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WM Sharpe Farms LTD.

LMIA employer · Guelph, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
Guelph
Positions on positive LMIAs
11
Periods listed
4
First and latest list
2018 Q2 · 2024 Q1
Positions11to 2024 Q1
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.

Approved positions by year

352018202220232024
352018202220232024
Data table
20181
20222
20233
20245
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2024 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)75101 Material handlersGuelph15
2023 Q1Low-wage stream (TFWP)75101 Material handlersGuelph13
2022 Q4Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersGuelph12
2018 Q2Primary agriculture stream (TFWP)8431 General farm workersGuelph—1
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. Material handlers8
Main occupation
75101 Material handlers
Its share of this employer's positions
72.7%
Streams used
Primary agriculture stream (TFWP), Low-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 Material handlers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 75101).

Median wage, Ontario
C$21.50 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$22.00 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
1,451
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$21.00
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 Guelph

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Guelph
317
Positions on positive LMIAs in Guelph
2,178
This employer's share
0.51%
Top occupations in Guelph
  1. Food service supervisors233
  2. Meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale199
  3. Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers192
  4. Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics162
  5. Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors141
  6. Welders and related machine operators107
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

WM Sharpe Farms LTD. has 11 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #16,888 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #3,919 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, Material handlers, accounts for 5,347 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 0.15% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
16,888 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
3,919 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 75101
5,347
This employer's share
0.15%
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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