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West Beach Ice Cream Ltd.

LMIA employer · Victoria, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Victoria
Positions on positive LMIAs
4
Periods listed
5
First and latest list
2019 Q4 · 2025 Q4
Positions4to 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

2320242025
2320242025
Data table
20243
20251

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations2
  2. Food service supervisors2
Main occupation
65201 Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations
Its share of this employer's positions
50.0%
Streams used
High-wage stream (TFWP), Low-wage stream (TFWP), LMIA for permanent residence only

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 Q4Low Wage65201 Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations1
2019 Q4Low Wage6311 Food service supervisors1
Positions on negative LMIAs
2
Share of all listed positions that were positive
66.7%

Wages for Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 65201).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$17.85 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$16.55 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
4,740
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$18.00

Employers in Victoria

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Victoria
1,176
Positions on positive LMIAs in Victoria
6,663
This employer's share
0.06%
Top occupations in Victoria
  1. Cooks1,277
  2. Food service supervisors1,156
  3. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations448
  4. Nursery and greenhouse labourers356
  5. Early childhood educators and assistants275
  6. Light duty cleaners203

Among LMIA employers

West Beach Ice Cream Ltd. has 4 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #40,147 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #10,447 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations, accounts for 25,150 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.01% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
40,147 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
10,447 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 65201
25,150
This employer's share
0.01%
Positions by occupation
  1. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations2
  2. Food service supervisors2