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Strait Mechanical Ltd.

LMIA employer · Fort St. John, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Fort St. John
Positions on positive LMIAs
3
Periods listed
1
First and latest list
2025 Q1 · 2025 Q1
Positions3to 2025 Q1
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
3
Year
2025
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)72106 Welders and related machine operatorsFort St. John13
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. Welders and related machine operators3
Main occupation
72106 Welders and related machine operators
Its share of this employer's positions
100.0%
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 Welders and related machine operators

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 72106).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$35.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$30.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
674
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$36.75
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 in Fort St. John

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Fort St. John
160
Positions on positive LMIAs in Fort St. John
886
This employer's share
0.34%
Top occupations in Fort St. John
  1. Cooks152
  2. Food service supervisors147
  3. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations133
  4. Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers41
  5. Light duty cleaners24
  6. Heavy equipment operators20
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

Strait Mechanical Ltd. has 3 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #50,241 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #12,795 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Welders and related machine operators, accounts for 12,012 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.02% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
50,241 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
12,795 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 72106
12,012
This employer's share
0.02%
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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