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MSC BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION LTD.

LMIA employer · Calgary, Alberta

Province or territory
Alberta
City
Calgary
Positions on positive LMIAs
27
Periods listed
10
First and latest list
2019 Q3 · 2025 Q4
Positions27to 2025 Q4
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. Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers11
  2. Carpenters7
  3. Construction trades helpers and labourers6
  4. Construction managers1
Main occupation
73102 Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
Its share of this employer's positions
40.7%
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 Q4High Wage72310 Carpenters1
2021 Q2High Wage7284 Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers1
Positions on negative LMIAs
2
Share of all listed positions that were positive
93.1%

Wages for Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 73102).

Median wage, Alberta
C$28.65 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$33.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in Alberta, Jan–Sep 2026
944
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$36.00

Employers in Calgary

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Calgary
9,710
Positions on positive LMIAs in Calgary
41,373
This employer's share
0.07%
Top occupations in Calgary
  1. Cooks4,228
  2. Food service supervisors3,645
  3. Transport truck drivers2,733
  4. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations2,221
  5. Construction trades helpers and labourers2,174
  6. Retail sales supervisors1,363

Among LMIA employers

MSC BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION LTD. has 27 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #7,256 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #673 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers, accounts for 6,344 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.17% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
7,256 of 151,287
Rank in Alberta
673 of 29,436
Positions nationally, NOC 73102
6,344
This employer's share
0.17%
Positions by occupation
  1. Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers11
  2. Carpenters7
  3. Construction trades helpers and labourers6
  4. Construction managers1