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Ponoka Ventures Ltd

LMIA employer · Ponoka, Alberta

Province or territory
Alberta
City
Ponoka
Positions on positive LMIAs
6
Periods listed
6
First and latest list
2016 · 2025 Q4
Positions6to 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

1220162017202320242025
1220162017202320242025
Data table
20161
20172
20231
20241
20251
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka11
2024 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka11
2023 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka11
2017 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka—1
2017 Q1–Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksPonoka—1
2016—63200 CooksPonoka—1
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
  1. Cooks6
Main occupation
63200 Cooks
Its share of this employer's positions
100.0%
Streams used
Low-wage 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 Cooks

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 63200).

Median wage, Alberta
C$17.50 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$18.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in Alberta, Jan–Sep 2026
5,297
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$17.50
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 Ponoka

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Ponoka
86
Positions on positive LMIAs in Ponoka
593
This employer's share
1.01%
Top occupations in Ponoka
  1. Food service supervisors154
  2. Cooks56
  3. Livestock labourers47
  4. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations26
  5. Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers22
  6. Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators14
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

Ponoka Ventures Ltd has 6 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #28,698 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #4,742 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, Cooks, accounts for 62,700 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.01% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
28,698 of 151,287
Rank in Alberta
4,742 of 29,436
Positions nationally, NOC 63200
62,700
This employer's share
0.01%
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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