International citizens may qualify for an LMIA-excluded work permit if employed by one of eight Canadian firms heavily based in the tech industry.
Early this month, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) presented a new work permit under the Innovation stream.
The innovation stream is among the four pillars of Canada’s Tech Talent Strategy, which was formed to promote economic development by enticing skills into Canada. You can discover information on the six firms that are presently employing, the types of positions they are seeking, and their advantages:
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Ada Support Inc
Toronto-based Ada was introduced in 2016 to modify client service from agent-driven to AI-navigated. It offers firms and their clients globally AI-fueled client service across mediums and languages.
While Ada is a remote firm, it needs specific applicants in certain regions. Other firm perks include the prospect of working from overseas, stock alternatives, unrestricted holidays, and a home office budget.
The firm presently possesses over 15 open roles across item growth, revenue, operations, funds, and client experience. Most sample opening roles include:
- Manager, Sales Development (Toronto)
- HR Generalist (Toronto)
- Senior technical writer (remote- Canada)
- Staff software engineer, solutions (remote- Canada)
- DevOps Engineer (remote – Canada)
AlayaCare
Montreal-headquartered AlayaCare was established in 2014 with a vision to resolve healthcare difficulties via AI and technology, mainly in the home care industry. The firm’s cloud-based software enables its customers to ease several projects, including managing workers, booking, billing, etc.
It employs over 550 workers in Canada, Brazil, Australia, and the US. In Canada, the firm has many openings in Montreal or Toronto. Some roles require bilingualism, either French or English.
Most sample opening roles include:
- Engineering manager (Montreal, Quebec)
- Bilingual Senior Technical Services experts (Montreal, Quebec)
- Senior Developer, booking (Montreal, Quebec)
- Implementation experts (Toronto)
- Senior DevOps Analyst (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
CellCarta
This Montreal-based firm uses research and technology to identify the disparity between issues and cells and recognize biomarkers, leading to more targeted therapies and diagnoses.
This enhanced the customization of ailment detection and prevention techniques and promoted more targeted therapies.
Some sample openings roles include:
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- Global technology architecture manager (Montreal)
- Global revenue accounting manager (remote)
Clarius Mobile Health
This is a British Columbia-based firm established in 2014 to make inexpensive ultrasound instruments available to all medical experts.
In 2024, the firm got a license from Great Place to Work, a global authority on workplace culture based on worker feedback. Most gains involve hybrid employment settings, worker identification programs, expert advancement programs, and team events. Currently, Clarius possesses just one vacancy in Canada:
- Manufacturing Technician (Vancouver)
Clio
This assists attorneys in handling tasks from customer intake and contact management to tracking time, billing, reimbursements, and more via its cloud-based legal technology.
Besides British Columbia headquarters, Clio presently possesses offices in Calgary, Toronto, and Dublin. It also has remote roles and a hybrid employment model based on the position. Most sample opening role has to do with the following:
- Director, product research (Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary with remote alternative obtainable
- Account executive, client sales (Calgary and Vancouver)
- Data scientist (Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver with remote alternative obtainable)
- Account executive, mid-market (Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver)
- Customer onboarding experts (Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary)
- Business development representative (Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary)
Lightspeed Commerce
Established in Montreal in 2005, it offers firms a one-stop commerce forum, assisting them to ease and scale up functions. Lightspeed presently possesses several openings in Canada, distributed across central Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, with some remote prospects also available. Some sample opening roles include:
- Senior product manager, payment processing (Montreal)
- Team lead, software development (Montreal)
- Senior site reliability engineer (Ottawa)
- Staff software developer (Ottawa)
- Senior strategic pricing experts (Montreal)
- Software development manager (Toronto)
How Firms Are Picked For Employer-specific Work Permits Under The Innovation Stream
The innovation stream awards LMIA-excluded work permits to employers partaking in the Global Hypergrowth Project.
The Canadian authority established GHP to assist creative Canadian firms in developing. The notion supporting the project is to sponsor Canadian firms in developing employment prospects, sponsor small businesses, and promote economic development. The first eight firms selected, mentioned above, are entirely home-developed enterprises that the authority has recognized as sector leaders and innovators.
