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Hilltop Greenhouses Ltd

LMIA employer · Victoria, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Victoria
Positions on positive LMIAs
300
Periods listed
22
First and latest list
Jun–Dec 2014 · 2026 Q1
Incorporation status (ESDC)
Sole Proprietorship
Positions300to 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

2040201420152016201720182020202120222023202420252026
20402014201620182021202320252026
Data table
20146
20156
201629
201740
201840
202028
202128
202235
202329
202426
202530
20263
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2026 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria13
2025 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria529
2025 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria11
2024 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria125
2024 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria11
2023 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria11
2023 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria126
2023 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)82031 Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture servicesVictoria12
2022 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria14
2022 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria230
2022 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria—1
2021 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria128
2020 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria—28
2018 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)—Victoria—24
2018 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria—10
2018 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria—6
2017 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria—18
2017 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersVictoria—3
2017 Q1–Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria—19
2016—85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersVictoria—29
2015——Victoria—6
Jun–Dec 2014——Victoria—6

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Nursery and greenhouse labourers259
  2. Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services2
Main occupation
85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers
Its share of this employer's positions
86.3%
Streams used
Primary agriculture 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
2016—8432 Nursery and greenhouse workers5
Positions on negative LMIAs
5
Share of all listed positions that were positive
98.4%

Wages for Nursery and greenhouse labourers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 85103).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$19.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$19.50 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
373
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$18.25

Employers in Victoria

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Victoria
1,176
Positions on positive LMIAs in Victoria
6,663
This employer's share
4.50%
Top occupations in Victoria
  1. Cooks1,277
  2. Food service supervisors1,156
  3. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations448
  4. Nursery and greenhouse labourers356
  5. Early childhood educators and assistants275
  6. Light duty cleaners203

Among LMIA employers

Hilltop Greenhouses Ltd has 300 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #660 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #103 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Nursery and greenhouse labourers, accounts for 133,937 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.19% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
660 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
103 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 85103
133,937
This employer's share
0.19%
Positions by occupation
  1. Nursery and greenhouse labourers259
  2. Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services2