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Samra Bros Blueberry Farms Ltd.

LMIA employer · Surrey, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Surrey
Positions on positive LMIAs
120
Periods listed
16
First and latest list
2017 Q4 · 2024 Q1
Positions120to 2024 Q1
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

183620172018201920202021202220232024
183620172019202120232024
Data table
20172
201815
201936
202012
202113
202214
202315
202413
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2024 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey212
2024 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8252 Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workersSurrey11
2023 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey16
2023 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey16
2023 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey13
2022 Q3Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey15
2022 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey28
2022 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8252 Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workersSurrey11
2021 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey15
2021 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey—8
2020 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8252 Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workersSurrey—2
2020 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey—10
2019 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey—3
2019 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)85101 Harvesting labourersSurrey—15
2019 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey—15
2019 Q1Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey—3
2018 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)—Surrey—15
2017 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersSurrey—2

Occupations

Approved positions by NOC 2021 unit group (older lists mapped from NOC 2011 with the Statistics Canada concordance).

Positions by occupation
  1. Harvesting labourers15
Main occupation
85101 Harvesting labourers
Its share of this employer's positions
12.5%
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
2018 Q2Primary Agriculture8431 General farm workers18
Positions on negative LMIAs
18
Share of all listed positions that were positive
87.0%

Wages for Harvesting labourers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 85101).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$17.85 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$18.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
1,765
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$18.00

Employers in Surrey

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Surrey
7,553
Positions on positive LMIAs in Surrey
54,941
This employer's share
0.22%
Top occupations in Surrey
  1. Transport truck drivers8,227
  2. Construction trades helpers and labourers5,068
  3. Carpenters3,550
  4. Cooks2,102
  5. Harvesting labourers1,949
  6. Administrative assistants1,642

Among LMIA employers

Samra Bros Blueberry Farms Ltd. has 120 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #1,733 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #310 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Harvesting labourers, accounts for 125,638 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.01% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
1,733 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
310 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 85101
125,638
This employer's share
0.01%