Questions and responses 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to Social Insurance Numbers issued to individuals who are not citizens or permanent residents and the integrity of federal identity-matching systems: (a) how many Social Insurance Numbers that are currently active and have been issued in Canada do not correspond to citizens or permanent residents, broken down by (i) the category of original immigration status (for example, temporary foreign worker, international student, visitor record, refugee claimant, permanent resident applicant, etc.), (ii) province or territory; (b) of the Social Insurance Numbers in (a), how many remain active despite the underlying immigration status having expired for more than (i) 30 days, (ii) one year, (iii) three years; (c) how many Social Insurance Numbers were issued to individuals whose immigration applications were subsequently refused, withdrawn or deemed abandoned, and what processes, if any, exist to automatically cancel or suspend those Social Insurance Numbers; (d) of the Social Insurance Numbers in (a), how many are receiving benefits, tax credits or other payments from the federal government; (e) what is the total estimated cost to the federal government of benefits, tax credits, or payments issued to individuals whose Social Insurance Numbers were active despite a lapsed, invalid or undocumented immigration status, broken down by fiscal year since 2016; (f) what are the details of all internal audits, security reviews or data-integrity assessments that have been conducted since 2016 on Social Insurance Number–immigration status mismatches, including, for each, the (i) dates, (ii) summary, (iii) findings, (iv) recommendations, (v) actions taken as a result; and (g) what steps, if any, has the government taken to ensure that identity or status discrepancies do not result in ineligible access to employment, federal benefits or provincial services, and what timelines exist to fully implement those measures?

With regard to information accessed and used by the government for decisions about immigration and credential recognition, and using the most up to date figures available: (a) how long does it take for each licensing body in Canada to provide an answer to an internationally trained professional on whether or not their credentials will be recognized in Canada; (b) for each licensing body, do they offer competency-based testing, multiple choice testing, or another form of testing; (c) for each response in (b), what is the cost of testing, and how much of that cost is borne by the individual seeking to be licensed; (d) what percentage of new immigrants who earned credentials overseas are able to use those credentials in Canada; and (e) what percentage of Canadians born in Canada who earned credentials overseas are able to use those credentials in Canada?

With regard to the housing implications for Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada's Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration, commonly referred to as the Immigration Levels Plan, that the government is scheduled to table in the House of Commons before the end of 2025: (a) what joint workbooks or models were shared with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or with provinces and territories; (b) what assumptions were used for household formation by admission class and for students or other temporary residents; (c) what were the modeled effects on (i) housing starts and completions, (ii) prices and rents, (iii) rental vacancy rates by census metropolitan area; and (d) what briefing notes or other documents were produced about aligning admissions numbers with housing supply for the report, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) sender, (iii) recipients, (iv) title, (v) type of document, (vi) file number?

With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency, as of January 1, 2020, and for individuals incarcerated who are neither Canadian citizens nor permanent residents: (a) what is the total number of individuals, and what are the details, including the (i) number of individuals admitted to federal facilities, (ii) immigration status of each individual at the time of incarceration, (iii) type of offence committed; (b) what is the cost of mental health services, broken down by (i) assessments, (ii) medication, (iii) psychological counselling, and further broken down by fiscal year; and (c) what is the total number of individuals who, upon release (conditional or otherwise), were immediately detained by Canada Border Services Agency for a subsequent immigration hearing or for detention, broken down by fiscal year?

With regard to medical examinations for foreign nationals who applied for permanent residence, since 2015 and broken down by year: (a) what is the total number of applicants that (i) completed, (ii) did not complete, an immigration medical examination; (b) of the applicants in (a)(i), how many applicants (i) were found to pose a risk to public health or safety, (ii) have not complied with mandatory medical surveillance conditions, (iii) have left Canada since their initial immigration medical examination to spend six or more months in a tuberculosis-designated country or territory; (c) of the applicants in (a)(ii), how many were granted permanent residency despite not completing an immigration medical examination; and (d) for each case in (b), how many applicants were (i) deemed medically admissible, (ii) deemed medically inadmissible, (iii) required to undergo further medical assessment or surveillance?

With regard to processing times for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: what is the current average processing time for (i) temporary residence - Seasonal Agricultural Worker, (ii) temporary residence - International Experience Canada, (iii) economic immigration (all sub­categories), (iv) family sponsorship (all sub-categories), (v) refugees - dependents of Protected Persons, (vi) humanitarian and compassionate case, (vii) citizenship, (viii) permanent resident card applications, broken down by the applicant's country of origin?

With regard to applications for permanent residency in Canada, since January 2016, broken down by year: (a) how many individuals applied with the National Occupational Classification codes (i) 31102 (General Practitioners and Family Physicians), (ii) 31100 (Specialists in Clinical and Laboratory Medicine), (iii) 31101 (Specialists in Surgery); (b) of the applicants for each National Occupational Classification code in (a), how many were granted permanent residency; (c) of those listed in (b), how many have been licensed by a recognized federal, provincial or territorial regulatory authority to practice medicine in Canada; and (d) of the applicants for each National Occupational Classification code in (a), what immigration stream was used?

