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VIR ENTERPRISES INC

LMIA employer · Medicine Hat, Alberta

Province or territory
Alberta
City
Medicine Hat
Positions on positive LMIAs
17
Periods listed
6
First and latest list
2022 Q2 · 2025 Q4
Positions17to 2025 Q4
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.

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks8
  2. Food service supervisors5
  3. Restaurant and food service managers3
  4. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations1
Main occupation
63200 Cooks
Its share of this employer's positions
47.1%
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 Wage00014 Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services, n.e.c.1
Positions on negative LMIAs
1
Share of all listed positions that were positive
94.4%

Wages for Cooks

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

Median wage, Alberta
C$17.50 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$18.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in Alberta, Jan–Sep 2026
5,297
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$17.50

Employers in Medicine Hat

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Medicine Hat
181
Positions on positive LMIAs in Medicine Hat
2,784
This employer's share
0.61%
Top occupations in Medicine Hat
  1. Nursery and greenhouse labourers838
  2. Harvesting labourers389
  3. Food service supervisors189
  4. Cooks136
  5. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations81
  6. Light duty cleaners24

Among LMIA employers

VIR ENTERPRISES INC has 17 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #11,303 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #1,283 of 29,436 in Alberta. Its main occupation, Cooks, accounts for 62,700 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.01% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
11,303 of 151,287
Rank in Alberta
1,283 of 29,436
Positions nationally, NOC 63200
62,700
This employer's share
0.01%
Positions by occupation
  1. Cooks8
  2. Food service supervisors5
  3. Restaurant and food service managers3
  4. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations1