2% | 1 | |
| BDO Canada LLP | 13.2% | 1 | |
| Bough Biosciences, Inc | 13.2% | 1 | |
| CanDeal Innovations Inc. | 13.2% | 1 | |
| Clientserver Tech Systems Inc. | 13.2% | 1 | |
| Deep Sky Corporation | 13.2% | 1 | |
| DoorDash Technologies Canada Inc. | 13.2% | 1 | |
| Ebates Canada, Inc. | 13.2% | 1 | |
| Everest Clinical Research Inc. | 13.2% | 1 | |
| Georgian Partners Growth LP | 13.2% | 1 | |
| Glo3D Inc. | 13.2% | 1 | |
| Greenspace Mental Health Ltd. | 13.2% | 1 |
Top 15; shares use positions in current filters.
Employer / province comparison
Add up to 3 of the top 20 filtered candidates. Comparison uses the full snapshot. Search to narrow candidates.
| Name | Positions | LMIA | NOCs | Streams |
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Occupation × province positions
Top 12 occupations under current filters. Hover for values; click a cell to filter occupation and location.
| NOC / Occupation | Ontario | Quebec | British Columbia | Alberta | Nova Scotia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21211 · Data scientists |
Published approval records
25 records per page, sorted by selected metric. Click an employer for its full-snapshot profile.
| Quarter | Employer | Location / address | NOC / Occupation | Stream | Positions | LMIA | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 | British ColumbiaVancouver, BC V6B 0M3 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioToronto, ON M5J 2J2 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioToronto, ON M5G 1M1 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | QuebecMontréal, QC H2T 3B3 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | Global Talent Stream | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioToronto, ON M5E 1C5 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioToronto, ON M4V 2J6 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioToronto, ON M5J 3A5 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioMississauga, ON L4W 4Y9 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | QuebecOutremont, QC H2V 2S4 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | Global Talent Stream | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | British ColumbiaVancouver, BC V7X 1M8 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioToronto, ON M2N 5X3 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioMarkham, ON L3R 0B8 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | Global Talent Stream | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioToronto, ON M4V 1L5 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioToronto, ON M4P 2C9 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioToronto, ON M4N 1Z7 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | Global Talent Stream | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | QuebecMontréal, QC H5B 1B2 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioToronto, ON M5X 1A9 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | QuebecQuébec, QC G1V 4K5 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | Global Talent Stream | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | AlbertaCALGARY, AB T2L 1Y8 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | Global Talent Stream | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | QuebecMontreal, QC H2Z 1P8 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | Global Talent Stream | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioKitchener, ON N2A 4C6 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | QuebecMontréal, QC H3B 1R1 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | Global Talent Stream | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | Nova ScotiaBedford, NS B4A 3Y4 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | Global Talent Stream | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | QuebecMontreal, QC H2J 2L1 | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | Global Talent Stream | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2026-Q1 | OntarioWaterloo, ON N2J 3H | 21211 · NOC 2021Data scientists | High Wage | 1 | 1 |
Source & definitions
https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/90fed587-1364-4f33-a9ee-208181dc0b97/resource/4ee7a4e0-ffc3-47af-94e7-30929d1eeb67/download/tfwp_2026q1_pos_en.xlsx · Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) LMIA system; employers with positive LMIAs.
Personal names and business names containing personal names can be excluded; this is not a complete national total. Manually entered employer names may have spelling variants. Names are not automatically merged or verified as distinct legal entities. LMIA counts sum published rows, without unique LMIA identifiers for deduplication.
2016–2023 and 2024 Q1 use NOC 2011 (four-digit codes); other quarters use NOC 2021 (five-digit codes). Original codes are not converted or merged. Missing occupation codes remain included in totals. Addresses are preserved; overseas-head-office employers remain a separate category. Incorporate Status is the published registration field, not proof of current operations, genuine recruitment or creditworthiness. Data may be revised.