Reports and publications

​The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) publishes a wide variety of information products in a variety of printed and electronic formats. The most requested publications are available on this page.

Departmental planning and performance

Clear and concise information on our mandate, plans, activities and performance is provided to parliamentarians and Canadians through two annual public reports: the IRB Departmental Plan (DP) and the IRB Departmental Results Report (DRR)

Financial statements and reports

IRB provides accounting of the full nature and extent of departmental activities and maintains accounting control over budgets and expenditures through the Departmental Financial Statements, Future Oriented Statements of Operations and Quarterly Financial Reports

Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy

As of February 2026, the IRB is no longer subject to the application of the Federal Sustainable Development Act. The Board's final Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy (DSDS) that outlined its contributions to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy was the 2024 to ​2025 DSDS Report​

Published articles and external presentations

Content focusing on the IRB, its programs, and its initiatives. Published in journals or presented at conferences or meetings .