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Granville Gates and Sons Ltd

LMIA employer · Blandford, Nova Scotia

Province or territory
Nova Scotia
City
Blandford
Positions on positive LMIAs
24
Periods listed
9
First and latest list
2019 Q1 · 2024 Q3
Positions24to 2024 Q3
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.

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Labourers in food and beverage processing13
  2. Labourers in fish and seafood processing7
  3. Fish and seafood plant workers4
Main occupation
95106 Labourers in food and beverage processing
Its share of this employer's positions
54.2%
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
2021 Q1Low Wage9463 Fish and seafood plant workers4
Positions on negative LMIAs
4
Share of all listed positions that were positive
85.7%

Wages for Labourers in food and beverage processing

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 95106).

Median wage, Nova Scotia
C$20.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$20.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in Nova Scotia, Jan–Sep 2026
82
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$17.00

Employers in Blandford

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Blandford
3
Positions on positive LMIAs in Blandford
87
This employer's share
27.59%
Top occupations in Blandford
  1. Fish and seafood plant workers61
  2. Labourers in food and beverage processing13
  3. Labourers in fish and seafood processing13

Among LMIA employers

Granville Gates and Sons Ltd has 24 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #8,064 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #171 of 1,779 in Nova Scotia. Its main occupation, Labourers in food and beverage processing, accounts for 21,866 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.06% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
8,064 of 151,287
Rank in Nova Scotia
171 of 1,779
Positions nationally, NOC 95106
21,866
This employer's share
0.06%
Positions by occupation
  1. Labourers in food and beverage processing13
  2. Labourers in fish and seafood processing7
  3. Fish and seafood plant workers4