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Castle Hospitality Group Ltd. o/a Ranchers Castle

LMIA employer · Ponoka, Alberta

Province or territory
Alberta
City
Ponoka
Positions on positive LMIAs
15
Periods listed
8
First and latest list
2018 Q2 · 2024 Q4
Positions15to 2024 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

24201820192021202220232024
24201820192021202220232024
Data table
20182
20192
20212
20224
20234
20241
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2024 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsPonoka11
2023 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka12
2023 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka12
2022 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsPonoka12
2022 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka—2
2021 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka—2
2019 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka—1
2019 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsPonoka—1
2018 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka—2
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. Cooks11
  2. Food service supervisors4
Main occupation
63200 Cooks
Its share of this employer's positions
73.3%
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, Alberta
C$17.50 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$18.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in Alberta, Jan–Sep 2026
5,297
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$17.50
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
2.53%
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

Castle Hospitality Group Ltd. o/a Ranchers Castle has 15 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #12,630 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,498 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, Cooks, accounts for 62,700 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.02% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
12,630 of 151,287
Rank in Alberta
1,498 of 29,436
Positions nationally, NOC 63200
62,700
This employer's share
0.02%
Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks11
  2. Food service supervisors4
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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