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Columbus Meat Market Ltd

LMIA employer · Vancouver, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Vancouver
Positions on positive LMIAs
26
Periods listed
14
First and latest list
2017 Q1–Q2 · 2025 Q4
Positions26to 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.

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale10
  2. Butchers - retail and wholesale10
  3. Cooks4
  4. Retail sales supervisors2
Main occupation
65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale
Its share of this employer's positions
38.5%
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
2019 Q1High Wage1215 Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations1
2017 Q1–Q2Low Wage6331 Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale1
Positions on negative LMIAs
2
Share of all listed positions that were positive
92.9%

Wages for Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 65202).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$23.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$19.50 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
110
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$23.20

Employers in Vancouver

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Vancouver
6,187
Positions on positive LMIAs in Vancouver
37,509
This employer's share
0.07%
Top occupations in Vancouver
  1. Cooks5,832
  2. Graphic designers and illustrators4,162
  3. Software engineers and designers3,325
  4. Food service supervisors2,806
  5. Restaurant and food service managers662
  6. Carpenters597

Among LMIA employers

Columbus Meat Market Ltd has 26 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #7,485 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,717 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale, accounts for 4,532 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.22% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
7,485 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
1,717 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 65202
4,532
This employer's share
0.22%
Positions by occupation
  1. Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale10
  2. Butchers - retail and wholesale10
  3. Cooks4
  4. Retail sales supervisors2