BrightStart Children's Academy Ltd.
LMIA employer · Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
- Province or territory
- British Columbia
- City
- Port Coquitlam
- Positions on positive LMIAs
- 37
- Periods listed
- 14
- First and latest list
- 2016 · 2022 Q2
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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
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Occupations
Approved positions by NOC 2021 unit group (older lists mapped from NOC 2011 with the Statistics Canada concordance).
- Main occupation
- 42202 Early childhood educators and assistants
- Its share of this employer's positions
- 89.2%
- Streams used
- Low-wage stream (TFWP), LMIA for permanent residence only
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Q2 | Low Wage | 4214 Early childhood educators and assistants | 1 |
- Positions on negative LMIAs
- 1
- Share of all listed positions that were positive
- 97.4%
Wages for Early childhood educators and assistants
Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 42202).
- Median wage, British Columbia
- C$24.00 per hour
- Median wage, Canada
- C$22.30 per hour
- Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
- 1,886
- Median advertised minimum hourly wage
- C$24.00
Employers in Port Coquitlam
Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.
- LMIA employers in Port Coquitlam
- 410
- Positions on positive LMIAs in Port Coquitlam
- 1,825
- This employer's share
- 2.03%
Among LMIA employers
BrightStart Children's Academy Ltd. has 37 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #5,417 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,183 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Early childhood educators and assistants, accounts for 6,064 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.54% of them.
- Rank in Canada by positions
- 5,417 of 151,287
- Rank in British Columbia
- 1,183 of 34,090
- Positions nationally, NOC 42202
- 6,064
- This employer's share
- 0.54%
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