Blue Grass Sod Farms Ltd.
LMIA employer · Red Deer County, Alberta
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Red Deer County
- Positions on positive LMIAs
- 372
- Periods listed
- 22
- First and latest list
- 2015 · 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
Data table
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2016 | 27 |
| 2017 | 19 |
| 2018 | 41 |
| 2019 | 31 |
| 2020 | 30 |
| 2021 | 44 |
| 2022 | 35 |
| 2023 | 34 |
| 2024 | 38 |
| 2025 | 33 |
| 2026 | 15 |
Occupations
Approved positions by NOC 2021 unit group (older lists mapped from NOC 2011 with the Statistics Canada concordance).
- Main occupation
- 85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers
- Its share of this employer's positions
- 65.1%
- Streams used
- Primary agriculture stream (TFWP), 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.
| Period | Stream | Occupation (NOC) | Requested positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q1 | Low Wage | 1524 Purchasing and inventory control workers | 1 |
| 2017 Q4 | Primary Agriculture | 8255 Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services | 1 |
- Positions on negative LMIAs
- 2
- Share of all listed positions that were positive
- 99.5%
Wages for Nursery and greenhouse labourers
Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 85103).
- Median wage, Alberta
- C$19.50 per hour
- Median wage, Canada
- C$19.50 per hour
- Job Bank postings in Alberta, Jan–Sep 2026
- 166
- Median advertised minimum hourly wage
- C$18.34
Employers in Red Deer County
Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.
- LMIA employers in Red Deer County
- 80
- Positions on positive LMIAs in Red Deer County
- 1,361
- This employer's share
- 27.33%
Among LMIA employers
Blue Grass Sod Farms Ltd. has 372 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #523 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #15 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, Nursery and greenhouse labourers, accounts for 133,937 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.18% of them.
- Rank in Canada by positions
- 523 of 151,287
- Rank in Alberta
- 15 of 29,436
- Positions nationally, NOC 85103
- 133,937
- This employer's share
- 0.18%
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