Pomas Farms Inc.

LMIA employer · Staples, Ontario

Province or territory: Ontario
City: Staples
Positions on positive LMIAs: 1,324
Periods listed: 21
First and latest list: Jun–Dec 2014 · 2025 Q4

Positions1,324to 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.

Approved positions by year

Data table


2014	28
2015	26
2016	42
2017	69
2018	100
2019	61
2020	207
2021	80
2022	180
2023	200
2024	96
2025	235

Period	Stream	Occupation (NOC)	Work location	LMIAs	Positions
2025 Q4	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	85101 Harvesting labourers	Staples	2	125
2025 Q1	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	85101 Harvesting labourers	Staples	2	110
2024 Q3	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	85101 Harvesting labourers	Staples	2	96
2023 Q4	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	8431 General farm workers	Staples	1	80
2023 Q3	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	8431 General farm workers	Staples	1	60
2023 Q1	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	8431 General farm workers	Staples	1	60
2022 Q4	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	8431 General farm workers	Staples	1	60
2022 Q1	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	8431 General farm workers	Staples	2	120
2021 Q2	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	8431 General farm workers	Staples	—	80
2020 Q3	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers	Staples	—	112
2020 Q2	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	8431 General farm workers	Staples	—	55
2020 Q1	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers	Staples	—	40
2019 Q2	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers	Staples	—	25
2019 Q1	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers	Staples	—	36
2018 Q4	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	—	Staples	—	25
2018 Q2	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers	Staples	—	31
2018 Q1	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers	Staples	—	44
2017 Q1–Q2	Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)	85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers	Staples	—	69
2016	—	85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers	Staples	—	42
2015	—	—	Staples	—	26
Jun–Dec 2014	—	—	Staples	—	28

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

Main occupation: 85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers
Its share of this employer's positions: 30.1%
Streams used: Primary agriculture 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 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

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 Staples

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Staples: 10
Positions on positive LMIAs in Staples: 3,699
This employer's share: 35.79%

Top occupations in Staples

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

Pomas Farms Inc. has 1,324 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #79 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #34 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Nursery and greenhouse labourers, accounts for 133,937 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.30% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions: 79 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario: 34 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 85103: 133,937
This employer's share: 0.30%

Positions by occupation

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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Pomas Farms Inc.

Positive LMIAs

Occupations

Wages for Nursery and greenhouse labourers

Employers in Staples

Among LMIA employers

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