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LMIA employer · Montréal, Quebec

Province or territory
Quebec
City
Montréal
Positions on positive LMIAs
3
Periods listed
3
First and latest list
2024 Q1 · 2025 Q4
Incorporation status (ESDC)
Corporation
Positions3to 2025 Q4
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

1220242025
1220242025
Data table
20241
20252
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)21232 Software developers and programmersMontreal11
2025 Q2Global Talent Stream (TFWP)21211 Data scientistsMontreal11
2024 Q1Global Talent Stream (TFWP)21231 Software engineers and designersMontreal11
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. Software engineers and designers1
  2. Data scientists1
  3. Software developers and programmers1
Main occupation
21231 Software engineers and designers
Its share of this employer's positions
33.3%
Streams used
Global Talent Stream (TFWP), 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 Software engineers and designers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 21231).

Median wage, Quebec
C$53.60 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$56.49 per hour
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 Montréal

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Montréal
7,572
Positions on positive LMIAs in Montréal
38,424
This employer's share
0.01%
Top occupations in Montréal
  1. Graphic designers and illustrators3,501
  2. Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses1,353
  3. Cooks1,337
  4. Other performers1,010
  5. Software engineers and designers984
  6. University professors and lecturers722
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

Upgrade has 3 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #50,241 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #11,208 of 31,216 in Quebec. Its main occupation, Software engineers and designers, accounts for 10,315 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.01% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
50,241 of 151,287
Rank in Quebec
11,208 of 31,216
Positions nationally, NOC 21231
10,315
This employer's share
0.01%
Positions by occupation
  1. Software engineers and designers1
  2. Data scientists1
  3. Software developers and programmers1
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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