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Symposium Cafe

LMIA employer · Toronto, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
Toronto
Positions on positive LMIAs
12
Periods listed
4
First and latest list
2019 Q4 · 2022 Q1
Positions12to 2022 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

47201920212022
47201920212022
Data table
20191
20217
20224
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2022 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto14
2021 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto13
2021 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)62020 Food service supervisorsToronto11
2021 Q3Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto—3
2019 Q4Low-wage stream (TFWP)63200 CooksToronto—1
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. Cooks11
  2. Food service supervisors1
Main occupation
63200 Cooks
Its share of this employer's positions
91.7%
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, Ontario
C$18.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$18.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
9,458
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$19.00
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 Toronto

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Toronto
8,157
Positions on positive LMIAs in Toronto
33,133
This employer's share
0.04%
Top occupations in Toronto
  1. Cooks3,073
  2. Software engineers and designers2,531
  3. Food service supervisors1,901
  4. Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations1,360
  5. Chefs739
  6. Restaurant and food service managers612
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

Symposium Cafe has 12 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #15,478 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #3,636 of 42,872 in Ontario. 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 Ontario
3,636 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 63200
62,700
This employer's share
0.02%
Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks11
  2. Food service supervisors1
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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