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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QuarterRecordsLMIAPositions (source scope)Count basis
201513,112Not provided82,683Approved
201615,979Not provided77,346Approved
2017-H110,863Not provided47,492Approved
2017-Q34,538Not provided12,731Approved
2017-Q44,752Not provided27,337Approved
2018-Q14,401Not provided26,302Approved
2018-Q24,629Not provided18,891Approved
2018-Q34,761Not provided16,648Approved
2018-Q45,763Not provided31,575Approved
2019-Q17,317Not provided32,288Approved
2019-Q26,967Not provided20,844Approved
2019-Q37,329Not provided23,718Approved
2019-Q49,228Not provided36,362Approved
2020-Q18,814Not provided33,607Approved
2020-Q23,472Not provided14,595Approved
2020-Q37,476Not provided23,379Approved
2020-Q48,375Not provided35,128Approved
2021-Q18,685Not provided34,132Approved
2021-Q28,168Not provided21,813Approved
2021-Q34,655Not provided13,193Approved
2021-Q47,02810,00440,959Approved
2022-Q110,51213,77244,167Approved
2022-Q215,16719,21445,198Requested
2022-Q314,07917,54939,956Approved
2022-Q417,00221,97966,687Approved
2023-Q117,10921,12459,749Approved
2023-Q216,17019,29541,900Approved
2023-Q318,55822,20547,284Approved
2023-Q422,02625,78278,742Approved
2024-Q125,57929,51768,148Approved
2024-Q223,35127,63352,948Approved
2024-Q320,59024,17349,121Approved
2024-Q417,74521,81258,653Approved
2025-Q117,95221,70851,328Approved
2025-Q215,27318,51636,010Approved
2025-Q311,27813,51629,818Approved
2025-Q49,73712,23047,487Approved
2026-Q18,79010,83233,216Approved

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.

12Approved positions
12LMIAs (source-row sum)
12Distinct employer names
12Matching records

Rankings & distribution

NamePositionsLMIAAction
Alida
18.3%1
Anyday Inc.
18.3%1
Autodesk Canada Co.
18.3%1
EPIC - Educational Program Innovations Center
18.3%1
Galaxy Security Corporation
18.3%1
Great Lakes Education Inc
18.3%1
Khalsa Forming Inc.
18.3%1
Little Munchkin Daycare Ltd.
18.3%1
Mistplay Inc.
18.3%1
New Frontier Global Ltd.
18.3%1
OnePlace Company Inc.
18.3%1
Setsail Marketing
18.3%1

Top 15; shares use positions in current filters.

Employer / province comparison

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NamePositionsLMIANOCsStreams

Occupation × province positions

Top 12 occupations under current filters. Hover for values; click a cell to filter occupation and location.

NOC / OccupationOntarioBritish ColumbiaQuebec
21233 · Web designers

Published approval records

25 records per page, sorted by selected metric. Click an employer for its full-snapshot profile.

QuarterEmployerLocation / addressNOC / OccupationStreamPositionsLMIASave
2026-Q1British ColumbiaVancouver, BC V6B 4R321233 · NOC 2021Web designersGlobal Talent Stream11
2026-Q1OntarioToronto, ON M5V 1V621233 · NOC 2021Web designersLow Wage11
2026-Q1OntarioToronto, ON M5G 1M121233 · NOC 2021Web designersHigh Wage11
2026-Q1OntarioMississauga, ON L4Z 1T221233 · NOC 2021Web designersHigh Wage11
2026-Q1OntarioMarkham, ON L3R 0N321233 · NOC 2021Web designersHigh Wage11
2026-Q1OntarioToronto, ON M6P 2K621233 · NOC 2021Web designersHigh Wage11
2026-Q1OntarioMississauga, ON L4W 1E421233 · NOC 2021Web designersHigh Wage11
2026-Q1British ColumbiaVancouver, BC V6K 2Y621233 · NOC 2021Web designersHigh Wage11
2026-Q1QuebecMonteal, QC H2Z 1G621233 · NOC 2021Web designersGlobal Talent Stream11
2026-Q1OntarioMississauga, ON L5N 5Z421233 · NOC 2021Web designersHigh Wage11
2026-Q1OntarioToronto, ON M4V 1J421233 · NOC 2021Web designersHigh Wage11
2026-Q1British ColumbiaBurnaby, BC V5H 2Y21233 · NOC 2021Web designersHigh Wage11
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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.