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Birch Street Seafoods Ltd.

LMIA employer · Digby, Nova Scotia

Province or territory
Nova Scotia
City
Digby
Positions on positive LMIAs
7
Periods listed
2
First and latest list
2022 Q1 · 2022 Q4
Positions7to 2022 Q4
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
7
Year
2022
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2022 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)94142 Fish and seafood plant workersDigby12
2022 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)94142 Fish and seafood plant workersDigby25
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. Fish and seafood plant workers7
Main occupation
94142 Fish and seafood plant workers
Its share of this employer's positions
100.0%
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 Fish and seafood plant workers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 94142).

Median wage, Nova Scotia
C$16.80 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$17.25 per hour
Job Bank postings in Nova Scotia, Jan–Sep 2026
107
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$17.50
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 Digby

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Digby
7
Positions on positive LMIAs in Digby
60
This employer's share
11.67%
Top occupations in Digby
  1. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations27
  2. Food service supervisors12
  3. Fish and seafood plant workers7
  4. Cooks2
  5. Retail sales supervisors2
  6. Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers2
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

Birch Street Seafoods Ltd. has 7 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #25,178 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #356 of 1,779 in Nova Scotia. Its main occupation, Fish and seafood plant workers, accounts for 36,067 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.02% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
25,178 of 151,287
Rank in Nova Scotia
356 of 1,779
Positions nationally, NOC 94142
36,067
This employer's share
0.02%
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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