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Arctic Turf

LMIA employer · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Province or territory
Northwest Territories
City
Yellowknife
Positions on positive LMIAs
2
Periods listed
2
First and latest list
2025 Q2 · 2026 Q1
Positions2to 2026 Q1
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.

Approved positions by year

1120252026
1120252026
Data table
20251
20261
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2026 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)75110 Construction trades helpers and labourersYellowknife11
2025 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)85121 Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourersYellowknife11
Source: ESDC, Temporary Foreign Worker Program: employers who received positive and negative LMIAs (June 2014 – 2026 Q1). Open Government Licence – CanadaData as at 2026 Q1

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers1
  2. Construction trades helpers and labourers1
Main occupation
85121 Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers
Its share of this employer's positions
50.0%
Streams used
Low-wage stream (TFWP)
Source: ESDC, Temporary Foreign Worker Program: employers who received positive and negative LMIAs (June 2014 – 2026 Q1). Open Government Licence – CanadaData as at 2026 Q1

Wages for Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 85121).

Median wage, Canada
C$20.75 per hour
Job Bank postings in Northwest Territories, Jan–Sep 2026
11
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$24.25
Source: ESDC, Wages by occupation and economic region (2025 release). Open Government Licence – Canada; ESDC, Job Bank job postings, January–September 2026. Open Government Licence – CanadaData as at 24 Oct 2026

Employers in Yellowknife

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Yellowknife
103
Positions on positive LMIAs in Yellowknife
375
This employer's share
0.53%
Top occupations in Yellowknife
  1. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations66
  2. Cooks47
  3. Food service supervisors39
  4. Cashiers16
  5. Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers14
  6. Light duty cleaners14
Source: ESDC, Temporary Foreign Worker Program: employers who received positive and negative LMIAs (June 2014 – 2026 Q1). Open Government Licence – CanadaData as at 2026 Q1

Among LMIA employers

Arctic Turf has 2 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #65,042 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #48 of 149 in Northwest Territories. Its main occupation, Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers, accounts for 11,576 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.01% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
65,042 of 151,287
Rank in Northwest Territories
48 of 149
Positions nationally, NOC 85121
11,576
This employer's share
0.01%
Positions by occupation
  1. Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers1
  2. Construction trades helpers and labourers1
Source: ESDC, Temporary Foreign Worker Program: employers who received positive and negative LMIAs (June 2014 – 2026 Q1). Open Government Licence – CanadaData as at 2026 Q1

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