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Metro Standard Insulation Ltd.

LMIA employer · Surrey, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Surrey
Positions on positive LMIAs
33
Periods listed
14
First and latest list
2017 Q4 · 2025 Q2
Positions33to 2025 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. Insulators19
  2. Construction trades helpers and labourers4
  3. Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers4
  4. Administrative assistants2
  5. Purchasing managers1
  6. Carpenters1
  7. Database analysts and data administrators1
Main occupation
72321 Insulators
Its share of this employer's positions
57.6%
Streams used
High-wage stream (TFWP), 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
2025 Q2Low Wage62010 Retail sales supervisors1
2025 Q2High Wage12200 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers1
Positions on negative LMIAs
2
Share of all listed positions that were positive
94.3%

Wages for Insulators

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 72321).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$32.50 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$37.61 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
204
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$35.00

Employers in Surrey

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Surrey
7,553
Positions on positive LMIAs in Surrey
54,941
This employer's share
0.06%
Top occupations in Surrey
  1. Transport truck drivers8,227
  2. Construction trades helpers and labourers5,068
  3. Carpenters3,550
  4. Cooks2,102
  5. Harvesting labourers1,949
  6. Administrative assistants1,642

Among LMIA employers

Metro Standard Insulation Ltd. has 33 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #6,022 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,345 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Insulators, accounts for 1,868 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 1.02% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
6,022 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
1,345 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 72321
1,868
This employer's share
1.02%
Positions by occupation
  1. Insulators19
  2. Construction trades helpers and labourers4
  3. Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers4
  4. Administrative assistants2
  5. Purchasing managers1
  6. Carpenters1
  7. Database analysts and data administrators1