LMIA CheckAt a glance
14
New bans this month
+2 vs last month
15
Employers fined this month
fined, no hiring ban
$628K
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 2026
14 employers added to the non-compliant list
British Columbia · Aug 21, 2026 · $7,000
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · Aug 21, 2026 · $3,000
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Alberta · Aug 21, 2026 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Quebec · Aug 21, 2026 · $13,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
British Columbia · Aug 21, 2026 · $60,000
- ›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
Alberta · Aug 13, 2026 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 7, 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
Alberta · Aug 7, 2026 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Quebec · Aug 7, 2026 · $1,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
British Columbia · Aug 7, 2026 · $750
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Alberta · Aug 7, 2026 · $100,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Alberta · Aug 7, 2026 · $63,000
- ›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 · Aug 7, 2026 · $180,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Alberta · Aug 7, 2026 · $1,000
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
Fined — no hiring ban — August 2026
15 employers penalised but still eligible to hire
British Columbia · Aug 26, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Aug 25, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Aug 24, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
New Brunswick · Aug 21, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Saskatchewan · Aug 20, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 20, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Ontario · Aug 18, 2026
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Alberta · Aug 11, 2026
- ›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 make rights information available in both official languages
Alberta · Aug 19, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Ontario · Aug 26, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Aug 26, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · Aug 19, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 14, 2026
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · Aug 17, 2026
- ›Could not prove the job offer information was accurate (record-keeping)
British Columbia · Aug 13, 2026
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
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 2026
No bans expired in August 2026
No bans expired in August 2026.
Bans expiring in September 2026
No bans are scheduled to expire in September 2026
No bans expiring in September 2026.
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