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HORTICO INC

LMIA employer · Waterdown, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
Waterdown
Positions on positive LMIAs
230
Periods listed
15
First and latest list
Jun–Dec 2014 · 2026 Q1
Positions230to 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

2651201420152016201720182019202020212023202420252026
26512014201620182020202320252026
Data table
201416
201514
201613
201714
201814
201914
202019
202125
202351
202425
202521
20264
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2026 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersWaterdown14
2025 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersWaterdown121
2024 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersWaterdown125
2023 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersWaterdown125
2023 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersWaterdown126
2021 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersWaterdown123
2021 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersWaterdown—2
2020 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersWaterdown—18
2020 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersWaterdown—1
2019 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersWaterdown—14
2018 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)—Waterdown—14
2017 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersWaterdown—14
2016—85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersWaterdown—13
2015——Waterdown—14
Jun–Dec 2014——Waterdown—16
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. Nursery and greenhouse labourers143
Main occupation
85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers
Its share of this employer's positions
62.2%
Streams used
Primary agriculture 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 Nursery and greenhouse labourers

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

Median wage, Ontario
C$20.50 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$19.50 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
728
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$17.60
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 Waterdown

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Waterdown
58
Positions on positive LMIAs in Waterdown
2,528
This employer's share
9.10%
Top occupations in Waterdown
  1. Nursery and greenhouse labourers1,079
  2. Harvesting labourers217
  3. Food service supervisors64
  4. Cooks25
  5. Restaurant and food service managers6
  6. Accounting technicians and bookkeepers4
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

HORTICO INC has 230 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #876 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #331 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Nursery and greenhouse labourers, accounts for 133,937 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.11% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
876 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
331 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 85103
133,937
This employer's share
0.11%
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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