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Orchard Park Growers Ltd.

LMIA employer · St. Catharines, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
St. Catharines
Positions on positive LMIAs
508
Periods listed
34
First and latest list
Jun–Dec 2014 · 2026 Q1
Positions508to 2026 Q1
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.

Approved positions by year

38752014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
387520142017202020232026
Data table
201417
201529
201626
201734
201852
201946
202047
202153
202232
202375
202451
202544
20262
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2026 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines12
2025 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines416
2025 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)80021 Managers in horticultureSt. Catharines11
2025 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines627
2024 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines320
2024 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines523
2024 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines28
2023 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines225
2023 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines619
2023 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines212
2023 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)80021 Managers in horticultureSt. Catharines11
2023 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines218
2022 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines313
2022 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines415
2022 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—1
2022 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines23
2021 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines213
2021 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—25
2021 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—6
2021 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)80021 Managers in horticultureSt. Catharines—1
2021 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—8
2020 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—22
2020 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—18
2020 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—3
2020 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—4
2019 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—24
2019 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—7
2019 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—12
2019 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—3
2018 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)—St. Catharines—27
2018 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—16
2018 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt. Catharines—9
2017 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt Catharines—20
2017 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt Catharines—3
2017 Q1–Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt Catharines—11
2016—85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourersSt Catharines—26
2015——St. Catharines—29
Jun–Dec 2014——St. Catharines—17

Occupations

Approved positions by NOC 2021 unit group (older lists mapped from NOC 2011 with the Statistics Canada concordance).

Positions by occupation
  1. Nursery and greenhouse labourers432
  2. Managers in horticulture3
Main occupation
85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers
Its share of this employer's positions
85.0%
Streams used
Primary agriculture 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 Q3Primary Agriculture8432 Nursery and greenhouse workers4
2018 Q3Primary Agriculture8432 Nursery and greenhouse workers4
Positions on negative LMIAs
8
Share of all listed positions that were positive
98.4%

Wages for Nursery and greenhouse labourers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 85103).

Median wage, Ontario
C$20.50 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$19.50 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
728
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$17.60

Employers in St. Catharines

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in St. Catharines
228
Positions on positive LMIAs in St. Catharines
7,622
This employer's share
6.66%
Top occupations in St. Catharines
  1. Nursery and greenhouse labourers4,684
  2. Harvesting labourers97
  3. Food service supervisors80
  4. Cooks79
  5. Ironworkers34
  6. General practitioners and family physicians31

Among LMIA employers

Orchard Park Growers Ltd. has 508 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #338 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #133 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Nursery and greenhouse labourers, accounts for 133,937 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.32% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
338 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
133 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 85103
133,937
This employer's share
0.32%
Positions by occupation
  1. Nursery and greenhouse labourers432
  2. Managers in horticulture3