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Both Custom Works

LMIA employer · Ponoka, Alberta

Province or territory
Alberta
City
Ponoka
Positions on positive LMIAs
12
Periods listed
4
First and latest list
2023 Q3 · 2025 Q4
Positions12to 2025 Q4
Year by year
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

36202320242025
36202320242025
Data table
20232
20244
20256
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85100 Livestock labourersPonoka13
2025 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85100 Livestock labourersPonoka13
2024 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersPonoka14
2023 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersPonoka12
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. Livestock labourers6
Main occupation
85100 Livestock labourers
Its share of this employer's positions
50.0%
Streams used
Primary agriculture 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 Livestock labourers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 85100).

Median wage, Alberta
C$23.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$20.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in Alberta, Jan–Sep 2026
397
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$19.01
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 Ponoka

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Ponoka
86
Positions on positive LMIAs in Ponoka
593
This employer's share
2.02%
Top occupations in Ponoka
  1. Food service supervisors154
  2. Cooks56
  3. Livestock labourers47
  4. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations26
  5. Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers22
  6. Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators14
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

Both Custom Works has 12 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #15,478 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #2,019 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, Livestock labourers, accounts for 13,529 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.04% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
15,478 of 151,287
Rank in Alberta
2,019 of 29,436
Positions nationally, NOC 85100
13,529
This employer's share
0.04%
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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