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Waterfront Employers of BC

LMIA employer · Vancouver, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Vancouver
Positions on positive LMIAs
2
Periods listed
2
First and latest list
2023 Q1 · 2024 Q3
Positions2to 2024 Q3
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

1120232024
1120232024
Data table
20231
20241
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2024 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)13102 Payroll administratorsVancouver11
2023 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)11200 Human resources professionalsVancouver11
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. Human resources professionals1
  2. Payroll administrators1
Main occupation
11200 Human resources professionals
Its share of this employer's positions
50.0%
Streams used
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 Human resources professionals

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 11200).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$43.27 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$40.87 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
350
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$37.67
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 Vancouver

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Vancouver
6,187
Positions on positive LMIAs in Vancouver
37,509
This employer's share
0.01%
Top occupations in Vancouver
  1. Cooks5,832
  2. Graphic designers and illustrators4,162
  3. Software engineers and designers3,325
  4. Food service supervisors2,806
  5. Restaurant and food service managers662
  6. Carpenters597
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

Waterfront Employers of BC has 2 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #65,042 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #16,304 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Human resources professionals, accounts for 337 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.30% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
65,042 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
16,304 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 11200
337
This employer's share
0.30%
Positions by occupation
  1. Human resources professionals1
  2. Payroll administrators1
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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