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PART 1: Immigration to CanadaDIVISION 10: General Provisions
§94

Contents of report

Contents of report

🍁 In Simple Terms

Every year, the Minister must table a report in Parliament explaining how the immigration system operated the previous year. The report covers things like how many people came to Canada, what enforcement actions were taken, and how the refugee system worked.

Affects: Immigration applicants (economic, family, humanitarian)
Legal Text — IRPA Section 94

(1)The Minister must, on or before November 1 of each year or, if a House of Parliament is not then sitting, within the next 30 days on which that House is sitting after that date, table in each House of Parliament a report on the operation of this Act in the preceding calendar year.

Contents of report

(2)The report shall include a description of(a) the instructions given under section 87.3 and other activities and initiatives taken concerning the selection of foreign nationals, including measures taken in cooperation with the provinces;

(a.1)any instructions given under paragraph 10.3(1)(h.2) that establish a category of eligible foreign nationals, the economic goal sought to be supported in establishing the category and the number of foreign nationals invited to make an application for permanent residence in respect of the category;

(b)in respect of Canada, the number of foreign nationals who became permanent residents, and the number projected to become permanent residents in the following year;

(b.1)in respect of Canada, the linguistic profile of foreign nationals who became permanent residents;

(c)in respect of each province that has entered into a federal-provincial agreement described in subsection 9(1), the number, for each class listed in the agreement, of persons that became permanent residents and that the province projects will become permanent residents there in the following year;

(d)the number of temporary resident permits issued under section 24, categorized according to grounds of inadmissibility, if any;

(e.1)any instructions given under subsection 30(1.2), (1.41) or (1.43) during the year in question and the date of their publication; and

(f)a gender-based analysis of the impact of this Act.

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