Kanwar Walia Farms

Non-compliant · Ineligible · unpaid penalty18164 40 Avenue, Surrey, BCAlso at Delta, Saint-Denis-De-La-Bouteillerie, Leduc, Calgary, Joliette, Kelowna, Kanata, Edmonton, Dauphin, Vernon, Armstrong, Hamilton, Oliver, Lake Country, Airdrie, Richmond, Mississauga, North Bay, Salmon Arm, Sudbury, Caledon, Penticton, Woodbridge, London, Brossard, Thornhill, Nepean, Port Coquitlam, Brampton, Coquitlam, Québec, Okanagan Falls, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Red Earth Creek, Montréal, Terrace, Tofino, Hope, Langley, Gormley, Montreal, Orillia, Saskatoon, Lethbridge, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Burnaby, Victoria, Val des Sources, Lavaltrie, Whitehorse, West Saint Paul, Kirkland, Abbotsford, Summerland, Kanta, Brandon, Vancouver, Kitchener, Red Deer, Sainte-Marie, Edgewood, Sidney, Acton, Meaford, Nisku, New Westminster, St Hubert, Barrie, Bon Accord, Banff, Saint-Lambert, Welland, Halifax, North Vancouver, Nanaimo, York, Hinton, Cranbrook, Trois-RivèRes, Essipit, Chilliwack, St-Denis-De-La-Bouteillerie, Cawston, Coldstream, Sherwood Park, St Albert, Minnedosa, Burlington, Regina, Courtenay, Canmore, Slave Lake, Markham, Fox Creek and Kananaskis

Legal names: 1254586 BC Ltd., Kanganwal Farms, Ferme Pikani Inc.

Fines$451,0003 violations on record
Approved positions2,919655 positive LMIAs, 2014–2026
Denied positions13083 negative LMIAs, 2014–2026
Active postings20Open Job Bank postings

Non-compliance

From the Government of Canada's non-compliant employers list

Final decision
Feb 13, 2026
Penalty
$435,000
Status
Ineligible · unpaid penalty
Address
18164 40 Avenue, Surrey, BC, V3Z 1C5

What the government found

  • Code 5

    The employer didn't show up for a meeting with the inspector, to answer questions and give documents the inspector asked for.

    Provision 209.4(1)(a)

  • Code 6

    The employer didn't give the inspector the documents they asked for.

    Provision 209.4(1)(b)

  • Code 15

    The employer was not actively engaged in the business that the foreign national was hired to work for (aside from live-in caregivers).

    Provision 209.2(1)(a)(i) or 209.3(1)(a)(i)

Final decision
Feb 6, 2024
Penalty
$15,000
Status
Ineligible · unpaid penalty
Address
7467, 118A Street, Delta, BC

What the government found

  • Code 6

    The employer didn't give the inspector the documents they asked for.

    Provision 209.4(1)(b)

Final decision
Dec 22, 2022
Penalty
$1,000
Status
Eligible again
Address
39, Route 132 Est, Saint-Denis-De-La-Bouteillerie, QC

What the government found

  • Code 2

    The employer didn’t keep documents that showed they met the conditions of employing a foreign national, for a period of 6 years, starting on the first day the foreign national worked for them.

    Provision 209.2(1)(b)(ii) or 209.3(1)(c)(ii)

Approved LMIA history

655 positive LMIAs for 2,919 positions, 2014–2026

By year

Positions
2026
26 LMIAs138
2025
117 LMIAs383
2024
190 LMIAs437
2023
166 LMIAs447
2022
135 LMIAs337
2021
21 LMIAs175
2020
0 LMIAs256
2019
0 LMIAs167
2018
0 LMIAs209
2017
0 LMIAs117
2016
0 LMIAs98
2015
0 LMIAs144
2014
0 LMIAs11

Top occupations

Positions
8431General farm workers964
85101Harvesting labourers370
6322Cooks165
6311Food service supervisors132
7282Concrete finishers98
7611Construction trades helpers and labourers71

Denied and withdrawn LMIAs

130 positions across 83 applications, 2014–2026

20266 applications9 positions
202515 applications21 positions
202410 applications15 positions
20234 applications10 positions
20222 applications2 positions
20215 applications12 positions
20203 applications5 positions
20195 applications8 positions
201810 applications10 positions
20176 applications12 positions
20167 applications10 positions
20158 applications10 positions
20142 applications6 positions

This data includes LMIA applications that were denied, refused, or withdrawn. A denial does not necessarily indicate wrongdoing - there are many valid reasons why an LMIA application may not be approved.

Active job postings

Current Job Bank postings linked to an LMIA, pending or approved