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Heppell's Potato Corp

LMIA employer · Surrey, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Surrey
Positions on positive LMIAs
406
Periods listed
19
First and latest list
Jun–Dec 2014 · 2025 Q4
Positions406to 2025 Q4
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

326420142015201620182019202020212022202320242025
3264201420162019202120232025
Data table
20144
201536
201640
201864
201934
202037
202136
202233
202333
202457
202532
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)82030 Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisorsSurrey12
2025 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85101 Harvesting labourersSurrey230
2024 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)82030 Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisorsSurrey11
2024 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85101 Harvesting labourersSurrey156
2023 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey128
2023 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)72401 Heavy-duty equipment mechanicsSurrey11
2023 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey11
2023 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8252 Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workersSurrey12
2023 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8252 Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workersSurrey11
2022 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey233
2021 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey132
2021 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8252 Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workersSurrey—3
2021 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)72401 Heavy-duty equipment mechanicsSurrey—1
2020 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey—36
2020 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8252 Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workersSurrey—1
2019 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey—34
2018 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)—Surrey—32
2018 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey—32
2016—85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSurrey—32
2016—8431 General farm workersSurrey—8
2015——Surrey—36
Jun–Dec 2014——Surrey—4

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Harvesting labourers86
  2. Nursery and greenhouse labourers32
  3. Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors3
  4. Heavy-duty equipment mechanics2
Main occupation
85101 Harvesting labourers
Its share of this employer's positions
21.2%
Streams used
Primary agriculture stream (TFWP), High-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
2015——18
Positions on negative LMIAs
18
Share of all listed positions that were positive
95.8%

Wages for Harvesting labourers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 85101).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$17.85 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$18.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
1,765
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$18.00

Employers in Surrey

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Surrey
7,553
Positions on positive LMIAs in Surrey
54,941
This employer's share
0.74%
Top occupations in Surrey
  1. Transport truck drivers8,227
  2. Construction trades helpers and labourers5,068
  3. Carpenters3,550
  4. Cooks2,102
  5. Harvesting labourers1,949
  6. Administrative assistants1,642

Among LMIA employers

Heppell's Potato Corp has 406 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #467 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #77 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Harvesting labourers, accounts for 125,638 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.07% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
467 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
77 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 85101
125,638
This employer's share
0.07%
Positions by occupation
  1. Harvesting labourers86
  2. Nursery and greenhouse labourers32
  3. Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors3
  4. Heavy-duty equipment mechanics2