LMIA CheckAt a glance
32
New bans this month
+31 vs last month
11
Employers fined this month
fined, no hiring ban
$2.4M
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 — February 2026
32 employers added to the non-compliant list
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · Feb 25, 2026 · $15,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Feb 25, 2026 · $30,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Feb 25, 2026 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Charged the foreign worker fees related to their hiring
Ontario · Feb 23, 2026 · $35,000
- ›Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Did not cooperate with or provide information to the inspector
Saskatchewan · Feb 19, 2026 · $36,000
- ›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
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
- ›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
- ›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
Alberta · Feb 19, 2026 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Feb 19, 2026 · $26,000
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Feb 13, 2026 · $30,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Feb 13, 2026 · $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
British Columbia · Feb 13, 2026 · $435,000
- ›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
Ontario · Feb 13, 2026 · $75,000
- ›Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Did not cooperate with or provide information to the inspector
- +1 more violations
Ontario · Feb 13, 2026 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Feb 10, 2026 · $20,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Did not cooperate with or provide information to the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Feb 5, 2026 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Feb 4, 2026 · $73,000
- ›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
- ›Did not obtain and pay for private health insurance for worker not covered by provincial plan
British Columbia · Feb 4, 2026 · $25,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Alberta · Feb 4, 2026 · $30,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Feb 4, 2026 · $165,000
- ›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 · Feb 4, 2026 · $150,000
- ›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 · Feb 4, 2026 · $130,000
- ›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
- +1 more violations
Quebec · Feb 4, 2026 · $1,250
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
- +3 more violations
British Columbia · Feb 4, 2026 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Feb 4, 2026 · $105,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Nunavut · Feb 2, 2026 · $1,000
- ›Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
British Columbia · Feb 2, 2026 · $30,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Feb 2, 2026 · $165,000
- ›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 · Feb 2, 2026 · $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
Fined — no hiring ban — February 2026
11 employers penalised but still eligible to hire
British Columbia · Feb 13, 2026
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Ontario · Feb 25, 2026
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Feb 19, 2026
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Feb 25, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Feb 3, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Feb 2, 2026
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Feb 2, 2026
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›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 · Feb 3, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Feb 23, 2026
- ›Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
British Columbia · Feb 19, 2026
- ›Did not obtain and pay for private health insurance for worker not covered by provincial plan
British Columbia · Feb 13, 2026
- ›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 — February 2026
No bans expired in February 2026
No bans expired in February 2026.
Bans expiring in March 2026
No bans are scheduled to expire in March 2026
No bans expiring in March 2026.
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