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ESDC Enforcement Report

July 2025

Source: Employment and Social Development Canada · Government of Canada

At a glance

12

New bans this month

-24 vs last month

90

Currently banned

active bans

706

Total on record

all time

0

Bans expired this month

now eligible again

$22.2M

Total fines issued

all time

New bans — July 2025

12 employers added to the non-compliant list

Abzar and Isheh

· Jul 30, 2025 · $10,000

Permanent
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
  • Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Obg Immigration Canada Inc.

· Jul 24, 2025 · $5,000

Unpaid fine
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Har Har Religious Education Society

· Jul 24, 2025 · $11,000

Unpaid fine
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
  • Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Phenomena

· Jul 22, 2025 · $5,000

Unpaid fine
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ishoni Development Group Inc.

· Jul 22, 2025 · $10,000

Unpaid fine
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
My Daughter, My Baby Film Inc.

· Jul 22, 2025 · $5,000

Unpaid fine
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Oberai Transport Ltd.

· Jul 22, 2025 · $10,000

Unpaid fine
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Niagara Falls Soccer Club Inc.

· Jul 21, 2025 · $5,000

Unpaid fine
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Maestro Fine Painting

· Jul 21, 2025 · $5,000

Unpaid fine
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Pacific Relocation Services

· Jul 21, 2025 · $5,000

Unpaid fine
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Island Gold

· Jul 18, 2025 · $55,000

Unpaid fine
  • Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
  • Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
  • +2 more violations
  • Did not provide documents requested by the inspector

Province breakdown

All banned employers on record, by province

ProvinceNewActiveTotal

+1289704

Quebec

11

Saskatchewan

01

What employers are being punished for

Top 8 violation reasons across all banned employers

Did not provide documents requested by the inspector

523

Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer

199

Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for

190

Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws

79

Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector

63

Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met

62

Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate

46

Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)

29

Bans that expired this month — July 2025

No bans expired in July 2025

No bans expired in July 2025.

Bans expiring in August 2025

No bans are scheduled to expire in August 2025

No bans expiring in August 2025.

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