Saint John
City · New Brunswick · Canada
- Province or territory
- New Brunswick
- LMIA employers
- 131
- Positions on positive LMIAs
- 1,012
- Share of Canada
- 0.07%
- Job Bank postings, Jan–Sep 2026
- 3,338
Employers131LMIA lists
Year by year
Data as at 2026 Q1
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Temporary foreign worker positions
Positions on positive LMIAs at work locations in Saint John.
Approved positions by year
Data table
| 2014 | 29 |
| 2015 | 32 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2017 | 36 |
| 2018 | 20 |
| 2019 | 117 |
| 2020 | 123 |
| 2021 | 185 |
| 2022 | 128 |
| 2023 | 189 |
| 2024 | 89 |
| 2025 | 29 |
| 2026 | 15 |
Employers
Employers with the most approved positions at this location, then all employers alphabetically.
- J.D. Irving, Limited - Woodlands Division407
- Sunbury Transport Limited137
- J.D. Irving, Limited58
- Murphy Restaurants Ltd.50
- Norbulk Shipping NB Ltd.20
- Regional Health Authority B20
- Juniper Organics Limited19
- Murphy Foodservice Ltd17
- Murphy QSR Ltd.16
- Saint John Taxi Ltd14
- PrecisionPainting. Biz12
- Irving Energy Distribution Management8
- Linn Chau Restaurant7
- 735402 NB INC6
- Car-rizma Motorsports Limited6
Occupations
- Silviculture and forestry workers250
- Logging machinery operators146
- Transport truck drivers141
- Food service supervisors86
- Nursery and greenhouse labourers62
- Cooks44
- Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations21
- Restaurant and food service managers14
- Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs14
- Retail sales supervisors10
- Software engineers and designers9
- Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators9
- Administrative officers7
- General practitioners and family physicians7
- Accounting technicians and bookkeepers7
New permanent residents
Admissions in the census metropolitan area of the same name (IRCC).
Permanent residents by year
Data table
| 2015 | 695 |
| 2016 | 1,325 |
| 2017 | 775 |
| 2018 | 835 |
| 2019 | 1,045 |
| 2020 | 535 |
| 2021 | 720 |
| 2022 | 1,495 |
| 2023 | 1,790 |
| 2024 | 2,335 |
| 2025 | 1,570 |
| 2026 | 1,205 |
Source: IRCC, monthly open data (values rounded to the nearest 5; 1–4 suppressed). Open Government Licence – CanadaData as at Jun 2026
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