Canada
Canadian employers approved to hire foreign workers
31,776 employers were issued a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment between April 2025 to March 2026, for 146,504 positions. Every one of them, by province and by trade, from the official ESDC lists. 130,727 employers with LMIA history since 2019 behind them.
By province
Where the approvals are
Ontario
46,870 positions
9,700 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 39,435 with history since 2019.
Quebec
44,731 positions
8,759 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 28,203 with history since 2019.
British Columbia
27,343 positions
6,410 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 29,844 with history since 2019.
Alberta
10,495 positions
4,146 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 22,739 with history since 2019.
New Brunswick
4,298 positions
358 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 1,151 with history since 2019.
Nova Scotia
4,119 positions
489 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 1,489 with history since 2019.
Saskatchewan
2,459 positions
878 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 3,040 with history since 2019.
Manitoba
2,096 positions
604 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 3,219 with history since 2019.
Newfoundland and Labrador
1,412 positions
76 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 305 with history since 2019.
Prince Edward Island
1,279 positions
153 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 340 with history since 2019.
Northwest Territories
75 positions
48 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 141 with history since 2019.
Yukon
47 positions
29 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 114 with history since 2019.
Nunavut
18 positions
10 employers approved, April 2025 to March 2026. 34 with history since 2019.
By trade
The trades being approved
Positions approved in our trades, April 2025 to March 2026. Click a trade for every employer approved for it.
Biggest users
The ten employers approved for most positions
In our trades and beyond, April 2025 to March 2026. Click through for the quarter-by-quarter record.
What this is
What a positive LMIA means, and what it does not
The decision
One application, one answer
A Labour Market Impact Assessment is Employment and Social Development Canada's decision on an employer's application to hire a temporary foreign worker for a position. A positive one means that application was approved. The lists name the employer, the province, the occupation and the number of positions.
What it is not
Not a vacancy, not a promise
An employer on this list hired from abroad once. It does not mean they are hiring today, that the job is still open, or that they would sponsor you. Whether a worker can take up a position is decided by the government under rules that change; the official pages below are the ones that count.
Why we publish it
Employers who know the route
These are the companies that have already done the paperwork to hire from abroad. For us, that is the shortlist of employers worth talking to, province by province and trade by trade. For a tradesperson, it is a straight answer to "who actually hires foreign workers in Canada?"
Temporary Foreign Worker ProgramESDC: how the program works for employers, the streams, and the current requirements.Work in Canada (IRCC)Work permits: who needs one, how to apply, processing times.The datasetThe positive LMIA employer lists, quarter by quarter, on the Open Government portal.
Links checked 26 October 2026.
For employers
Hiring in Canada and tired of the paperwork?
We find the people first in Canada, through our network of workers already there, and bring them in from abroad only when the local market cannot fill the role. Trade tested before you meet them. Tell us the trade and the province.
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For tradespeople and drivers
Thinking about Canada yourself?
Our Canada page tells you what the move involves, which pages decide it, and how to register so you hear first when roles open. You never pay us.
Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Positive and Negative Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Employers Lists, 2019 to the first quarter of 2026. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. A positive LMIA is a record of a past decision on one application. It is not a vacancy and not a promise of sponsorship.
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