LMIA CheckAt a glance
36
New bans this month
+32 vs last month
11
Employers fined this month
fined, no hiring ban
$1.4M
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 — June 2025
36 employers added to the non-compliant list
Ontario · Jun 27, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Jun 24, 2025 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Jun 19, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Nova Scotia · Jun 19, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Quebec · Jun 19, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Jun 19, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Jun 19, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Jun 19, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Jun 18, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Jun 18, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · Jun 18, 2025 · $15,000
- ›Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
Quebec · Jun 18, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Jun 17, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Jun 17, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Quebec · Jun 17, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not obtain and pay for private health insurance for worker not covered by provincial plan
British Columbia · Jun 17, 2025 · $45,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Quebec · Jun 17, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Jun 16, 2025 · $127,000
Banned until Jun 16, 2030
- ›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
Saskatchewan · Jun 13, 2025 · $21,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Jun 13, 2025 · $69,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · Jun 13, 2025 · $135,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Alberta · Jun 13, 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
Alberta · Jun 9, 2025 · $30,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Jun 9, 2025 · $60,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
Ontario · Jun 9, 2025 · $30,000
- ›Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
- ›Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
Ontario · Jun 9, 2025 · $35,000
- ›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 · Jun 9, 2025 · $24,500
- ›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 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 · Jun 9, 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
Nova Scotia · Jun 9, 2025 · $10,000
- ›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 · Jun 9, 2025 · $3,000
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Jun 5, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Jun 5, 2025 · $35,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Jun 4, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Fined — no hiring ban — June 2025
11 employers penalised but still eligible to hire
British Columbia · Jun 16, 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
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
- +1 more violations
British Columbia · Jun 13, 2025
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Jun 24, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Quebec · Jun 18, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · Jun 13, 2025
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Ontario · Jun 19, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · Jun 5, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Jun 13, 2025
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Jun 13, 2025
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
PEI · Jun 13, 2025
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Alberta · Jun 9, 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 — June 2025
No bans expired in June 2025
No bans expired in June 2025.
Bans expiring in July 2025
No bans are scheduled to expire in July 2025
No bans expiring in July 2025.
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