LMIA CheckAt a glance
17
New bans this month
-11 vs last month
100
Currently banned
active bans
698
Total on record
all time
1
Bans expired this month
now eligible again
$21.3M
Total fines issued
all time
New bans — March 2025
17 employers added to the non-compliant list
· Mar 27, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
· Mar 27, 2025 · $1,250
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
· 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
· 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
· Mar 24, 2025 · $30,000
- ›Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
· Mar 24, 2025 · $11,000
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
· 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
· 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
· Mar 24, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
· 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
· 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
· Mar 4, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
· 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
· 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
· Mar 3, 2025 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Province breakdown
All banned employers on record, by province
What employers are being punished for
Top 8 violation reasons across all banned employers
Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
516Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
199Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
185Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
74Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
61Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
61Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
47Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
29Bans that expired this month — March 2025
1 employer became eligible to hire again this month — verify any offers from these employers carefully
· $36,000
Expired
Mar 4, 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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