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The Root Cellar Village Green Grocer

LMIA employer · Victoria, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Victoria
Positions on positive LMIAs
13
Periods listed
7
First and latest list
2023 Q1 · 2025 Q3
Positions13to 2025 Q3
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. Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale6
  2. Retail sales supervisors4
  3. Cooks2
  4. Food service supervisors1
Main occupation
65202 Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale
Its share of this employer's positions
46.2%
Streams used
Low-wage 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
2025 Q3Low Wage62010 Retail sales supervisors2
2023 Q3Low Wage6211 Retail sales supervisors1
Positions on negative LMIAs
3
Share of all listed positions that were positive
81.2%

Wages for Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 65202).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$23.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$19.50 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
110
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$23.20

Employers in Victoria

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Victoria
1,176
Positions on positive LMIAs in Victoria
6,663
This employer's share
0.20%
Top occupations in Victoria
  1. Cooks1,277
  2. Food service supervisors1,156
  3. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations448
  4. Nursery and greenhouse labourers356
  5. Early childhood educators and assistants275
  6. Light duty cleaners203

Among LMIA employers

The Root Cellar Village Green Grocer has 13 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #14,443 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #3,626 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale, accounts for 4,532 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.13% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
14,443 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
3,626 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 65202
4,532
This employer's share
0.13%
Positions by occupation
  1. Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale6
  2. Retail sales supervisors4
  3. Cooks2
  4. Food service supervisors1