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The Surly Mermaid Restaurant Ltd.

LMIA employer · Sidney, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Sidney
Positions on positive LMIAs
12
Periods listed
4
First and latest list
2024 Q4 · 2026 Q1
Positions12to 2026 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

48202420252026
48202420252026
Data table
20242
20258
20262
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2026 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksSidney12
2025 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksSidney46
2025 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksSidney22
2024 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksSidney22
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. Cooks12
Main occupation
63200 Cooks
Its share of this employer's positions
100.0%
Streams used
Low-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 Cooks

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 63200).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$20.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$18.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
8,255
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$20.00
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 Sidney

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Sidney
55
Positions on positive LMIAs in Sidney
236
This employer's share
5.08%
Top occupations in Sidney
  1. Cooks62
  2. Food service supervisors30
  3. Retail sales supervisors18
  4. General practitioners and family physicians17
  5. Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers15
  6. Construction trades helpers and labourers11
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

The Surly Mermaid Restaurant Ltd. has 12 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #15,478 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #3,903 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Cooks, accounts for 62,700 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.02% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
15,478 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
3,903 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 63200
62,700
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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