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Purple Springs Nursery Inc

LMIA employer · Armstrong, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Armstrong
Positions on positive LMIAs
174
Periods listed
15
First and latest list
2016 · 2025 Q2
Positions174to 2025 Q2
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. Nursery and greenhouse labourers140
Main occupation
85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers
Its share of this employer's positions
80.5%
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
2017 Q1–Q2Primary Agriculture8432 Nursery and greenhouse workers2
Positions on negative LMIAs
2
Share of all listed positions that were positive
98.9%

Wages for Nursery and greenhouse labourers

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

Median wage, British Columbia
C$19.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$19.50 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
373
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$18.25

Employers in Armstrong

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Armstrong
60
Positions on positive LMIAs in Armstrong
996
This employer's share
17.47%
Top occupations in Armstrong
  1. Nursery and greenhouse labourers584
  2. Harvesting labourers32
  3. Labourers in food and beverage processing31
  4. Cooks18
  5. Construction trades helpers and labourers15
  6. Livestock labourers13

Among LMIA employers

Purple Springs Nursery Inc has 174 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #1,169 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #199 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Nursery and greenhouse labourers, accounts for 133,937 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.10% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
1,169 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
199 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 85103
133,937
This employer's share
0.10%