Applications to Cease or Vacate Refugee Protection

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Please note that applications finalized in a given time period may have been made in a previous time period.​

Due to privacy considerations, some values in these tables​ have been suppressed and replaced with the notation "--". As a result, components may not be a sum of the total indicated. In general, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada suppresses values less than 20. ​
​See protecting privacy when releasing statistical information: small value suppression to learn more about how the Board approaches small value suppression.​

Cessation applications (s. 108(2) of the IRPA)
​Cessation applicationsReceived​
Finalized​Pending
AllowedDismissedAbandonedWithdrawn & Other​Total
​2024 (January to September)
218
167
​26
​--
​--
​153
341​
​2023
307
284
35
​--
​--
355
331
​2022
202
461
​50
​--
​--
549
​385
2021​
392
369
​21
​​--
​​--
​419​
729
2020
376
221
--
​--
--
232
755
2019433
166
--
​--
--
189
611
2018129
116
--
​--
​​30
163
367
2017146
​--
--
--
​21
37401
201688
--
--
​--
​20
​40
292
2015179
49--
--
--
70244
​2014157
117--
​--
​​22
156135
201313740--
​--
--
46
134
Vacation applications (s. 109(1) of the IRPA)
Vacation applicationsReceivedFinalizedPending
AllowedDismissedAbandonedWithdrawn & OtherTotal
​2024 (January to September)
132
123
​--
​--
​--
121
​​230​​​​​
​2023
190
212
​--
​--
​--
235
​​256​​​​
​2022
203
299
​--
​--
28​​344
​​288
2021
230
243
--
--
​47
301
428
​2020
245
51
--
--
--
63
499
2019196
278
--
--
--
294
317
2018164
369--
--
--
387
415
2017235
​70
--
​--
--
73638
2016213
​20
​​--
--
--
26
476
2015140
60
--
--
--
69
282
2014239
135--
--
--
154
211​
201312895--
--
--
122126