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ESDC Enforcement Report

November 2023

Source: Employment and Social Development Canada · Government of Canada

At a glance

3

New bans this month

-4 vs last month

3

Employers fined this month

fined, no hiring ban

$45K

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 — November 2023

3 employers added to the non-compliant list

H and JB Transport Inc.

Manitoba · Nov 23, 2023 · $500

Unpaid fine
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
NorthTech Cell Solutions Incorporated

· Nov 23, 2023 · $10,000

Unpaid fine
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Imaginefarm Limited Partnership

Ontario · Nov 16, 2023 · $10,000

Unpaid fine
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector

Fined — no hiring ban — November 2023

3 employers penalised but still eligible to hire

Starline Foods Inc.

British Columbia · Nov 16, 2023

$16,000
  • ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Peak Janitorial Inc.

British Columbia · Nov 27, 2023

$7,000
  • ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Karamela Café

Ontario · Nov 15, 2023

$1,000
  • ›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

ProvinceNewActiveTotal

British Columbia

—32247

Alberta

—21173

Ontario

+119166

Quebec

—859

Manitoba

+1330

Saskatchewan

—328

Nova Scotia

—315

New Brunswick

—311

Unknown

+107

PEI

—36

What employers are being punished for

Top 8 violation reasons across all banned employers

Did not provide documents requested by the inspector

545

Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for

212

Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer

208

Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws

80

Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector

71

Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met

67

Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate

50

Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)

30

Bans that expired this month — November 2023

No bans expired in November 2023

No bans expired in November 2023.

Bans expiring in December 2023

No bans are scheduled to expire in December 2023

No bans expiring in December 2023.

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