44th Parliament, 1st Session (November 22, 2021 - January 6, 2025)

Application Backlogs and Processing Times

Report and Government Response

Report 18: In Demand Yet Unprocessed: Endemic Immigration Backlogs
  • Adopted by the Committee: November 30, 2023
  • Presented to the House: December 14, 2023
Report 18
Presented to the House: Thursday, December 14, 2023
Government Response
Presented to the House: Friday, April 12, 2024

On Tuesday, February 1, 2022, the committee adopted the following motion:

That, pursuant to Standing Order 108 (2), the committee conduct a study of application backlogs and processing times for all immigration streams at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, including but not limited to, the status of actions being taken to reduce backlogs and processing times, measures being taken to prioritize processing vulnerable immigrants’ applications stuck in backlog, and how the government can modernize the current immigration system; that the committee dedicate no more than six (6) meetings to the study, that the committee report its findings to the House; and that, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government table a comprehensive response in this regard.

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Meetings

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3:44 p.m. - 5:28 p.m. (EDT)
Studies and Activities
Notice of Meeting Minutes
3:35 p.m. - 5:28 p.m. (EDT)
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Notice of Meeting Minutes
4:16 p.m. - 5:31 p.m. (EDT)
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Notice of Meeting Minutes
4:36 p.m. - 5:32 p.m. (EST)
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Notice of Meeting Minutes
3:30 p.m. - 5:33 p.m. (EDT)
Webcast
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Watch Notice of Meeting Evidence Minutes
1:02 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. (EDT)
Webcast
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Watch Notice of Meeting Evidence Minutes
11:43 a.m. - 1:21 p.m. (EDT)
Webcast
Studies and Activities
Watch Notice of Meeting Evidence Minutes
Webcast Televised Audio only In Camera Cancelled Modified Outside of Parliament Hill