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HY-TECH DRILLING LTD.

LMIA employer · Smithers, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Smithers
Positions on positive LMIAs
2
Periods listed
1
First and latest list
2023 Q3 · 2023 Q3
Positions2to 2023 Q3
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
2
Year
2023
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2023 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)73402 Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and constructionSmithers12
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. Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction2
Main occupation
73402 Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction
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 Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 73402).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$40.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$37.50 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
16
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$39.93
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 Smithers

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Smithers
64
Positions on positive LMIAs in Smithers
623
This employer's share
0.32%
Top occupations in Smithers
  1. Food service supervisors162
  2. Cooks112
  3. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations73
  4. Construction trades helpers and labourers45
  5. Chefs28
  6. Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction26
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

HY-TECH DRILLING LTD. has 2 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #65,042 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #16,304 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction, accounts for 245 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.82% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
65,042 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
16,304 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 73402
245
This employer's share
0.82%
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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