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TextNow

LMIA employer · Waterloo, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
Waterloo
Positions on positive LMIAs
4
Periods listed
4
First and latest list
2024 Q1 · 2025 Q1
Incorporation status (ESDC)
Corporation
Positions4to 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 by year

2320242025
2320242025
Data table
20243
20251
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q1Global Talent Stream (TFWP)21234 Web developers and programmersWaterloo11
2024 Q4Global Talent Stream (TFWP)21232 Software developers and programmersWaterloo11
2024 Q3Global Talent Stream (TFWP)21232 Software developers and programmersWaterloo11
2024 Q1Global Talent Stream (TFWP)2171 Information systems analysts and consultantsWaterloo11

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Software developers and programmers2
  2. Web developers and programmers1
Main occupation
21232 Software developers and programmers
Its share of this employer's positions
50.0%
Streams used
Global Talent Stream (TFWP)

Wages for Software developers and programmers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 21232).

Median wage, Ontario
C$48.08 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$48.08 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
1,624
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$40.00

Employers in Waterloo

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Waterloo
415
Positions on positive LMIAs in Waterloo
3,607
This employer's share
0.11%
Top occupations in Waterloo
  1. Harvesting labourers562
  2. University professors and lecturers162
  3. Cooks136
  4. Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates130
  5. Food service supervisors125
  6. Carpenters115

Among LMIA employers

TextNow has 4 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #40,147 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #9,035 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Software developers and programmers, accounts for 1,300 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.15% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
40,147 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
9,035 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 21232
1,300
This employer's share
0.15%
Positions by occupation
  1. Software developers and programmers2
  2. Web developers and programmers1