Canada’s Top job offers for LMIA | exempt work permit holders: In 2021 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued more than 315,000 work permits which most of them fall under the International Mobility Program (IMP) alone and then Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) have around 104,000 work permits issued.
Well, the only difference between these programs is LMIA (Labor Market Impact Assessment ). IMP work permits do not require LMIA well TFWP requires employers to complete LMIAs to show there are no workers in Canada available to do a job, and hence hiring of a foreign worker is necessary. IMP falls under significant benefit and reciprocal employment categories. The government defines “significant benefit” as a foreign national whose work will benefit Canadians socially, economically.
Reciprocal Employment is when Canada has a deal with a county, which allows for the exchange of workers across borders who will then be allowed to work within the country for a specific time. The labor market is believed to be neutral as workers come down to Canada for similar opportunities.
The IRCC regularly publishes data on Temporary residents and permanent residents. Then this data shows where you were most likely to find IMP holders last year.
Canada’s Top job Offers & States with most IMP work permits
Ontario had the highest number of work permits which comes around 135,000 IMP work permits in 2021, the least was Nunavut with just 35 IMP work permits.
| Province | IMP work Permits issued |
| Ontario | 135,000 |
| British Columbia | 55,315 |
| Quebec | 42,910 |
| —- | 27,420 |
| Alberta | 19,670 |
| Manitoba | 11,565 |
| Nova Scotia | 7,605 |
| Saskatchewan | 6,710 |
| New Brunswick | 4,440 |
| Prince Edward Island | 2,100 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1,815 |
| Yukon | 565 |
| Northwest Territories | 175 |
| Nunavut | 35 |
Major Occupations by The Top 5 Provinces
In order to get a work permit in Canada, you have to be eligible for an IMP or TFWP stream. These lists just indicate the most common instances of a certain NOC being listed.
Ontario
| NOC-Occupation | IMP work permits issued in 2021 |
| 2174- Computer programmers and media developers | 2,810 |
| 2171-Information Systems analysts and consultants | 2,235 |
| 2173-Software Engineers and Designers | 2,035 |
| 4011-University Professors and Lecturers | 1,355 |
| 3111-Specialist Physicians | 1,350 |
Tech jobs were highly listed on Ontario’s IMP work permits. Computer Programmers and interactive media developers took the spot, followed by information system analytics.
British Columbia
| NOC-Occupation | IMP work permits issued in 2021 |
| 2173-Software Engineers and designers | 1,395 |
| 5135-Actors and Comedians | 785 |
| 5241-Graphic designers & Illustrators | 680 |
| 4011-University Professors | 670 |
| 2171-Informative system analytics | 360 |
The table shows that Software Engineers are the most common choice of job in British Columbia and then comes Actors and Comedians and Graphic designers.
Quebec
| NOC-Occupation | IMP work permits issued in 2021 |
| 5241-Graphic designers & Illustrators | 1,295 |
| 4011-University Professors & Illustrators | 1.070 |
| 4012-Post Secondary teaching and research assistants | 515 |
| 3111-Specialist Physicians | 450 |
| 5131-Producers, directors | 250 |
Graphic Designers & Illustrators hold the first position in Quebec in terms of LMIA- exempt work holders last year. University Professors and Illustrators came in second. Followed by post-secondary teachers and research assistants, Specialist Physicians, Producers, and directors.
Alberta
| NOC-Occupation | IMP work permits in 2021 |
| 4011-University Professors and Lecturers | 530 |
| 6311-Food Service Supervisors | 325 |
| 4012-Post secondary and research assistants | 260 |
| 6322-Cooks | 240 |
| 7511-Transport Truck Drivers | 150 |
University Professors and Lecturers hold the first position in terms of LMIA- exempt work holders last year, Foodservice supervisors. Then comes post-secondary and research assistants on third and fourth you have the cooks.
Manitoba
| NOC-Occupation | IMP Work permits in 2021 |
| 9462-Industrial butchers and meat cutters | 360 |
| 7511-Transport Truck Drivers | 305 |
| 5251-Athletes | 135 |
| 6322-Cooks | 120 |
Industrial Butchers and meat cutters come to the first and then come transport truck drivers and in the third and fourth you have Athletes and Cooks.
British Columbia PNP tech draw issued 140 Immigration invitations
The Process of having LMIA-Exempt Work permits
The first step to get an LMIA-exempt work permit is to be qualified for an open work permit, which will then allow you to hold any job in any Canadian Province for any Canadian Employer. This all falls under IMP and there are open work permits for international school graduates.
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