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York University

LMIA employer · Toronto, Ontario

Province or territory
Ontario
City
Toronto
Positions on positive LMIAs
81
Periods listed
29
First and latest list
Jun–Dec 2014 · 2026 Q1
Positions81to 2026 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

6112014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
61120142017202020232026
Data table
20141
201511
20166
20176
20184
201911
20209
202111
202211
20235
20241
20254
20261
PeriodStreamOccupation (NOC)Work locationLMIAsPositions
2026 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto11
2025 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)00013 Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizationsToronto11
2025 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto22
2025 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto11
2024 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto11
2023 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto11
2023 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto33
2023 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto11
2022 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto44
2022 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—6
2022 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto11
2021 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto22
2021 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—1
2021 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—5
2021 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—3
2020 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—3
2020 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—3
2020 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—2
2020 Q1High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—1
2019 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—1
2019 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—2
2019 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—8
2018 Q3High-wage stream (TFWP)40020 Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational trainingToronto—1
2018 Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—3
2017 Q4High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—1
2017 Q1–Q2High-wage stream (TFWP)41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—5
2016—41200 University professors and lecturersToronto—6
2015——Toronto—11
Jun–Dec 2014——Toronto—1

Occupations

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

Positions by occupation
  1. University professors and lecturers67
  2. Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training1
  3. Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations1
Main occupation
41200 University professors and lecturers
Its share of this employer's positions
82.7%
Streams used
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
2022 Q3High Wage4011 University professors and lecturers1
Positions on negative LMIAs
1
Share of all listed positions that were positive
98.8%

Wages for University professors and lecturers

Prevailing wages for this employer's main occupation (NOC 41200).

Median wage, Ontario
C$64.10 per hour
Median wage, Canada
C$58.89 per hour
Job Bank postings in Ontario, Jan–Sep 2026
167
Median advertised minimum hourly wage
C$27.00

Employers in Toronto

Other employers with positive LMIAs at the same location.

LMIA employers in Toronto
8,157
Positions on positive LMIAs in Toronto
33,133
This employer's share
0.24%
Top occupations in Toronto
  1. Cooks3,073
  2. Software engineers and designers2,531
  3. Food service supervisors1,901
  4. Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations1,360
  5. Chefs739
  6. Restaurant and food service managers612

Among LMIA employers

York University has 81 positions on positive LMIAs, ranking #2,585 of 151,287 LMIA employers in Canada and #857 of 42,872 in Ontario. Its main occupation, University professors and lecturers, accounts for 3,232 approved positions nationally; this employer holds 2.07% of them.

Rank in Canada by positions
2,585 of 151,287
Rank in Ontario
857 of 42,872
Positions nationally, NOC 41200
3,232
This employer's share
2.07%
Positions by occupation
  1. University professors and lecturers67
  2. Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training1
  3. Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations1