First Choice Foods Inc.
LMIA employer · Burnaby, British Columbia
- Province or territory
- British Columbia
- City
- Burnaby
- Positions on positive LMIAs
- 51
- Periods listed
- 14
- First and latest list
- 2019 Q1 · 2025 Q2
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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
Data table
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 26 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 |
Occupations
Approved positions by NOC 2021 unit group (older lists mapped from NOC 2011 with the Statistics Canada concordance).
- Labourers in food and beverage processing29
- Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing13
- Administrative assistants2
- Supervisors, food and beverage processing2
- Technical sales specialists - wholesale trade2
- Accounting technicians and bookkeepers1
- Administrative officers1
- Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations1
- Main occupation
- 95106 Labourers in food and beverage processing
- Its share of this employer's positions
- 56.9%
- Streams used
- High-wage stream (TFWP), 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.
| Period | Stream | Occupation (NOC) | Requested positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | High Wage | 94140 Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing | 3 |
| 2025 Q1 | High Wage | 12013 Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations | 1 |
- Positions on negative LMIAs
- 4
- Share of all listed positions that were positive
- 92.7%
Wages for Labourers in food and beverage processing
Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 95106).
- Median wage, British Columbia
- C$19.19 per hour
- Median wage, Canada
- C$20.00 per hour
- Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
- 308
- Median advertised minimum hourly wage
- C$19.19
Employers in Burnaby
Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.
- LMIA employers in Burnaby
- 2,198
- Positions on positive LMIAs in Burnaby
- 11,734
- This employer's share
- 0.43%
Among LMIA employers
First Choice Foods Inc. has 51 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #4,002 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #812 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Labourers in food and beverage processing, accounts for 21,866 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.13% of them.
- Rank in Canada by positions
- 4,002 of 151,287
- Rank in British Columbia
- 812 of 34,090
- Positions nationally, NOC 95106
- 21,866
- This employer's share
- 0.13%
- Labourers in food and beverage processing29
- Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing13
- Administrative assistants2
- Supervisors, food and beverage processing2
- Technical sales specialists - wholesale trade2
- Accounting technicians and bookkeepers1
- Administrative officers1
- Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations1
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