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Esri

LMIA employer · Ottawa, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
Ottawa
Positions on positive LMIAs
2
Periods listed
1
First and latest list
2016 · 2016
Positions2to 2016
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
2
Year
2016
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2016—21231 Software engineers and designersOttawa—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. Software engineers and designers2
Main occupation
21231 Software engineers and designers
Its share of this employer's positions
100.0%
Streams used
—
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 Software engineers and designers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 21231).

Median wage, Ontario
C$56.73 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$56.49 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
1,297
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$35.00
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 Ottawa

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Ottawa
1,296
Positions on positive LMIAs in Ottawa
4,875
This employer's share
0.04%
Top occupations in Ottawa
  1. Cooks440
  2. Food service supervisors420
  3. Translators, terminologists and interpreters190
  4. Software engineers and designers186
  5. Computer and information systems managers138
  6. Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates114
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

Esri has 2 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #65,042 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #15,507 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Software engineers and designers, accounts for 10,315 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.02% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
65,042 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
15,507 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 21231
10,315
This employer's share
0.02%
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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