LMIA CheckAt a glance
17
New bans this month
-11 vs last month
5
Employers fined this month
fined, no hiring ban
$787K
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 — March 2025
17 employers added to the non-compliant list
Manitoba · Mar 27, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Mar 27, 2025 · $1,250
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
British Columbia · Mar 27, 2025 · $15,250
- ›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
Saskatchewan · Mar 26, 2025 · $100,000
- ›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
- +1 more violations
Manitoba · Mar 24, 2025 · $30,000
- ›Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Mar 24, 2025 · $11,000
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · Mar 24, 2025 · $15,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Mar 24, 2025 · $150,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Mar 24, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Manitoba · Mar 7, 2025 · $6,000
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- +2 more violations
Quebec · Mar 7, 2025 · $27,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Ontario · Mar 4, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Mar 4, 2025 · $71,000
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Manitoba · Mar 3, 2025 · $75,000
- ›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
Quebec · Mar 3, 2025 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Fined — no hiring ban — March 2025
5 employers penalised but still eligible to hire
Alberta · Mar 26, 2025
- ›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 · Mar 19, 2025
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Mar 27, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Saskatchewan · Mar 27, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Mar 24, 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 — March 2025
No bans expired in March 2025
No bans expired in March 2025.
Bans expiring in April 2025
No bans are scheduled to expire in April 2025
No bans expiring in April 2025.
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