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PressReader Inc.

LMIA employer · Richmond, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Richmond
Positions on positive LMIAs
1
Periods listed
1
First and latest list
2024 Q1 · 2024 Q1
Positions1to 2024 Q1
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
1
Year
2024
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2024 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)21231 Software engineers and designersRichmond11
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. Software engineers and designers1
Main occupation
21231 Software engineers and designers
Its share of this employer's positions
100.0%
Streams used
High-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 Software engineers and designers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 21231).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$62.50 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$56.49 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
235
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$32.00
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 Richmond

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Richmond
2,177
Positions on positive LMIAs in Richmond
11,019
This employer's share
0.01%
Top occupations in Richmond
  1. Nursery and greenhouse labourers837
  2. Cooks735
  3. Transport truck drivers525
  4. Food service supervisors500
  5. Harvesting labourers460
  6. Early childhood educators and assistants269
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

PressReader Inc. has 1 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #93,577 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #22,572 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Software engineers and designers, accounts for 10,315 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.01% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
93,577 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
22,572 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 21231
10,315
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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