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Sofec Inc.

LMIA employer · Houston, Outside Canada

Province or territory
Outside Canada
City
Houston
Positions on positive LMIAs
22
Periods listed
11
First and latest list
Jun–Dec 2014 · 2023 Q1
Incorporation status (ESDC)
Corporation
Positions22to 2023 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

3520142016201720182019202020222023
3520142017201920222023
Data table
20142
20163
20172
20183
20191
20204
20225
20232
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2023 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and techniciansHouston22
2022 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and techniciansHouston22
2022 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and techniciansHouston33
2020 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and techniciansHouston—3
2020 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)72106 Welders and related machine operatorsHouston—1
2019 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and techniciansHouston—1
2018 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and techniciansHouston—1
2018 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and techniciansHouston—2
2017 Q1–Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and techniciansHouston—2
2016—22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and techniciansHouston—3
Jun–Dec 2014——Houston—2
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. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians19
  2. Welders and related machine operators1
Main occupation
22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
Its share of this employer's positions
86.4%
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 Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 22301).

Median wage, Canada
C$35.00 per hour
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 based outside Canada

Employers whose listed business address is outside Canada; the jobs on their LMIAs are in Canada.

LMIA employers with an address outside Canada
2,697
Their positions on positive LMIAs
34,361
This employer's country
Country not stated
Employers by country of address
  1. Country not stated1,819
  2. US646
  3. UK68
  4. Germany19
  5. Italy16
  6. France15
  7. Denmark14
  8. Norway13
  9. Australia11
  10. Netherlands11
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

Sofec Inc. has 22 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #8,788 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada. Its main occupation, Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians, accounts for 1,787 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 1.06% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
8,788 of 151,287
Positions nationally, NOC 22301
1,787
This employer's share
1.06%
Positions by occupation
  1. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians19
  2. Welders and related machine operators1
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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