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Merchant

LMIA employer · Toronto, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
Toronto
Positions on positive LMIAs
3
Periods listed
7
First and latest list
2021 Q4 · 2024 Q1
Incorporation status (ESDC)
Corporation
Positions3to 2024 Q1
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. Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations3
Main occupation
51120 Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations
Its share of this employer's positions
100.0%
Streams used
High-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
2024 Q1High Wage5131 Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations2
2023 Q4High Wage5131 Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations1
2023 Q3High Wage5131 Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations2
2023 Q2High Wage5131 Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations3
2023 Q1High Wage5131 Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations5
2022 Q4High Wage5131 Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations3
Positions on negative LMIAs
16
Share of all listed positions that were positive
15.8%

Wages for Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 51120).

Median wage, Ontario
C$39.90 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$41.03 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
542
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$29.00

Employers in Toronto

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Toronto
8,157
Positions on positive LMIAs in Toronto
33,133
This employer's share
0.01%
Top occupations in Toronto
  1. Cooks3,073
  2. Software engineers and designers2,531
  3. Food service supervisors1,901
  4. Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations1,360
  5. Chefs739
  6. Restaurant and food service managers612

Among LMIA employers

Merchant has 3 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #50,241 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #11,542 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations, accounts for 3,448 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.09% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
50,241 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
11,542 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 51120
3,448
This employer's share
0.09%