ESDC · 2015—2026-Q1 · NOC 2011 / 2021

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.

Employer, occupation or NOCProvince / territoryProgram streamCity, address or postal code

Common Chinese search aliases are supported; published names remain in English.

60Approved positions

56LMIAs (source-row sum)

47Distinct employer names

48Matching records

Rankings & distribution

Name	Positions	LMIA
COFOMO DÉVELOPPEMENT INC.	58.3%	5
Nuages Consulting Inc	58.3%	1
Ciao Technologies Inc.	23.3%	2
Groupe Technologies Desjardins inc.	23.3%	2
ITC INFOTECH INDIA LIMITED	23.3%	2
Laboratoires Acumatica Canada	23.3%	2
VALUE CREED MANAGED SERVICES LTD	23.3%	2
11968394 Canada Inc.	11.7%	1
Alithya Services Conseils Inc.	11.7%	1
Argano Canada, Inc.	11.7%	1
Autodesk Canada Co.	11.7%	1
AutoLeap Incorporated	11.7%	1
AYINAM HOLDING CORPORATION	11.7%	1
Black & McDonald Limited	11.7%	1
BNP Paribas Solutions TI Canada Inc.	11.7%	1

Top 15; shares use positions in current filters.

Employer / province comparison

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Name	Positions	LMIA	NOCs	Streams

Occupation × province positions

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21221 · Business system specialists

Published approval records

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Quarter	Location / address	NOC / Occupation	Stream	Positions	LMIA
2026-Q1	QuebecMontréal, QC H3B 4W5	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	5	5
2026-Q1	OntarioToronto, ON M5X 1C6	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	5	1
2026-Q1	QuebecQuébec, QC G1W 2R2	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	2	2
2026-Q1	QuebecMontréal, QC H5B 1B2	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	2	2
2026-Q1	OntarioMississauga, ON L4Z 2J1	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	2	2
2026-Q1	New BrunswickFredericton, NB E3B 6Z3	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	2	2
2026-Q1	OntarioOttawa, ON K2J 7A8	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	QuebecMontréal, QC H3B 3A5	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	British ColumbiaVancouver, BC V6C 2X8	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	OntarioToronto, ON M5G 1M1	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	OntarioToronto, ON M2N 7L	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	SaskatchewanREGINA, SK S4P 3X3	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	OntarioScarborough, ON M1X 1E4	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	QuebecMontréal, QC H3A 2A6	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	1	1
2026-Q1	OntarioVAUGHAN, ON L4L 4Y7	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	OntarioMississauga, ON L4W 5S7	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	OntarioLondon, ON N6B 3L5	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	QuebecMontréal, QC H3G 1T4	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	1	1
2026-Q1	AlbertaEdmonton, AB T6E 5G2	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	1	1
2026-Q1	British ColumbiaVancouver, BC V6B 1N2	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	1	1
2026-Q1	QuebecMONTREAL, QC H3A 2L1	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1
2026-Q1	OntarioOakville, ON L6H 6X5	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	1	1
2026-Q1	British ColumbiaBurnaby, BC V5C 0N5	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	1	1
2026-Q1	British ColumbiaBurnaby, BC V5C 0E4	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	Global Talent Stream	1	1
2026-Q1	OntarioOttawa, ON K1G 5A2	21221 · NOC 2021Business system specialists	High Wage	1	1

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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.