# Canada Job Bank Jobs vs LMIA Demand by Occupation (`bigdws77/canada-jobs-lmia-demand`) Actor

Compare Canada's official Job Bank postings with Positive LMIA approvals by NOC occupation, province and city: vacancies, median wages and TFW approvals side by side, or individual postings flagged with local LMIA activity. ESDC open data, no scraping.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bigdws77/canada-jobs-lmia-demand.md
- **Developed by:** [Pulse Data](https://apify.com/bigdws77) (community)
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Canada Job Bank Postings × LMIA Demand

See where Canadian employers are hiring **and** where they are getting approval to hire temporary foreign workers, occupation by occupation. This Actor joins two official Government of Canada open datasets:

- **Job Bank job postings** (monthly), published by ESDC
- **Positive LMIA Employers List** (quarterly), published by ESDC

For every NOC 2021 occupation and province (or city), you get current postings, vacancies, a median hourly wage, and positive LMIA approvals side by side. No scraping and no logins: only the official open data files, under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

### What you get

**Occupation summary** (default): one row per occupation and province (or city). Example values are from a real run: cooks in Ontario, August 2026 postings vs. LMIAs 2025Q2–2026Q1.

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `nocCode` / `occupation` | `63200` / `Cooks` |
| `province` / `provinceCode` / `city` | `Ontario` / `ON` / `Toronto` (city only when grouped by city) |
| `jobBankMonths` | `["2026-08"]` |
| `jobPostings` / `jobVacancies` | `638` / `846` |
| `medianHourlyWage` / `wageSampleSize` | `20.00` / `634` |
| `pctPermanent` (also `pctFullTime`, `pctViaPlacementAgency`) | `57.7` (permanent) |
| `lmiaQuarters` | `["2025Q2","2025Q3","2025Q4","2026Q1"]` |
| `lmiaApprovedPositions` / `lmiaEmployers` | `1229` / `732` |
| `lmiaMainStreams` | `["Low Wage", "High Wage", "Permanent Resident Only"]` |
| `lmiaPositionsPer100Vacancies` | `145.3` |

**Individual postings**: each Job Bank posting (job title, NOC, first posting date, vacancies, city, postal FSA, employment type and term, education and experience level, salary text and an estimated hourly wage), annotated with LMIA approvals for the same occupation in the same province and city.

Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, call it through the Apify API, or schedule it monthly.

### Typical uses

- **Immigration and workforce research:** which occupations and regions rely most on the TFW program compared with how much they advertise locally.
- **Recruiters and HR teams:** benchmark posted wages and demand by occupation and city.
- **Job seekers and advisers:** find occupations and cities where employers are both advertising and obtaining LMIAs, then search Job Bank itself for current openings.
- **Journalists and policy analysts:** track LMIA reliance against local job advertising over time.

### How matching works

The Job Bank open file **does not include employer names**, so postings are matched to LMIA approvals by **occupation (NOC 2021) and place**, not by employer. A posting row tells you "employers in this occupation and province received N positive LMIAs recently". It does **not** say this particular employer holds an LMIA. For employer-level LMIA data, use our [Canada LMIA Employers List](https://apify.com/bigdws77/canada-lmia-employers) Actor.

Hourly wages are estimates, taken from the midpoint of the posted range and normalised from yearly, monthly, weekly or bi-weekly pay using the posted hours (40 h/week if none).

### FAQ

**How current is the data?** ESDC publishes each month's Job Bank file early in the following month, and the LMIA list quarterly. The Actor always uses the latest files published.

**Does it include employer names or contact details?** No. The Job Bank open data has no employer names, and this Actor publishes no personal information. Locations are limited to city, province and the first three characters of the postal code.

**Is a positive LMIA a job offer?** No. It means ESDC confirmed an employer may hire a temporary foreign worker for a position. It is not a job opening, a hire, or a guarantee of anything.

**Can I get live postings?** This Actor uses the official monthly open-data release rather than scraping jobbank.gc.ca, so it trails the live site by about a month.

### Important notes

- Information only, not legal or immigration advice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Government of Canada.
- Don't use this data for unsolicited commercial messages; Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) and privacy laws still apply.
- To report a problem or request a correction, open an issue on this Actor's **Issues** tab.

### Source and licence

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Sources: Employment and Social Development Canada, *Job Postings Advertised on Canada's National Job Bank Website* and *Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP): Positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Employers List*, open.canada.ca.

# Actor input Schema

## `outputMode` (type: `string`):

'occupations' = one row per occupation (NOC) and place with postings, vacancies, median wage and LMIA approvals. 'postings' = individual Job Bank postings, each annotated with LMIA activity for the same occupation and place.

## `provinces` (type: `array`):

Two-letter codes, e.g. ON, BC, AB, QC. Leave empty for all of Canada.

## `nocCodes` (type: `array`):

Occupation codes or prefixes, e.g. 73400 or 7 (all trades). Leave empty for all occupations.

## `occupationKeywords` (type: `array`):

Match words in the NOC occupation name, e.g. cook, welder, software.

## `groupBy` (type: `string`):

Summarise occupations by province, or by city within each province (occupation summary only).

## `onlyWithLmiaActivity` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only rows where employers received positive LMIAs for the same occupation and province in the selected quarters.

## `months` (type: `integer`):

How many of the latest monthly Job Bank files to include (1–3). ESDC publishes each month's file early the following month.

## `lmiaQuarters` (type: `integer`):

How many of the latest quarterly Positive LMIA lists to include (1–8).

## `minPostings` (type: `integer`):

Occupation summary only: drop rows with fewer Job Bank postings than this.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many results (0 = no limit).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "outputMode": "occupations",
  "provinces": [
    "ON",
    "BC"
  ],
  "groupBy": "province",
  "onlyWithLmiaActivity": true,
  "months": 1,
  "lmiaQuarters": 4,
  "minPostings": 0,
  "maxItems": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "provinces": [
        "ON",
        "BC"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bigdws77/canada-jobs-lmia-demand").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "provinces": [
        "ON",
        "BC",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bigdws77/canada-jobs-lmia-demand").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "provinces": [
    "ON",
    "BC"
  ]
}' |
apify call bigdws77/canada-jobs-lmia-demand --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bigdws77/canada-jobs-lmia-demand"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/T8zfbq7r6tuYnWtO3/builds/5vrddVLDkJeJa4r3T/openapi.json