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Earls Restaurant (Grande Prairie) Ltd.

LMIA employer · Grande Prairie, Alberta

Province or territory
Alberta
City
Grande Prairie
Positions on positive LMIAs
74
Periods listed
7
First and latest list
2019 Q3 · 2024 Q1
Positions74to 2024 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

132520192020202120222024
132520192020202120222024
Data table
201911
202016
202125
202210
202412
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2024 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsGrande Prairie24
2024 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsGrande Prairie15
2024 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)60030 Restaurant and food service managersGrande Prairie13
2022 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksGrande Prairie—10
2021 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsGrande Prairie11
2021 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksGrande Prairie—11
2021 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsGrande Prairie—8
2021 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsGrande Prairie—5
2020 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsGrande Prairie—1
2020 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksGrande Prairie—10
2020 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)60030 Restaurant and food service managersGrande Prairie—5
2019 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksGrande Prairie—5
2019 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsGrande Prairie—6

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks36
  2. Chefs20
  3. Food service supervisors10
  4. Restaurant and food service managers8
Main occupation
63200 Cooks
Its share of this employer's positions
48.6%
Streams used
Low-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
2020 Q1Low Wage6311 Food service supervisors4
Positions on negative LMIAs
4
Share of all listed positions that were positive
94.9%

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

Employers in Grande Prairie

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Grande Prairie
489
Positions on positive LMIAs in Grande Prairie
2,341
This employer's share
3.16%
Top occupations in Grande Prairie
  1. Cooks393
  2. Food service supervisors354
  3. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations213
  4. Retail sales supervisors133
  5. Bakers64
  6. Restaurant and food service managers50

Among LMIA employers

Earls Restaurant (Grande Prairie) Ltd. has 74 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #2,807 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #187 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, Cooks, accounts for 62,700 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.06% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
2,807 of 151,287
Rank in Alberta
187 of 29,436
Positions nationally, NOC 63200
62,700
This employer's share
0.06%
Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks36
  2. Chefs20
  3. Food service supervisors10
  4. Restaurant and food service managers8