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.

32,288Approved positions
Not providedLMIAs (source-row sum)
6,462Distinct employer names
7,317Matching records

Rankings & distribution

NamePositionsLMIAAction
4,05812.6%Not provided
Scotlynn Sweetpac Growers Inc
2600.8%Not provided
Les Fermes Du Soleil Inc.
2380.7%Not provided
S Sundher Orchards Ltd.
2120.7%Not provided
Westmorland Fisheries Ltd.
2120.7%Not provided
Cape Bald Packers Ltd
2110.7%Not provided
Vert Nature Inc.
2010.6%Not provided
Centre Maraîcher Eugène Guinois Jr. Inc.
1830.6%Not provided
Fraisebec Inc.
1820.6%Not provided
Sandy Shore Farms Limited
1480.5%Not provided
Procyk Farms (1994) Ltd
1420.4%Not provided
Les Fraises De L'Ile D'orléans Inc.
1390.4%Not provided
Olymel S.E.C.
1310.4%Not provided
JBS Food Canada ULC
1300.4%Not provided
Les Productions Horticoles Demers Inc
1280.4%Not provided

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 / OccupationPrince Edward IslandNova ScotiaEmployers carrying on business in Canada with Head Office outside of CanadaOntarioQuebecNew BrunswickAlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNewfoundland and LabradorNorthwest TerritoriesSaskatchewanYukon
8431 · General farm workers
8432 · Nursery and greenhouse workers
9463 · Fish and seafood plant workers
6322 · Cooks
7511 · Transport truck drivers
9617 · Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing
6311 · Food service supervisors
8611 · Harvesting labourers
8252 · Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers
6722 · Operators and attendants in amusement, recreation and sport
5241 · Graphic designers and illustrators
7271 · Carpenters

Published approval records

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

QuarterEmployerLocation / addressNOC / OccupationStreamPositionsLMIASave
2019-Q19617 · NOC 2011Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing319Not provided
2019-Q18431 · NOC 2011General farm workers298Not provided
2019-Q1Vittoria, ON N0E 1W08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers260Not provided
2019-Q1Sainte-Clotilde, QC J0L 1W08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers238Not provided
2019-Q18431 · NOC 2011General farm workers224Not provided
2019-Q1KELOWNA, BC V1P 6X18431 · NOC 2011General farm workers212Not provided
2019-Q1Cap-Pelé, NB E4N 1V39463 · NOC 2011Fish and seafood plant workers212Not provided
2019-Q1Cap-Pelé, NB E4N 1E39463 · NOC 2011Fish and seafood plant workers211Not provided
2019-Q1Sherrington, QC J0L 2N08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers201Not provided
2019-Q1Ste-Clotilde, QC J0L 1W08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers183Not provided
2019-Q1Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, QC J0N 1H08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers182Not provided
2019-Q18431 · NOC 2011General farm workers142Not provided
2019-Q1WILSONVILLE, ON N0E 1Z08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers142Not provided
2019-Q1Port Burwell, ON N0J 1T08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers142Not provided
2019-Q1St-Laurent,Ile d'Orléans, QC G0A 3Z08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers139Not provided
2019-Q1Brooks, AB T1R 1C69462 · NOC 2011Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers130Not provided
2019-Q1Lévis, QC G7A 0R78431 · NOC 2011General farm workers128Not provided
2019-Q16722 · NOC 2011Operators and attendants in amusement, recreation and sport124Not provided
2019-Q1St-Rémi, QC J0L 2L08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers120Not provided
2019-Q1Ste-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay, QC J0L 1W08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers120Not provided
2019-Q1Napierville, QC J0J 1L08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers113Not provided
2019-Q1Oka, QC J0N 1E08431 · NOC 2011General farm workers110Not provided
2019-Q1Joliette, QC J6E 0L88431 · NOC 2011General farm workers104Not provided
2019-Q1Georgetown, PE C0A 1L09463 · NOC 2011Fish and seafood plant workers102Not provided
2019-Q18432 · NOC 2011Nursery and greenhouse workers101Not provided
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Source & definitions

tfwp_2019q1_employer_positive_en.csv · 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.