LMIA CheckAt a glance
14
New bans this month
same as last month
6
Employers fined this month
fined, no hiring ban
$527K
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 — May 2024
14 employers added to the non-compliant list
Ontario · May 31, 2024 · $5,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
· May 29, 2024 · $2,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · May 28, 2024 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Alberta · May 23, 2024 · $16,250
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · May 23, 2024 · $60,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
Alberta · May 23, 2024 · $15,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
British Columbia · May 17, 2024 · $30,000
- ›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
Ontario · May 17, 2024 · $24,000
- ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›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
Alberta · May 6, 2024 · $15,000
- ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
Ontario · May 6, 2024 · $10,000
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Fined — no hiring ban — May 2024
6 employers penalised but still eligible to hire
Alberta · May 23, 2024
- ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
- ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
British Columbia · May 28, 2024
- ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Ontario · May 17, 2024
- ›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 · May 17, 2024
- ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
Quebec · May 23, 2024
- ›Did not pay full wages during mandatory isolation or quarantine period on entry
British Columbia · May 17, 2024
- ›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 — May 2024
No bans expired in May 2024
No bans expired in May 2024.
Bans expiring in June 2024
No bans are scheduled to expire in June 2024
No bans expiring in June 2024.
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