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KWO Ironworks Ltd.

LMIA employer · Waterloo, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
Waterloo
Positions on positive LMIAs
2
Periods listed
1
First and latest list
2022 Q2 · 2022 Q2
Positions2to 2022 Q2
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
2022
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2022 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)72106 Welders and related machine operatorsWaterloo—2
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. Welders and related machine operators2
Main occupation
72106 Welders and related machine operators
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 Welders and related machine operators

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 72106).

Median wage, Ontario
C$28.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$30.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
2,134
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$30.00
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 Waterloo

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Waterloo
415
Positions on positive LMIAs in Waterloo
3,607
This employer's share
0.06%
Top occupations in Waterloo
  1. Harvesting labourers562
  2. University professors and lecturers162
  3. Cooks136
  4. Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates130
  5. Food service supervisors125
  6. Carpenters115
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

KWO Ironworks Ltd. has 2 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #65,042 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #15,507 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Welders and related machine operators, accounts for 12,012 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.02% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
65,042 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
15,507 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 72106
12,012
This employer's share
0.02%
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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