FAQ

  • This data has been taken directly from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

  • While published data goes back to 2014, at time of writing I have not had time to add all of the data to the site.

  • The provinces of ON, QC and BC had so many different postal codes that they exceeded the limits of the map visual.

    In order to ensure all points appear I've used postal codes to separate the following regions:

    • The GTA: Postal codes beginning with M or L

    • Montreal: Postal codes beginning with H

    • Vancouver: Postal codes beginning with V3-V7, excluding V3G, V4S, V4T, V4V, V4W, V4X and V4Z.

    Some areas that are well outside the GTA and Vancouver were included to keep the number of points under the limit.

  • In early 2022 LMIA restrictions were significantly reduced. Specifically:

    • The limit to the number of low-wage positions that employers in seasonal industries, such as fish and seafood processing, can fill through the TFW Program was removed. In addition, the maximum duration of these positions was increased from 180 to 270 days per year.

    • LMIAs became valid for 18 months, an increase from 9 months. (Prior to COVID-19, LMIA’s were valid for 6 months).

    • The maximum duration of employment for High-Wage and Global Talent Streams workers was extended from two years to three years.

  • Starting September 2024, the following measures were implemented for low-wage LMIA applications:

    • Low-wage positions in census metropolitan areas with an unemployment rate of 6% or higher won't be processed

    • In some sectors, the 20% cap on the proportion of low-wage positions was reduced to 10%

    • In the construction and healthcare sectors, the cap on the proportion of low-wage positions was reduced to 20%

    • The maximum employment duration for low-wage positions was reduced from 2 years to 1

  • Names and addresses were copied "as is" from the Government of Canada's dataincluding any spelling mistakes. Many postal codes were missing characters, causing points to appear in other countries. City names were also spelled incorrectly or abbreviated, including roughly a dozen different attempts to spell "Mississauga". There are likely errors in the other columns as well (postal codes employer names, occupation titles) but I will not be checking as I don't have time to manually verify the ~100,000 assessments in the map.