LMIA CheckAt a glance
26
New bans this month
+14 vs last month
5
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 — August 2025
26 employers added to the non-compliant list
Alberta · Aug 28, 2025 · $51,000
- ›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
British Columbia · Aug 28, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 28, 2025 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 28, 2025 · $12,000
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
Alberta · Aug 28, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Aug 27, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 27, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Aug 25, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Manitoba · Aug 21, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Manitoba · Aug 20, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the 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
British Columbia · Aug 13, 2025 · $135,000
- ›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 · Aug 13, 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 · Aug 13, 2025 · $45,000
- ›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 · Aug 13, 2025 · $135,000
- ›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 · Aug 13, 2025 · $135,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Aug 13, 2025 · $10,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Aug 13, 2025 · $121,000
- ›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
Ontario · Aug 12, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · Aug 11, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 11, 2025 · $22,000
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›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 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 · Aug 11, 2025 · $30,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›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
- ›Did not obtain and pay for private health insurance for worker not covered by provincial plan
Nova Scotia · Aug 11, 2025 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 11, 2025 · $180,000
- ›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
Fined — no hiring ban — August 2025
5 employers penalised but still eligible to hire
Ontario · Aug 13, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 13, 2025
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Saskatchewan · Aug 13, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 11, 2025
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Quebec · Aug 21, 2025
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
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 — August 2025
No bans expired in August 2025
No bans expired in August 2025.
Bans expiring in September 2025
No bans are scheduled to expire in September 2025
No bans expiring in September 2025.
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