VISA ATLASWork visas & talent mobility

ALSAFA & ALMARWA MEAT PROCESSING INC

LMIA employer · Etobicoke, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
Etobicoke
Positions on positive LMIAs
39
Periods listed
16
First and latest list
2016 · 2025 Q3
Positions39to 2025 Q3
Year by year
Data as at ESDC lists to 2026 Q1
LM<CANALSAFA<ALMARWA<MEAT<PROCESSING<INC<<<<
ON7<P393<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<4

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

8152019202020212022202320242025
8152019202120232025
Data table
20191
20202
20214
20222
202311
202415
20254
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)94141 Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workersEtobicoke12
2025 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)94141 Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workersEtobicoke12
2024 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)63201 Butchers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke29
2024 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke26
2023 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke23
2023 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke24
2023 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke24
2022 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke—1
2022 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke11
2021 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke11
2021 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke—1
2021 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke—2
2020 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke—1
2020 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke—1
2019 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesaleEtobicoke—1

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale26
  2. Butchers - retail and wholesale9
  3. Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers4
Main occupation
65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale
Its share of this employer's positions
66.7%
Streams used
Low-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
2016—6331 Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale1
Positions on negative LMIAs
1
Share of all listed positions that were positive
97.5%

Wages for Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 65202).

Median wage, Ontario
C$17.60 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$19.50 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
171
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$19.07

Employers in Etobicoke

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Etobicoke
1,058
Positions on positive LMIAs in Etobicoke
3,368
This employer's share
1.16%
Top occupations in Etobicoke
  1. Cooks266
  2. Roofers and shinglers217
  3. Transport truck drivers217
  4. Food service supervisors182
  5. Administrative assistants137
  6. Construction trades helpers and labourers125

Among LMIA employers

ALSAFA & ALMARWA MEAT PROCESSING INC has 39 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #5,173 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,546 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale, accounts for 4,532 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.57% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
5,173 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
1,546 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 65202
4,532
This employer's share
0.57%
Positions by occupation
  1. Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale26
  2. Butchers - retail and wholesale9
  3. Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers4