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
2025 January to June709027----131272
202429823533----295332
202330728435----355331
202220246150----549385
202139236921----419729
2020376221------232755
2019433166------189611
2018129116----30163367
2017146------2137401
201688------2040292
201517949------70244
2014157117----22156135
201313740------46134
Vacation applications (s. 109(1) of the IRPA)
Vacation applicationsReceivedFinalizedPending
AllowedDismissedAbandonedWithdrawn & OtherTotal
2025 January to June5156------70189
202415817323----202219
2023190212------235256
2022203299----28344288
2021230243----47301428
202024551------63499
2019196278------294317
2018164369------387415
201723570------73638
201621320------26476
201514060------69282
2014239135------154211
201312895------122126
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