Excessive demand

🍁 In Simple Terms

When assessing whether your health condition would cause 'excessive demand' on Canadian services, the officer must consider all relevant medical factors — including reports from health practitioners, laboratory results, and any other diagnostic documentation — and produce a written opinion. This formal analysis is required before any excessive demand finding can be made.

Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada

Legal Text — IRPR Regulation 34

(1)34 (1) An officer who is assessing a foreign national’s health condition shall analyze all relevant medical factors that apply to a determination of whether the foreign national’s health condition might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demand and shall prepare an opinion based on their analysis.

(2)(2) Medical factors referred to in subsection (1) include

(3)(3) The officer shall not consider non-medical factors, including

IRPA Authority

IRPA s. 16

In Practice

Related Regulations

r. 30Exemptions from medical examination requirement r. 35Transit

Official Source: Justice Canada — IRPR r. 34 (authoritative, may differ from this display)

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