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Southwood Trucking Ltd.

LMIA employer · Grande Prairie, Alberta

Province or territory
Alberta
City
Grande Prairie
Positions on positive LMIAs
15
Periods listed
10
First and latest list
2017 Q1–Q2 · 2024 Q3
Positions15to 2024 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.

Approved positions by year

36201720182019202020222024
36201720182019202020222024
Data table
20171
20181
20191
20204
20222
20246

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Transport truck drivers8
  2. Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators2
  3. Other trades helpers and labourers2
  4. Managers in transportation1
  5. Automotive and heavy truck and equipment parts installers and servicers1
Main occupation
73300 Transport truck drivers
Its share of this employer's positions
53.3%
Streams used
High-wage stream (TFWP), 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
2019 Q3High Wage7511 Transport truck drivers4
Positions on negative LMIAs
4
Share of all listed positions that were positive
78.9%

Wages for Transport truck drivers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 73300).

Median wage, Alberta
C$30.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$26.42 per hour
Job Bank postings in Alberta, Jan–Sep 2026
3,805
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$36.00

Employers in Grande Prairie

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Grande Prairie
489
Positions on positive LMIAs in Grande Prairie
2,341
This employer's share
0.64%
Top occupations in Grande Prairie
  1. Cooks393
  2. Food service supervisors354
  3. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations213
  4. Retail sales supervisors133
  5. Bakers64
  6. Restaurant and food service managers50

Among LMIA employers

Southwood Trucking Ltd. has 15 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #12,630 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,498 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, Transport truck drivers, accounts for 44,074 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.02% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
12,630 of 151,287
Rank in Alberta
1,498 of 29,436
Positions nationally, NOC 73300
44,074
This employer's share
0.02%
Positions by occupation
  1. Transport truck drivers8
  2. Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators2
  3. Other trades helpers and labourers2
  4. Managers in transportation1
  5. Automotive and heavy truck and equipment parts installers and servicers1