These eight companies can grant LMIA-exempt work permits in Canada – and some are hiring

High-skilled foreign nationals with a job offer from eight specific Canadian companies qualify for a Labour Market Impact Assessment*-exempt work permit—meaning these companies can facilitate the issuance of employer-specific work permits with greater ease than other employers in Canada.

That’s because these eight companies are all participating in the Global Hypergrowth Project, making them eligible for a five-year employer-specific work permit under the Innovation Stream.

The GHP is an initiative launched by the government of Canada to help innovative companies scale up and give them greater access to key foreign workers.

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This week, Canada extended the Innovation Stream pilot for two more years. It is now slated to continue to operate until March 22, 2028.

* Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) are labour market tests that support the hiring of a foreign national in Canada. To obtain one, employers need to meet multiple additional requirements under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The ability to enable the issuance of LMIA-exempt work permits allows employers to side-step much of this extra work.

What companies are participating in the GHP?

Company	Headquartered in	Hiring in Canada	Location of hiring
Ada Support Inc.	Toronto, Ontario	Yes	Remote, across Canada
AlayaCare	Montreal, Quebec	Yes	In Toronto and Montreal
Clarius Mobile Health	Vancouver, British Columbia	Yes	Mostly in Vancouver
Clio	Burnaby, British Columbia	Yes	Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary
Lightspeed Commerce	Montreal, Quebec	Yes	Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa
CellCarta	Montreal, Quebec	Not in Canada	Only hiring for international positions, and internships in Montreal
Duchesnay Pharmaceutical Group	Montreal, Quebec	Not in Canda	Not hiring
Vive Crop Protection	Mississauga, Ontario	Not in Canada	Only hiring in locations in the US

*Although some companies are or are not currently hiring, this may change in the future.

Details on the companies, their employee benefits, and vacancies can be seen below:

Which of these companies is currently hiring?

Ada Support Inc.

Ada Support Inc. is a Toronto-based customer service company that builds AI agents and automation tools. Launched in 2016, it helps large businesses handle customer support across channels like chat, messaging, and voice.

The company is remote, although it says it often plans off-sites and team gatherings in its downtown Toronto office throughout the year.

Company perks include stock options, a health and lifestyle spending account, a top-up benefit for employees on parental leave, unlimited vacation, dedicated learning and development budget, and a home office budget of $1,000.

As of the time of writing, these are some of its vacant positions:

• Customer solutions consultant II (remote – Canada)
• Senior demand generation manager (remote – Canada)
• Engineering team lead, training (remote – Canada)
• Senior cloud security engineer (remote – Canada)
• Technical product manager (remote – Canada)
• Sales development representative (Toronto)
• Senior data analyst (remote – Canada)

AlayaCare

Founded in 2014, AlayaCare Inc. is a health-tech company that provides cloud-based software for home and community care organizations.

The company is headquartered in Montreal, and it helps care providers manage operations such as intake, scheduling, and payroll.

In Canada, the company has vacancies in Toronto and Montreal. Some employee benefits include a flexible vacation policy, health benefits package, career development and internal mobility, and team events.

As of the time of writing, some sample vacant positions are:

• Customer success program manager, bilingual (Toronto)
• Senior Integration Developer (Toronto)
• Product manager (Montreal)
• FP&A analyst (Toronto)
• AI & automation specialist (Montreal)
• Customer enablement specialist (Toronto)

Clarius

Clarius Mobile Health is a Canadian medtech company. Based in Vancouver and founded in 2014, the company develops wireless handheld ultrasound scanners and related AI-enabled imaging tools to make medical imaging more accessible.

Clarius highlights numerous benefits for employees, including flexible hours with work-from-home options, professional development funding, and volunteer days and events.
Its careers page also emphasizes its Great Place to Work certification.

At the moment, the company has a handful of positions, mostly in Vancouver

• Manufacturing and materials technician (Vancouver)
• Inside sales representative (remote, Canada)
• Inside sales representative (Greater Vancouver)

Candidates can also submit applications for future opportunities through its general application page.

Clio

Clio is a Canadian legaltech company founded in 2008; it builds cloud-based legal practice management software that helps law firms manage operations, serve clients, and grow their firms.

It is headquartered in Vancouver, BC, with additional hubs in Toronto, Calgary, Manchester, Sydney, and Dublin.

For employees, Clio offers benefits such as equitable compensation, pay transparency on global roles, company equity for eligible employees, RRSP matching in Canada, minimum 4 weeks paid time off, parental leave options, health/dental/vision coverage, and wellness support.

As of the time of writing, Clio is hiring for positions across Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary.

• Account executive, Velocity (Toronto, Vancouver)
• Accounting manager (Vancouver)
• Administrative assistant (Toronto)
• Customer success manager (Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary)
• Director of sales SMB (Vancouver)
• Director, demand generation (Toronto, Vancouver)
• Director, product management – international (Calgary, Toronto)
• IT procurement specialist (Vancouver, Toronto)
• Senior demand generation manager, enterprise (Toronto)
• Senior executive assistant, administration (Toronto)

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Lightspeed Commerce

Lightspeed Commerce is a Montreal-headquartered technology company founded in 2005.

It provides a unified point-of-sale and payments platform for retailers, restaurants, and hospitality businesses globally.

The company boasts employee perks such as flexible paid time off, up to two months of remote work per year, equity options, pension plan contributions, training opportunities, health and wellness credit, paid volunteer time, employee-led networks and culture clubs, and a computer purchase program

As of the time of writing, these are some of its vacant positions:

• AI enablement specialist, (Toronto)
• AI marketing technologist (Montreal)
• Director, growth marketing (Ottawa)
• Executive assistant (Montreal)
• Head of product design, retail (Toronto)
• Inbound account executive, retail (Montreal)
• Principal software developer (Vancouver)
• Product manager III, Golf (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto)
• Senior benefits analyst (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Senior marketing coordinator (Canada)
• Staff iOS Developer (Ottawa)

Companies not currently hiring in Canada

CellCarta

CellCarta is a Montreal-based health and life sciences company that provides specialized laboratory and biomarker testing services.

The company uses its technology and research to identify biomarkers – which help predict how a patient responds to treatment and develops disease - resulting in more targeted therapies.

At the moment, CellCarta has only internship positions listed on its website.

Vive Crop Protection

Founded in 2006, Vive Crop Protection is a Canadian agtech company headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario.

The company says it develops crop protection products using its patented Allosperse® Delivery Technology,to help farmers improve efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and simplify applications in the field.

The company currently has only US vacancies listed on its website.

Duchesnay Pharmaceutical Group (DPG)

With roots in Quebec, Duchesnay is a pharmaceutical company focused on women’s health and the treatment of rare diseases.

The company’s head office and manufacturing facility is located in Blainville, Quebec, and it exports treatments to over 50 countries around the world.

DGP is not currently hiring.

Note: Applicants should be wary of fraudulent job offers or scams, and confirm that any opportunity is listed on the employer’s official careers page.

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