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Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

r. 243 Payment of removal costs

  • PART 13 Removal
  • DIVISION 4 Enforcement of Removal Orders

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

The law says

IRPR r. 243
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(1)Unless expenses incurred by His Majesty in right of Canada have been recovered from a transporter, a foreign national who is removed from Canada at His Majesty’s expense shall not return to Canada if the foreign national has not paid to His Majesty the removal costs of

  • (a)$3,840 for removal without escort or under escort other than by air; and
  • (b)$12,880 for removal under escort by air.

Exception — medical escort

(2)Despite paragraph 1(b), a foreign national who is removed by air under medical escort is subject to the removal cost set out in paragraph (1)(a).

Non-application — under 18

(3)Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a foreign national who is under 18 years of age at the time the removal order is made.

Provisions this one cites

Amendment History (1)
  • SOR/2024-284, s. 1

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