With regard to protected persons in Canada who applied for permanent residence since 2015, broken down by year: (a) how many applicants (i) were required to complete a subsequent immigration medical examination, (ii) were exempted from completing a subsequent immigration medical examination; and (b) of those in (a)(ii), what was the reason for which they were exempted?

With regard to the $1.3 billion to bolster security at the border and strengthen the immigration system, announced by the government in December 2024: (a) how much of the $1.3 billion has been distributed to date; and (b) what is the itemized breakdown of how it has been distributed, including the dates of all distributions?

With regard to protected persons in Canada who were exempted from completing a subsequent immigration medical examination when applying for permanent residence under the Temporary Public Policy and subsequent regulatory amendments, since September 10, 2020, broken down by year: (a) how many applications were subject to additional review by an officer due to (i) concerns related to declared or identified travel history outside Canada, (ii) concerns related to compliance with medical surveillance conditions, (iii) other medical admissibility or program considerations; (b) how many applicants initially considered eligible for the exemption were later determined to be ineligible before a final permanent residence decision was rendered; and (c) of the applicants in (b), how many were determined to be ineligible due to (i) non-compliance with medical surveillance requirements, (ii) time spent outside Canada in a country or territory designated as having a higher incidence of serious communicable disease, (iii) inconsistent, incomplete or inaccurate information related to medical or travel history provided in the application process?

With regard to the statement made at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, on October 2, 2025, by Uyen Hoang, Director General, Citizenship Branch, at the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, that “we do have a program called entry and exit, [...] there are mechanisms in place in order to know when an individual is leaving a country” and the fact that both the Department of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship and the Canada Border Services Agency have stated multiple times in answer to Order Paper Questions (such as Q-2214 and Q-2532 from the 44th Parliament) that the government does not track when people exit the country: (a) does such a program exist; (b) if yes in (a), what is the government’s explanation as to why the department and the agency provided false information to Parliament; (c) if yes in (a), when did the Clerk of the Privy Council become aware that false information was provided to Parliament; (d) if yes in (a), what disciplinary action will be taken by the Privy Council Office against the officials responsible for preparing this false information to Parliament; (e) if yes in (a), has the Privy Council Office done a complete review of all Order Paper Questions from the 44th Parliament to ensure that they are aware of all instances where this false information was provided to Parliament; (f) will the government be correcting the record by providing revised responses to Order Paper questions Q-2214 and Q-2532 from the 44th Parliament; and (g) is the government planning on issuing any type of apology to Canadians for the tabling of this false information, and, if so, how and when will the apology be delivered?

With regard to protected persons in Canada who made a refugee claim, since 2015 and broken down by year: what is the total number of claimants that (i) underwent, (ii) did not undergo, an immigration medical examination at the time they made their refugee claim?

With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's temporary public policy, first introduced in May 2020, and renewed in March 2025, which allows foreign nationals in Canada on closed work permits to change employers or occupations prior to receiving a new work permit: (a) how many foreign nationals have received temporary authorization under this public policy to change employers, or occupations, each year since its inception, broken down by (i) province or territory of employment or residence, (ii) National Occupation Classification code of the original job, (iii) National Occupation Classification code of the new job; (b) what is the average and median processing time for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to issue an interim authorization email or authorization letter or approval to applicants under this policy in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022, (iv) 2023, (v) 2024, (vi) to date in 2025; (c) what is the average time elapsed between receiving interim authorization and the final decision on the underlying work permit application for each month since 2020; (d) how many applications under this policy have been refused or denied since 2020, and for what reasons, broken down by year and month; (e) how many foreign nationals working under this interim policy were later found to have violated the terms of their work authorization or status, and what enforcement actions, if any, were taken by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada or the Canada Border Services Agency; (f) has Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada or Employment and Social Development Canada conducted any economic, labour market, or program integrity analysis of the temporary public policy that allows foreign nationals on closed work permits to change employers or occupations prior to receiving a new permit, including, but not limited to, assessments of (i) its impact on job availability or displacement for Canadian citizens and permanent residents, (ii) its effect on wage levels and working conditions in affected sectors, (iii) any evidence of program misuse, fraud, or employer non-compliance, (iv) any implications for the integrity of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program or International Mobility Program, and, if so, what were the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of these assessments, and will the government table the reports or summaries of findings in the House; (g) what consultations, if any, were conducted prior to the extension of the policy in March 2025, and with which stakeholder groups; (h) on what dates were consultations in (g) held, through what formats, and what feedback was provided, broken down by each group; (i) how many foreign nationals who applied under this temporary public policy subsequently submitted asylum claims in Canada, broken down by (i) those whose applications under the policy were refused, (ii) those whose applications under the policy were approved and who were later issued a new work permit, (iii) calendar year and month from 2020 to 2025 to date, (iv) country of citizenship, (v) province or territory where the asylum claim was made, (vi) the status or outcome of each claim, categorized as pending, accepted, or rejected?

