Smit Nursery Ltd.
LMIA employer · Abbotsford, British Columbia
- Province or territory
- British Columbia
- City
- Abbotsford
- Positions on positive LMIAs
- 61
- Periods listed
- 21
- First and latest list
- 2015 · 2025 Q3
- Incorporation status (ESDC)
- Corporation
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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
Data table
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 |
Occupations
Approved positions by NOC 2021 unit group (older lists mapped from NOC 2011 with the Statistics Canada concordance).
- Main occupation
- 85103 Nursery and greenhouse labourers
- Its share of this employer's positions
- 88.5%
- 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.
| Period | Stream | Occupation (NOC) | Requested positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | — | 8431 General farm workers | 3 |
- Positions on negative LMIAs
- 3
- Share of all listed positions that were positive
- 95.3%
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 Abbotsford
Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.
- LMIA employers in Abbotsford
- 1,922
- Positions on positive LMIAs in Abbotsford
- 38,273
- This employer's share
- 0.16%
Among LMIA employers
Smit Nursery Ltd. has 61 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #3,381 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #684 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Nursery and greenhouse labourers, accounts for 133,937 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.04% of them.
- Rank in Canada by positions
- 3,381 of 151,287
- Rank in British Columbia
- 684 of 34,090
- Positions nationally, NOC 85103
- 133,937
- This employer's share
- 0.04%
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