LMIA CheckAt a glance
45
New bans this month
+13 vs last month
12
Employers fined this month
fined, no hiring ban
$2.7M
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 — March 2026
45 employers added to the non-compliant list
Alberta · Mar 31, 2026 · $31,000
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Alberta · Mar 31, 2026 · $46,000
- ›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 · Mar 31, 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
British Columbia · Mar 31, 2026 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Mar 30, 2026 · $60,000
- ›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
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Mar 27, 2026 · $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
Quebec · Mar 27, 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
Alberta · Mar 27, 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
Nova Scotia · Mar 26, 2026 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Mar 26, 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 · Mar 26, 2026 · $30,000
- ›Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · Mar 26, 2026 · $45,000
- ›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
Alberta · Mar 26, 2026 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Mar 26, 2026 · $90,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Mar 26, 2026 · $45,000
- ›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
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Mar 26, 2026 · $40,000
- ›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 · Mar 26, 2026 · $6,250
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
British Columbia · Mar 25, 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 · Mar 25, 2026 · $76,000
- ›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
- +1 more violations
British Columbia · Mar 25, 2026 · $76,000
- ›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
- +1 more violations
British Columbia · Mar 25, 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 · Mar 25, 2026 · $60,750
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
- ›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
Alberta · Mar 25, 2026 · $30,000
- ›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
Quebec · Mar 23, 2026 · $90,000
- ›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
- ›Could not prove the job offer information was accurate (record-keeping)
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Quebec · Mar 13, 2026 · $3,000
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Newfoundland · Mar 13, 2026 · $57,000
- ›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
Quebec · Mar 13, 2026 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Mar 10, 2026 · $25,000
Banned until Mar 10, 2027
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
- ›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 · Mar 6, 2026 · $15,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Alberta · Mar 6, 2026 · $34,500
- ›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
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Mar 6, 2026 · $75,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Mar 6, 2026 · $91,000
- ›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
New Brunswick · Mar 6, 2026 · $3,000
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Ontario · Mar 6, 2026 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · Mar 6, 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 · Mar 6, 2026 · $64,000
- ›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
- +1 more violations
Ontario · Mar 6, 2026 · $30,000
- ›Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Mar 6, 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
New Brunswick · Mar 6, 2026 · $66,000
- ›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
Fined — no hiring ban — March 2026
12 employers penalised but still eligible to hire
New Brunswick · Mar 25, 2026
- ›Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
Alberta · Mar 6, 2026
- ›Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
Alberta · Mar 31, 2026
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Mar 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
British Columbia · Mar 6, 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
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Quebec · Mar 25, 2026
- ›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
Quebec · Mar 25, 2026
- ›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
- +1 more violations
Ontario · Mar 6, 2026
- ›Could not prove the job offer information was accurate (record-keeping)
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Saskatchewan · Mar 4, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Mar 5, 2026
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
New Brunswick · Mar 6, 2026
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
New Brunswick · Mar 6, 2026
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Did not provide foreign worker with information on their rights in Canada on first day
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 — March 2026
No bans expired in March 2026
No bans expired in March 2026.
Bans expiring in April 2026
No bans are scheduled to expire in April 2026
No bans expiring in April 2026.
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