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Sushiwood Food Ltd.

LMIA employer · Fernie, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Fernie
Positions on positive LMIAs
47
Periods listed
15
First and latest list
2019 Q4 · 2025 Q1
Positions47to 2025 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

8152019202020212022202320242025
8152019202120232025
Data table
20193
20209
20217
202215
20231
20249
20253
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie12
2025 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsFernie11
2024 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie11
2024 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsFernie22
2024 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsFernie11
2024 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsFernie11
2024 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsFernie11
2024 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsFernie22
2024 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)60030 Restaurant and food service managersFernie11
2023 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie11
2022 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie—4
2022 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie66
2022 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)62200 ChefsFernie33
2022 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsFernie11
2022 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)60030 Restaurant and food service managersFernie11
2021 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsFernie11
2021 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie—1
2021 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsFernie—1
2021 Q2Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie—2
2021 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie—2
2020 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie—2
2020 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsFernie—1
2020 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie—2
2020 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsFernie—1
2020 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)60030 Restaurant and food service managersFernie—1
2020 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie—2
2019 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksFernie—2
2019 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsFernie—1

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks27
  2. Food service supervisors11
  3. Chefs6
  4. Restaurant and food service managers3
Main occupation
63200 Cooks
Its share of this employer's positions
57.4%
Streams used
Low-wage stream (TFWP), High-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 Q1High Wage60030 Restaurant and food service managers1
Positions on negative LMIAs
1
Share of all listed positions that were positive
97.9%

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

Employers in Fernie

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Fernie
65
Positions on positive LMIAs in Fernie
290
This employer's share
16.21%
Top occupations in Fernie
  1. Cooks111
  2. Food service supervisors44
  3. Light duty cleaners22
  4. Chefs17
  5. Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers11
  6. Retail sales supervisors9

Among LMIA employers

Sushiwood Food Ltd. has 47 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #4,329 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #890 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Cooks, accounts for 62,700 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.04% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
4,329 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
890 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 63200
62,700
This employer's share
0.04%
Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks27
  2. Food service supervisors11
  3. Chefs6
  4. Restaurant and food service managers3