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Government of Alberta

LMIA employer · Calgary, Alberta

Province or territory
Alberta
City
Calgary
Positions on positive LMIAs
77
Periods listed
3
First and latest list
2016 · 2026 Q1
Positions77to 2026 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

3875201620242026
3875201620242026
Data table
201675
20241
20261
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2026 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)11100 Financial auditors and accountantsEdmonton11
2024 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)31100 Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicineEdmonton11
2016—31102 General practitioners and family physiciansCalgary—42
2016—3111 Specialist physiciansCalgary—32
2016—30010 Managers in health careCalgary—1
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. General practitioners and family physicians42
  2. Managers in health care1
  3. Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine1
  4. Financial auditors and accountants1
Main occupation
31102 General practitioners and family physicians
Its share of this employer's positions
54.5%
Streams used
High-wage stream (TFWP)
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 General practitioners and family physicians

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 31102).

Median wage, Alberta
C$178,213 per year
Median wage, Canada
C$232,227 per year
Job Bank postings in Alberta, Jan–Sep 2026
553
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$120.00
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 Calgary

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Calgary
9,710
Positions on positive LMIAs in Calgary
41,373
This employer's share
0.19%
Top occupations in Calgary
  1. Cooks4,228
  2. Food service supervisors3,645
  3. Transport truck drivers2,733
  4. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations2,221
  5. Construction trades helpers and labourers2,174
  6. Retail sales supervisors1,363
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

Government of Alberta has 77 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #2,699 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #173 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, General practitioners and family physicians, accounts for 2,170 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 1.94% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
2,699 of 151,287
Rank in Alberta
173 of 29,436
Positions nationally, NOC 31102
2,170
This employer's share
1.94%
Positions by occupation
  1. General practitioners and family physicians42
  2. Managers in health care1
  3. Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine1
  4. Financial auditors and accountants1
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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