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Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

s. 34 Security

  • PART 1: Immigration to Canada
  • DIVISION 4: Inadmissibility
  • Inadmissibility
  • Criminal

Last verified: June 2026 · Source: justice.gc.ca

The law says

IRPA s. 34
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(1)A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on security grounds for

  • (a)engaging in an act of espionage that is against Canada or that is contrary to Canada’s interests;
  • (b)engaging in or instigating the subversion by force of any government;
  • (b.1)engaging in an act of subversion against a democratic government, institution or process as they are understood in Canada;
  • (c)engaging in terrorism;
  • (d)being a danger to the security of Canada;
  • (e)engaging in acts of violence that would or might endanger the lives or safety of persons in Canada; or
  • (f)being a member of an organization that there are reasonable grounds to believe engages, has engaged or will engage in acts referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (b.1) or (c).

(2)[Repealed, 2013, c. 16, s. 13]

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