What's new

Feature updates and data refreshes for LMIA Check.

Apr 3, 2026

Data refresh: non-compliant employers list re-scraped from Canada.ca — 1,296 total records (2 new additions since Apr 1)
New: Result cards now show the employer name and check date — screenshot and share directly to WhatsApp so a friend or family member can see exactly what you found
New: QR code on every result page — scan or screenshot it, send via WhatsApp, and the recipient lands directly on the same result without typing anything
New: "Recently Banned" feed on the homepage — shows the 5 most recently banned employers pulled live from the database, each linking directly to their result
New: Latest ban callout banner between the hero and search form — shows the most recently banned employer at a glance so first-time visitors see real data immediately
New: April 2026 TFWP rule changes added to the Guide — advertising period doubled to 8 weeks, mandatory youth recruitment, rural low-wage cap raised temporarily to 15%

Apr 1, 2026

Data refresh: non-compliant employers list re-scraped from Canada.ca — 1,294 total records (32 more than original load of 1,262), including 5 new additions since Mar 24: Aumeir Printing and Design Ltd. (Kelowna, BC), Lumberjacks Diner (Roddickton, NL), Marché La Gazelle (Verdun, QC), ROCKY VIEW TIRES LTD (Calgary, AB — newly banned until Mar 2027), and Singapore Trucking Inc. (Calgary, AB — banned until Aug 2035)

Mar 30, 2026

Search fix: employer names with possessives (e.g. "Tim Horton's", "McDonald's") now match correctly — the possessive 's is stripped before matching so it no longer breaks trigram search
Search fix: accented characters in employer names (é, à, â, etc.) are now normalized — "Montréal" matches "Montreal" and French employer names resolve correctly regardless of how the accent is typed
Search fix: truncation fallback now applies to violator lookups as well as positive LMIA — typing "Afghan Chopan Kebab Restaurant" correctly finds "Afghan Chopan Kebab" on the non-compliant list
Search fix: city comparison is now accent- and punctuation-aware — "St. John's" matches "St Johns" and "Montréal" matches "Montreal" in location-filtered results
Search fix: employers with Permanent Resident Only stream LMIAs now correctly return a YELLOW warning (not GREEN) when province filtering is applied — previously they could bypass the PR-only stream check
Fix: search activity logging was missing for violator matches — RED and YELLOW results from the non-compliant list are now recorded correctly
Fix: data ingestion and sync scripts now normalize employer names identically to the search engine — possessives and diacritics are stripped at index time, ensuring stored values match what searches produce

Mar 27, 2026

Data refresh: non-compliant employers list re-synced live from Canada.ca — 1,294 records (5 newly added), including 1 newly banned employer: Rocky View Tires Ltd. (Calgary, AB — banned until Mar 2027)
Search fix: province filtering now works correctly — the DB stores full province names and the search was comparing against 2-letter codes, causing all province-filtered searches to incorrectly return a location mismatch warning
Search fix: compliant employer (positive LMIA) fallback search now checks both operating name and legal name — numbered companies like "1234567 Ontario Inc" are now found in both violators and positive LMIA lookups
Search fix: when multiple violation records match an employer, the most serious compliance status now takes precedence — previously only the first match was evaluated
Search fix: violation record shown on results page now always displays the most serious match first
Fix: address mismatch warning now clearly explains that a scammer may be impersonating a real employer rather than implying the employer simply doesn't exist in a given province
Fix: navigating to a search result now always scrolls to the top of the page — previously the browser would restore the previous scroll position, hiding the risk result

Mar 24, 2026

Data refresh: non-compliant employers list re-scraped from Canada.ca — 1,289 records confirmed current (no new additions since Mar 21)

Mar 21, 2026

Data refresh: non-compliant employers list re-scraped from Canada.ca — 1,289 records confirmed current (no new additions since Mar 18)

Mar 18, 2026

Data refresh: non-compliant employers list updated — 1,289 total records (27 new since Mar 7), including 3 newly banned employers: Clearport International Inc. (Calgary, AB), Sameet Kaur Gill Professional Corporation (Calgary, AB — 5-year ban until Mar 2031), and NPP Pleasant Software Producer Inc (North Vancouver, BC — banned until Mar 2027)
Removed employer trust checklist from results page

Mar 17, 2026

New: LMIA Guide at /guide — comprehensive educational resource explaining what LMIA is, who needs it, the 4-step work permit process (3–6 months), legitimate costs in CAD, and red flags to watch for. Helps foreign workers understand the journey from job offer to arrival in Canada.

Mar 15, 2026

New: "Is my LMIA real?" checker at /check — runs 7 checks on your job offer including employer records, fee detection, delivery source, and duration mismatch, with a plain-language traffic light result and shareable URL

Mar 14, 2026

Non-compliant employers list now syncs automatically every Monday — data stays current without manual intervention
Search now checks both trade name and legal name simultaneously — typing "2771482 Ontario Inc" finds the employer even if you only know the numbered company name
Violation records now show the matched employer name and legal name together on every result card
Added "Where do I find the name?" collapsible help tip on the search form — explains where to find the right employer name (offer letter, T4, pay stub) and how numbered companies work
Added crowdsourced name mapping: when a search returns no results, users can submit an alternate name they know for that employer — contributions are reviewed before going live

Mar 10, 2026

Fixed search returning "not found" for valid employers — partial name matching now works
Added smart autocomplete: typing a trade name (e.g. "Tim Hortons") now suggests the registered legal name
Added fraud warning banner on every page
Added employer trust checklist with 6 checks and a trust score meter on results page
Added numbered company guide on "not found" results

Mar 9, 2026

Added "How it works" section on home page — based on user feedback
Added feedback form on results page so users can report missing employers or errors

Mar 8, 2026