Find out if you need a Labour Market Impact Assessment

List of Labour Market Impact Assessment exemptions, how to find your exemption code and who to contact if you need help

Ineligible employers

A list of employers who have had Labour Market Impact Assessments suspended or revoked.  

Hire a temporary foreign worker in a high-wage or low-wage position

Hire a foreign worker where the wage being offered is below, at or above the median hourly wage 

Hire a temporary foreign agricultural worker

Apply for a Labour Market Impact Assessment to hire a temporary foreign agricultural worker.  

Hire a foreign in-home caregiver

Hire an in-home foreign caregiver to care for children, seniors or persons with medical needs 

Hire a skilled foreign worker

Hire skilled foreign workers and support their applications for permanent residence in Canada.  

Hire a foreign academic

Hire a foreign academic at a degree-granting post-secondary educational institution in Canada.  

Hire top foreign talent through the Global Talent Stream

Hire the specialized and in-demand talent that you need to scale up and grow.  

Hire in the province of Quebec

Hire a temporary foreign worker in the province of Quebec.  

Refusal to process an application

Refusal to process an application

Conditions which may justify that we cannot process your Labour Market Impact Assessment application.

Employer compliance

Your obligations, the conditions you must uphold as an employer and the consequences of non-compliance.  

Voluntary disclosure

Inform us if you think you are not in compliance with the conditions of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. 

Report abuses of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Anonymously report a case of potential abuse or misuse of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.  

PROCESSING TIMES.

Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Labour Market Impact Assessment processing centres

LMIA Online portal resources

Service Canada Forms

Form list

TFWP stream forms

Application type Form number

Agricultural stream EMP5519

Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program EMP5389

Global Talent Stream EMP5624

High-wage stream EMP5626

Low-wage stream EMP5627

In-home caregiver EMP5628

Permanent resident stream EMP5593

LMIA Online support

• NC-TFWP-PTET-LMIAONLINE-EIMTENLIGNE-GD@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca

Information on the TFWP and your LMIA application

• Employer Contact Centre

Job Bank

• Job Bank support

Changing name on already approved LMIA

Applying for an unnamed Labour Market Impact Assessment

Variations to minimum advertising requirements

Service Canada Labour Market Impact Assessment Processing Centres

Proof of business legitimacy (main page)

LIST OF APPLICATION FORMS

Median hourly wages by province or territory

Job Bank

How to Create a User Account on Job Bank website

How to Create an Employer File

JOB BANK FOR EMPLOYERS

LMIA APPLICATION PORTAL

Pre-arrival services: Prepare to work in Canada