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Western Island Developments Ltd.

LMIA employer · Nanaimo, British Columbia

Province or territory
British Columbia
City
Nanaimo
Positions on positive LMIAs
3
Periods listed
2
First and latest list
2025 Q1 · 2026 Q1
Positions3to 2026 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
3
Year
2025
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2025 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)72310 CarpentersNanaimo13
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. Carpenters3
Main occupation
72310 Carpenters
Its share of this employer's positions
100.0%
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

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
2026 Q1High Wage72310 Carpenters1
Positions on negative LMIAs
1
Share of all listed positions that were positive
75.0%
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 Carpenters

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 72310).

Median wage, British Columbia
C$32.00 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$32.12 per hour
Job Bank postings in British Columbia, Jan–Sep 2026
3,693
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$36.60
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 Nanaimo

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Nanaimo
337
Positions on positive LMIAs in Nanaimo
2,025
This employer's share
0.15%
Top occupations in Nanaimo
  1. Food service supervisors552
  2. Cooks354
  3. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations180
  4. Restaurant and food service managers129
  5. Retail sales supervisors77
  6. Fish and seafood plant workers68
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

Western Island Developments Ltd. has 3 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #50,241 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #12,795 of 34,090 in British Columbia. Its main occupation, Carpenters, accounts for 13,385 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.02% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
50,241 of 151,287
Rank in British Columbia
12,795 of 34,090
Positions nationally, NOC 72310
13,385
This employer's share
0.02%
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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