LMIA CheckAt a glance
28
New bans this month
+18 vs last month
8
Employers fined this month
fined, no hiring ban
$1.2M
Penalties this month
bans and fines
95
Currently banned
active bans
745
Total on record
all time
0
Bans expired this month
now eligible again
$30.0M
Total fines issued
all time
New bans — February 2025
28 employers added to the non-compliant list
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
PEI · Feb 28, 2025 · $50,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Alberta · Feb 28, 2025 · $40,000
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Ontario · Feb 21, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Feb 20, 2025 · $75,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Alberta · Feb 20, 2025 · $105,000
- ›Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Feb 20, 2025 · $13,000
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Feb 18, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Feb 17, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Feb 17, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Nova Scotia · Feb 14, 2025 · $36,000
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Alberta · Feb 14, 2025 · $60,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Nova Scotia · Feb 14, 2025 · $12,250
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
- ›Did not provide private bedroom and bathroom for worker who developed COVID-19 symptoms
British Columbia · Feb 14, 2025 · $45,000
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Ontario · Feb 10, 2025 · $105,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Feb 10, 2025 · $53,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Feb 10, 2025 · $30,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Feb 7, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Manitoba · Feb 7, 2025 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Manitoba · Feb 7, 2025 · $33,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
- ›Did not provide foreign worker with information on their rights in Canada on first day
British Columbia · Feb 7, 2025 · $24,000
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Feb 6, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Feb 5, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Saskatchewan · Feb 4, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Feb 3, 2025 · $30,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Feb 3, 2025 · $25,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Fined — no hiring ban — February 2025
8 employers penalised but still eligible to hire
Quebec · Feb 28, 2025
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
- ›Did not obtain and pay for private health insurance for worker not covered by provincial plan
Saskatchewan · Feb 3, 2025
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
Alberta · Feb 20, 2025
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Manitoba · Feb 4, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Feb 17, 2025
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Feb 28, 2025
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Feb 20, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · Feb 10, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
A fine without a ban means ESDC penalised the employer but did not stop them hiring foreign workers. Treat it as a reason to ask more questions, not as a verdict.
Province breakdown
All banned employers on record, by province
British Columbia
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Unknown
PEI
What employers are being punished for
Top 8 violation reasons across all banned employers
Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
545Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
212Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
208Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
80Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
71Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
67Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
50Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
30Bans that expired this month — February 2025
No bans expired in February 2025
No bans expired in February 2025.
Bans expiring in March 2025
No bans are scheduled to expire in March 2025
No bans expiring in March 2025.
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