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A+ Buffet Sushi & Bar Ltd.

LMIA employer · Calgary, Alberta

Province or territory
Alberta
City
Calgary
Positions on positive LMIAs
15
Periods listed
10
First and latest list
2020 Q4 · 2025 Q1
Positions15to 2025 Q1
Year by year
Data as at ESDC lists to 2026 Q1
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Positive LMIAs

Each row is one line of an ESDC quarterly or annual list: approved positions for a stream, occupation and work location.

Occupations

Approved positions by NOC 2021 unit group (older lists mapped from NOC 2011 with the Statistics Canada concordance).

Positions by occupation
  1. Food and beverage servers6
  2. Cooks3
  3. Administrative assistants2
  4. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations2
  5. Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations1
  6. Procurement and purchasing agents and officers1
Main occupation
65200 Food and beverage servers
Its share of this employer's positions
40.0%
Streams used
Low-wage stream (TFWP), High-wage stream (TFWP)

Negative LMIAs

A negative LMIA means ESDC assessed that hiring a temporary foreign worker for that job would likely have a negative effect on the Canadian labour market (for example, because qualified Canadians were available or wages were below the prevailing rate). It is not a finding of wrongdoing.

PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Requested positions
2024 Q4Low Wage65201 Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations1
Positions on negative LMIAs
1
Share of all listed positions that were positive
93.8%

Wages for Food and beverage servers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 65200).

Median wage, Alberta
C$18.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$18.50 per hour
Job Bank postings in Alberta, Jan–Sep 2026
653
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$15.00

Employers in Calgary

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Calgary
9,710
Positions on positive LMIAs in Calgary
41,373
This employer's share
0.04%
Top occupations in Calgary
  1. Cooks4,228
  2. Food service supervisors3,645
  3. Transport truck drivers2,733
  4. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations2,221
  5. Construction trades helpers and labourers2,174
  6. Retail sales supervisors1,363

Among LMIA employers

A+ Buffet Sushi & Bar Ltd. has 15 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #12,630 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,498 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, Food and beverage servers, accounts for 2,341 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.26% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
12,630 of 151,287
Rank in Alberta
1,498 of 29,436
Positions nationally, NOC 65200
2,341
This employer's share
0.26%
Positions by occupation
  1. Food and beverage servers6
  2. Cooks3
  3. Administrative assistants2
  4. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations2
  5. Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations1
  6. Procurement and purchasing agents and officers1