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St. Jean's cannery Ltd.

LMIA employer · Nanaimo, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Nanaimo
Positions on positive LMIAs
25
Periods listed
5
First and latest list
2023 Q1 · 2025 Q2
Positions25to 2025 Q2
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

102020232024
102020232024
Data table
202320
20245

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Fish and seafood plant workers25
Main occupation
94142 Fish and seafood plant workers
Its share of this employer's positions
100.0%
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 Q2Low Wage94142 Fish and seafood plant workers4
Positions on negative LMIAs
4
Share of all listed positions that were positive
86.2%

Wages for Fish and seafood plant workers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 94142).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$19.70 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$17.25 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
78
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$20.00

Employers in Nanaimo

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Nanaimo
337
Positions on positive LMIAs in Nanaimo
2,025
This employer's share
1.23%
Top occupations in Nanaimo
  1. Food service supervisors552
  2. Cooks354
  3. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations180
  4. Restaurant and food service managers129
  5. Retail sales supervisors77
  6. Fish and seafood plant workers68

Among LMIA employers

St. Jean's cannery Ltd. has 25 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #7,756 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,789 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Fish and seafood plant workers, accounts for 36,067 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.07% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
7,756 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
1,789 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 94142
36,067
This employer's share
0.07%