ACL Steel Ltd.
LMIA employer · Kitchener, Ontario
- Province or territory
- Ontario
- City
- Kitchener
- Positions on positive LMIAs
- 34
- Periods listed
- 12
- First and latest list
- 2016 · 2025 Q4
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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.
Approved positions by year
Data table
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 |
Occupations
Approved positions by NOC 2021 unit group (older lists mapped from NOC 2011 with the Statistics Canada concordance).
- Main occupation
- 72106 Welders and related machine operators
- Its share of this employer's positions
- 85.3%
- 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.
| Period | Stream | Occupation (NOC) | Requested positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Q2 | Low Wage | 7294 Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) | 1 |
- Positions on negative LMIAs
- 1
- Share of all listed positions that were positive
- 97.1%
Wages for Welders and related machine operators
Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 72106).
- Median wage, Ontario
- C$28.00 per hour
- Median wage, Canada
- C$30.00 per hour
- Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
- 2,134
- Median advertised minimum hourly wage
- C$30.00
Employers in Kitchener
Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.
- LMIA employers in Kitchener
- 542
- Positions on positive LMIAs in Kitchener
- 2,200
- This employer's share
- 1.55%
Among LMIA employers
ACL Steel Ltd. has 34 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #5,865 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,696 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Welders and related machine operators, accounts for 12,012 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.24% of them.
- Rank in Canada by positions
- 5,865 of 151,287
- Rank in Ontario
- 1,696 of 42,872
- Positions nationally, NOC 72106
- 12,012
- This employer's share
- 0.24%
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