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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olymel s.e.c / l.p | 6421.6% | 40 | |
| Brookdale Treeland Nurseries Ltd. | 3020.8% | 9 | |
| DeVry Greenhouses | 2660.7% | 4 | |
| JBS Food Canada ULC | 2000.5% | 1 | |
| Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC | 1960.5% | 198 | |
| PLANTATIONS NICHOLAS INC. | 1500.4% | 1 | |
| Technicolor Canada Inc. et ses divisions | 1470.4% | 147 | |
| Arterra Wines Canada, Inc. | 1460.4% | 7 | |
| Conseillers en gestion et informatique CGI Inc. | 1330.3% | 133 | |
| Highline Produce Limited | 1310.3% | 5 | |
| Banff Caribou Properties Ltd. | 1200.3% | 6 | |
| Botden Orchards Ltd. | 1200.3% | 1 | |
| Ontario Plants Propagation Limited | 1190.3% | 2 | |
| Great Lakes Greenhouses Inc. | 1150.3% | 4 | |
| Pelee Acres Inc. | 1110.3% | 3 |
Top 15; shares use positions in current filters.
Employer / province comparison
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| 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 | Quebec | Ontario | British Columbia | Alberta | Nova Scotia | Manitoba | New Brunswick | Saskatchewan | Prince Edward Island | Employers carrying on business in Canada with Head Office outside of Canada | Newfoundland and Labrador | Northwest Territories | Nunavut | Yukon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8431 · General farm workers | ||||||||||||||
| 8432 · Nursery and greenhouse workers | ||||||||||||||
| 6322 · Cooks | ||||||||||||||
| 6311 · Food service supervisors | ||||||||||||||
| 6711 · Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations | ||||||||||||||
| 7511 · Transport truck drivers | ||||||||||||||
| 9617 · Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing | ||||||||||||||
| 7611 · Construction trades helpers and labourers | ||||||||||||||
| 9462 · Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers | ||||||||||||||
| 6731 · Light duty cleaners | ||||||||||||||
| 2174 · Computer programmers and interactive media developers | ||||||||||||||
| 7237 · Welders and related machine operators |
Published approval records
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| Quarter | Employer | Location / address | NOC / Occupation | Stream | Positions | LMIA | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioSchomberg, ON L0G 1T0 | 8432 · NOC 2011Nursery and greenhouse workers | Primary Agriculture | 302 | 9 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | QuebecSt-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 4B6 | 9617 · NOC 2011Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing | Low Wage | 287 | 14 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | QuebecSt-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 4B6 | 9462 · NOC 2011Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers | Low Wage | 268 | 10 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | British ColumbiaChilliwack, BC V2P 6H4 | 8432 · NOC 2011Nursery and greenhouse workers | Primary Agriculture | 266 | 4 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | AlbertaBrooks, AB T1R 1C6 | 9462 · NOC 2011Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers | Low Wage | 200 | 1 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | QuebecSte-Clotilde-d- Beauce, QC G0N 1C0 | 8432 · NOC 2011Nursery and greenhouse workers | Primary Agriculture | 150 | 1 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioMississauga, ON L5T 2V3 | 8431 · NOC 2011General farm workers | Primary Agriculture | 142 | 6 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | British ColumbiaVancouver, BC V6B 0M3 | 2173 · NOC 2011Software engineers and designers | Global Talent Stream | 120 | 120 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioThornbury, ON N0H 2P0 | 8431 · NOC 2011General farm workers | Primary Agriculture | 120 | 1 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioLeamington, ON N8H 3V6 | 8431 · NOC 2011General farm workers | Primary Agriculture | 115 | 4 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioSt. Thomas, ON N5P 3T2 | 8431 · NOC 2011General farm workers | Primary Agriculture | 114 | 1 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioLeamington, ON N8H 3V8 | 8431 · NOC 2011General farm workers | Primary Agriculture | 111 | 3 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioEverett, ON L0M 1J0 | 8432 · NOC 2011Nursery and greenhouse workers | Primary Agriculture | 111 | 4 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | QuebecSAINTE-CLOTILDE-DE-BEAUCE, QC G0N 1C0 | 8432 · NOC 2011Nursery and greenhouse workers | Primary Agriculture | 106 | 2 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | British ColumbiaAbbotsford, BC V3G 1R3 | 8432 · NOC 2011Nursery and greenhouse workers | Primary Agriculture | 106 | 2 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioFenwick, ON L0S 1C0 | 8432 · NOC 2011Nursery and greenhouse workers | Primary Agriculture | 106 | 1 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | British ColumbiaAldergrove, BC V4W 2Z6 | 8611 · NOC 2011Harvesting labourers | Primary Agriculture | 100 | 1 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | Prince Edward IslandAlberton, PE C0B 1B0 | 9463 · NOC 2011Fish and seafood plant workers | Low Wage | 100 | 1 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioWaterloo, ON N2J 4G8 | 8431 · NOC 2011General farm workers | Primary Agriculture | 99 | 3 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | Ontariocolborne, ON K0K 1S0 | 8431 · NOC 2011General farm workers | Primary Agriculture | 98 | 5 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioChatham, ON N7M 0R4 | 8431 · NOC 2011General farm workers | Primary Agriculture | 97 | 2 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | OntarioWheatley, ON N0P 2P0 | 8431 · NOC 2011General farm workers | Primary Agriculture | 96 | 2 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | British ColumbiaCHILLIWACK, BC V2R 4L6 | 8432 · NOC 2011Nursery and greenhouse workers | Primary Agriculture | 95 | 2 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | QuebecMontréal, QC H3C 1T | 5241 · NOC 2011Graphic designers and illustrators | High Wage | 95 | 95 | ||
| 2022-Q3 | British ColumbiaNanaimo, BC V8T 1M4 | 6711 · NOC 2011Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations | Low Wage | 93 | 17 |
Source & definitions
tfwp_2022q3_positive_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.