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Government of Northwest Territories

LMIA employer · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Province or territory
Northwest Territories
City
Yellowknife
Positions on positive LMIAs
1
Periods listed
1
First and latest list
2025 Q2 · 2025 Q2
Positions1to 2025 Q2
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
1
Year
2025
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)31101 Specialists in surgeryYellowknife11
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. Specialists in surgery1
Main occupation
31101 Specialists in surgery
Its share of this employer's positions
100.0%
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 Specialists in surgery

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 31101).

Median wage, Canada
C$419,180 per year
Job Bank postings in Northwest Territories, Jan–Sep 2026
16
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 Yellowknife

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Yellowknife
103
Positions on positive LMIAs in Yellowknife
375
This employer's share
0.27%
Top occupations in Yellowknife
  1. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations66
  2. Cooks47
  3. Food service supervisors39
  4. Cashiers16
  5. Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers14
  6. Light duty cleaners14
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 Northwest Territories has 1 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #93,577 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #76 of 149 in Northwest Territories. Its main occupation, Specialists in surgery, accounts for 62 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 1.61% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
93,577 of 151,287
Rank in Northwest Territories
76 of 149
Positions nationally, NOC 31101
62
This employer's share
1.61%
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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