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

With regard to Canada child benefit payments and broken down by each of the last five years: (a) how many temporary residents received Canada child benefit payments; (b) what was the cumulative value of the payments in (a); (c) what is the breakdown (a) and (b) by type of visa (international student, temporary foreign worker, etc.); (d) what measures are in place to ensure that Canada child benefit payments are not made to temporary residents who have not spent at least 18 months in Canada; (e) what measures are in place to ensure that Canada child benefit payments cease being paid once an individual's visa has expired; and (f) does the government know how many payments have been made to individuals with an expired visa, and, if so, how many such individuals have received payments, and what was the value of those payments?

With regard to the decision of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to no longer publish raw datasets, between January 1, 2025, and September 15, 2025: (a) how many temporary residents were present; (b) how many temporary resident visas were in effect or current; (c) how many temporary resident visas expired; (d) how many temporary residents whose visas expired are estimated to have departed; (e) how many temporary residents whose visas expired filed asylum claims; (f) how many cases of asylum claims by temporary residents were granted; (g) how many cases of asylum claims by temporary residents were rejected; and (h) how many temporary residents whose asylum claims were rejected are estimated to have departed?

With regard to temporary residents and foreign workers hired by government departments, agencies, Crown corporations or other government entities, broken down by year since 2016, including 2025 to date: (a) how many individuals, including employees and contractors, were hired through the International Mobility Program initiative, in total and broken down by type of job and job title; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by each department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity; (c) how many individuals, including employees and contractors, were hired outside of the International Mobility Program initiative, in total and broken down by circumstance (international student, national interest employee, etc.), type of job and job title; and (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by each department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity?