Requirements for Job Wage

Based on the offered amount to be paid to the foreign worker, application is submitted under High-wage or Low-wage LMIA stream.

The exception is made in the case of employing permanent or seasonal Agricultural workers.

Wage based LMIA selection:

 
• If the proposed amount to be paid surpasses the amount a provincial worker gets per hour, it would go under the High-wage stream. For High-wage, advertisement has to run for 4 weeks.
• On the other hand, if the proposed wage is less than province-based workers’ earn per hour, it would go under the Low-wage stream. For Low-wage, no less than 5 weeks of advertisement is needed. The work permit seeker has to apply under LMIA after running the first add and the time limit is 3 months. 
 

Provincial Median Wages per hour (updated on 2019):

 
 There are varieties in the amount workers earn in each province. Here is a list of median wages paid in different territories. 

• Prince Edward Island: 19.49 dollars per hour.
• Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: 20 dollars per hour.
• Manitoba: 21 dollars per hour.
• Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec: 22 dollars per hour.
• Ontario: 23.08 dollars per hour.
• B.C.: 23.98 dollars per hour.
• Saskatchewan: 24.52 dollars per hour.
• Alberta: 26.67 dollars per hour.
• Yukon and Nunavut: 30 dollars per hour.
• Northwest Territories: 34 dollars per hour.