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Posted on September 19 2024

What are LMIA-approved jobs in Canada?

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Updated September 19 2024

Canada has over 1 million job vacancies across 20+ sectors and around 232,000 Skilled Workers got jobs in multiple sectors in Canada. However, the federal government of Canada, along with the Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), uses the Labour Market Impact Assessment to ensure that jobs in Canada are offered to foreign workers only when there are no qualified native workers available for that job role. Job roles for which an employer has to get an LMIA are known as approved job roles.

 

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What is an LMIA?

The ESDC issues a document called the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) for certain employers who are willing to recruit a foreign worker for a job role in their company. A positive LMIA report for a specific job vacancy confirms that the employer can recruit a foreign worker as there are no skilled native workers available for that post.

 

Most Canadian employers require an LMIA to recruit foreign workers. Therefore, most jobs in Canada are LMIA-approved, and foreign workers must submit an LMIA while applying for a Canada work permit. However, according to a recent announcement, Canada's top 8 Tech Firms are exempt from LMIA.

 

Top 10 jobs in Canada that received LMIAs

Canada issued more than 60,000 LMIAs in 2023. The table below lists the job roles for which the majority of LMIAs were issued in 2023:

Job Title

No. of LMIAs issued in 2023

General Farm Workers

8289

Cooks

5187

Food Service Supervisors

3739

Food Counter Attendants, kitchen helpers, and related support occupations

2576

Administrative assistants

1619

Retail sales supervisors

1358

Information systems analysts and consultants

1168

Computer programmers and interactive media developers

1133

Transport truck drivers

1131

Construction trades helpers and laborers

994

Administrative officers

990

 

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