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The Distillery Restaurants Corporation

LMIA employer · Toronto, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
Toronto
Positions on positive LMIAs
57
Periods listed
21
First and latest list
2017 Q1–Q2 · 2025 Q3
Positions57to 2025 Q3
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

81620172019202020212022202320242025
81620172020202220242025
Data table
20173
20195
20204
20213
202216
202312
202413
20251
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto11
2024 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto23
2024 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto26
2024 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto22
2024 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto11
2024 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto11
2023 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto11
2023 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)62023 Customer and information services supervisorsToronto11
2023 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto19
2023 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto11
2022 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto11
2022 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto22
2022 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto33
2022 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)60030 Restaurant and food service managersToronto11
2022 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto11
2022 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto11
2022 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsToronto11
2022 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto11
2022 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto—2
2022 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsToronto—1
2022 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto22
2021 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto10
2021 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto11
2021 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto—2
2020 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto—1
2020 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto—1
2020 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto—1
2020 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto—1
2019 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto—1
2019 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto—1
2019 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto—1
2019 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsToronto—1
2019 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto—1
2017 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto—1
2017 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsToronto—1
2017 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto—1

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks30
  2. Chefs22
  3. Food service supervisors3
  4. Restaurant and food service managers1
  5. Customer and information services supervisors1
Main occupation
63200 Cooks
Its share of this employer's positions
52.6%
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
2017 Q1–Q2Low Wage6322 Cooks1
Positions on negative LMIAs
1
Share of all listed positions that were positive
98.3%

Wages for Cooks

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 63200).

Median wage, Ontario
C$18.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$18.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
9,458
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$19.00

Employers in Toronto

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Toronto
8,157
Positions on positive LMIAs in Toronto
33,133
This employer's share
0.17%
Top occupations in Toronto
  1. Cooks3,073
  2. Software engineers and designers2,531
  3. Food service supervisors1,901
  4. Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations1,360
  5. Chefs739
  6. Restaurant and food service managers612

Among LMIA employers

The Distillery Restaurants Corporation has 57 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #3,626 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,155 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Cooks, accounts for 62,700 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.05% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
3,626 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
1,155 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 63200
62,700
This employer's share
0.05%
Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks30
  2. Chefs22
  3. Food service supervisors3
  4. Restaurant and food service managers1
  5. Customer and information services supervisors1