Foundry workers
Occupation · NOC 2021 94101 · Canada
- NOC 2021 code
- 94101
- TEER
- 4
- Positions on positive LMIAs, all lists
- 478
- Median wage, Canada
- C$25.00 per hour
- Job Bank postings, Jan–Sep 2026
- 98
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About this occupation
Foundry workers make foundry moulds and cores by hand or machine, cast molten metal, and operate furnaces in the foundry industry. They are employed by metal foundries and foundry departments of metal products manufacturing companies.
Example job titles
- bench moulder - foundry
- casting machine operator - foundry
- ceramic mouldmaker - foundry
- die-casting machine operator
- foundry worker
- furnace operator - foundry
- manual moulder
- melter - foundry
- pit moulder
- sand coremaker
- sand moulder
Main duties
- This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Mouldmakers and coremakers
- Make and repair sand moulds using patterns, moulding boxes, sand and hand tools following bench, floor or pit moulding methods
- Operate ovens to dry moulds
- Make cores for use inside moulds to form holes or void spaces in castings using core boxes, sand, hammer and wire or other reinforcing material
- Coat cores with protective materials and bake cores in oven
- Set up, adjust and operate various mouldmaking and coremaking machines to make sand and ceramics moulds and cores
- May pour molten metal into moulds to produce metal castings.
- Metal casters
- Set up and operate various casting machines to cast ferrous and non-ferrous metal products; hand ladle and pour molten metal into moulds to produce castings.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is required.
- Several weeks of on-the-job training are required.
Temporary foreign worker positions (LMIA)
Positions on positive LMIAs in ESDC employer lists, by year of the list.
Approved positions by year
Data table
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2020 | 45 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2022 | 98 |
| 2023 | 116 |
| 2024 | 85 |
| 2025 | 67 |
| 2026 | 4 |
- Soucy Belgen inc.69
- Canada Pipe Company ULC61
- Métallurgie Castech52
- CIF Métal Ltée42
- Métallurgie Castech Inc32
- Paber Aluminium Inc.26
- Lethbridge Iron Works Co. Ltd.20
- FjordAl Aluminium inc.17
- Fondremy Inc.14
- Soucy Belgen Sainte-Claire inc.14
- Canimex14
- Fonderie Saguenay Ltée13
- Ruskcast Inc9
- SNOC 1954 INC.7
- Mitchell Aerospace Inc.7
Work permits
Work permit holders by year the permit took effect, mapped from NOC 2016 where the code has a single NOC 2021 successor (IRCC).
| Year | TFWP permits | IMP permits |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 0 |
| 2025 | 20 | 0 |
| 2024 | 115 | 0 |
| 2023 | 100 | 0 |
| 2022 | 55 | 0 |
| 2021 | 25 | 0 |
| 2020 | 40 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 |
All work permits by year
Data table
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2020 | 40 |
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2022 | 55 |
| 2023 | 100 |
| 2024 | 115 |
| 2025 | 20 |
| 2026 | 40 |
Wages
Median wage by province and territory (2025 release). Hourly unless marked per year.
| Area | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | C$18.50 | C$25.00 | C$34.45 |
| Ontario | C$18.23 | C$23.00 | C$29.29 |
| Quebec | C$19.95 | C$28.77 | C$39.99 |
- Job Bank postings, Jan–Sep 2026
- 98
- Vacancies advertised
- 313
- Median advertised minimum hourly wage
- C$24.76
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