With regard to Labour Market Impact Assessments, since January 2016, broken down by year: (a) what is the total number of Labour Market Impact Assessment applications received under National Occupational Classification code (i) 31102 (General Practitioners and Family Physicians), (ii) 31100 (Specialists in Clinical and Laboratory Medicine), (iii) 31101 (Specialists in Surgery); (b) of the applications for each National Occupational Classification code in (a), how many were (i) rejected, (ii) approved; and (c) what was the average time for an application, under each National Occupational Classification code, to receive an approval or rejection response?

With regard to the statement made at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, on October 2, 2025, by Uyen Hoang, Director General, Citizenship Branch, at the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, that “we do have a program called entry and exit, [...] there are mechanisms in place in order to know when an individual is leaving a country”: (a) what department, agency, police force or combination thereof, is responsible for this program; (b) when did this program come into effect; (c) from which countries does this program track exit and entry data; (d) from the start of the program, or the 2015-16 fiscal year, whichever is oldest, what is the annual level of funding for the program; (e) from the start of the program, or the 2015-16 fiscal year, whichever is oldest, how many full-time equivalents are assigned to work under the program umbrella; (f) how does the program collect exit numbers; (g) what companies are contracted or subcontracted to execute this program, and what is the value of the each contract awarded to contractors or subcontractors; (h) from the start of the program, or the 2015-16 fiscal year, whichever is oldest, and broken down by each border crossing and mode, how many people exited the country, and of those people, how many were (i) Canadians, (ii) non-Canadians; (i) what are the details of the non-Canadians who exited the country in (h)(ii), including (i) on which permits were they previously allowed entry into the country, (ii) which permits were no longer valid at the time of their exit; and (j) what percentage of temporary residents are identified as having overstayed their lawful period of entry in Canada?

With regard to findings of inadmissibility for misrepresentation under section 40 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, since 2014 to 2025 to date: (a) how many findings of misrepresentation under section 40(1) have been made by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada each year, broken down by type of application (e.g., study permits, work permits, visitor visas, sponsorship applications); (b) how many findings of misrepresentation under section 40(1)(b) have been made each year, and how many were subject to ministerial review under section 40(2)(b); (c) how many cases of misrepresentation under section 40(1) resulted in a five-year inadmissibility ban as per section 40(2)(a), broken down by year; (d) what are the most common forms of misrepresentation detected under section 40(1)(a), including falsified documents, fraudulent job offers, and concealment of prior refusals, broken down by year; (e) how many cases of misrepresentation under section 40(1) each year have been linked to third­party representatives, consultants, or agents, and what measures have been put in place to address this issue; (f) how many removal orders under section 40(2)(a) were issued each year, and what measures are in place to enforce them; (g) what was the geographic distribution, by country of origin, of misrepresentation findings under section 40(1) each year; and (h) how many appeals or challenges to findings of misrepresentation under section 40(1) have been made each year, and how many of these resulted in findings being overturned?

With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency, since January 1, 2016, and the list of those who have been determined to be inadmissible to Canada and are the subject of an active Canada-wide arrest warrant, issued pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act: (a) what are the details of individuals on the up-to-date wanted list, including, for each, (i) their name, (ii) the reason for their inadmissibility, (iii) their immigration status, (iv) the number of days they have been on the list; (b) for those who have been on this wanted list previously, what were their outcomes, broken down by (i) name, (ii) date of arrest, (iii) how long they were wanted by the government prior to their arrests; and (c) how many of those on the wanted list have been on this list for over one year, and what are the details, including the (i) total number, (ii) breakdown by year?

With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's pathway for Colombian, Haitian and Venezuelan nationals: (a) how many individuals have been admitted to Canada under this special immigration measure to date, broken down by nationality; (b) what are the initial settlement locations of individuals admitted under the special immigration measure, broken down by province and territory; (c) what specific eligibility criteria were applied to assess applicants under this policy, specifically regarding evidence of displacement or vulnerability to displacement; (d) was there any mechanism implemented to verify whether applicants had been displaced or forcibly displaced or otherwise affected by conditions cited as justification for this policy; (e) why did the government reduce its initial commitment for this humanitarian measure from 15,000 persons to 11,000 persons, and what were the factors that influenced this decision; and (f) did the government consult with international organizations, humanitarian organizations, or Canadian civil society in the development of this policy, and, if so, (i) which organizations were consulted, (ii) what was the extent of those consultations, (iii) what feedback or recommendations from those consultations were incorporated?

With regard to the entry of internationally trained healthcare professionals into Canada: (a) what is the number of (i) physicians, (ii) nurses, (iii) other healthcare workers, who have entered Canada each year since 2016 under the Express Entry system, disaggregated by occupation and province of destination; (b) what is the number of (i) physicians, (ii) nurses, (iii) other healthcare workers,who have entered Canada in each year since 2016 through a Provincial Nominee Program, disaggregated by occupation and province; and (c) what is the number of (i) physicians, (ii) nurses, (iii) other healthcare workers, who have been granted a Labour Market Impact Assessment‑based work permit in each year since 2016, broken down by occupation and province of employment?