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BUTTAR & SONS INC. O/A COMFORT INN ST CATHARINES

LMIA employer · St. Catharines, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
St. Catharines
Positions on positive LMIAs
9
Periods listed
5
First and latest list
2023 Q2 · 2026 Q1
Positions9to 2026 Q1
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

24202320242025
24202320242025
Data table
20234
20244
20251
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)73201 General building maintenance workers and building superintendentsSt Catharines11
2024 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)65310 Light duty cleanersSt Catharines14
2023 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)6733 Janitors, caretakers and building superintendentsSt Catharines11
2023 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62024 Cleaning supervisorsSt Catharines11
2023 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)13110 Administrative assistantsSt Catharines11
2023 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)62022 Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisorsSt Catharines11

Occupations

Approved positions by NOC 2021 unit group (older lists mapped from NOC 2011 with the Statistics Canada concordance).

Positions by occupation
  1. Light duty cleaners4
  2. Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisors1
  3. Administrative assistants1
  4. Cleaning supervisors1
  5. General building maintenance workers and building superintendents1
Main occupation
65310 Light duty cleaners
Its share of this employer's positions
44.4%
Streams used
Low-wage stream (TFWP), High-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.

PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Requested positions
2026 Q1High Wage62022 Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisors1
2025 Q4Low Wage62022 Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisors1
Positions on negative LMIAs
2
Share of all listed positions that were positive
81.8%

Wages for Light duty cleaners

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 65310).

Median wage, Ontario
C$19.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$19.74 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
3,720
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$18.70

Employers in St. Catharines

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in St. Catharines
228
Positions on positive LMIAs in St. Catharines
7,622
This employer's share
0.12%
Top occupations in St. Catharines
  1. Nursery and greenhouse labourers4,684
  2. Harvesting labourers97
  3. Food service supervisors80
  4. Cooks79
  5. Ironworkers34
  6. General practitioners and family physicians31

Among LMIA employers

BUTTAR & SONS INC. O/A COMFORT INN ST CATHARINES has 9 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #20,266 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #4,621 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Light duty cleaners, accounts for 10,636 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.04% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
20,266 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
4,621 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 65310
10,636
This employer's share
0.04%
Positions by occupation
  1. Light duty cleaners4
  2. Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisors1
  3. Administrative assistants1
  4. Cleaning supervisors1
  5. General building maintenance workers and building superintendents1