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Ideal Foods Inc

LMIA employer · Victoria, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Victoria
Positions on positive LMIAs
8
Periods listed
8
First and latest list
2018 Q2 · 2024 Q2
Positions8to 2024 Q2
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. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations4
  2. Food service supervisors3
  3. Restaurant and food service managers1
Main occupation
65201 Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations
Its share of this employer's positions
50.0%
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
2019 Q2High Wage6711 Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations1
Positions on negative LMIAs
1
Share of all listed positions that were positive
88.9%

Wages for Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 65201).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$17.85 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$16.55 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
4,740
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$18.00

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
0.12%
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

Ideal Foods Inc has 8 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #22,346 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #5,843 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations, accounts for 25,150 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.02% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
22,346 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
5,843 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 65201
25,150
This employer's share
0.02%
Positions by occupation
  1. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations4
  2. Food service supervisors3
  3. Restaurant and food service managers1