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Blue Fin Sushi Bar

LMIA employer · Smithers, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Smithers
Positions on positive LMIAs
5
Periods listed
2
First and latest list
2019 Q4 · 2022 Q1
Positions5to 2022 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

2320192022
2320192022
Data table
20192
20223
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2022 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksSmithers12
2022 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsSmithers11
2019 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksSmithers—1
2019 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsSmithers—1
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. Cooks3
  2. Food service supervisors1
  3. Chefs1
Main occupation
63200 Cooks
Its share of this employer's positions
60.0%
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 Cooks

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 63200).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$20.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$18.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
8,255
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$20.00
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 Smithers

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Smithers
64
Positions on positive LMIAs in Smithers
623
This employer's share
0.80%
Top occupations in Smithers
  1. Food service supervisors162
  2. Cooks112
  3. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations73
  4. Construction trades helpers and labourers45
  5. Chefs28
  6. Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction26
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

Blue Fin Sushi Bar has 5 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #33,660 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #8,789 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Cooks, accounts for 62,700 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.00% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
33,660 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
8,789 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 63200
62,700
This employer's share
0.00%
Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks3
  2. Food service supervisors1
  3. Chefs1
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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