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Reports: Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security: Canada – U.S. Border Security (December 12, 2024)

Study permit issuance report

December 2 to 8, 2024

Study Permits Issued by CBSA (December 2 to 8, 2024): 2,930 (70% increase)
Study Permits Processed by Express Permit Macro (EPM) (December 2 to 8, 2024): 31 (1%)

CBSA study permit arrivals by region
Region	This week (Dec 2 to 8, 2024)	Last week (Nov 25 to Dec 1, 2024)	Percentage Increase/Decrease	Past 4 weeks (Nov 11 to Dec 8, 2024)	2024 total
Atlantic	13	14	minus7%	39	1,818
Quebec	783	516	52%	2,120	61,298
Northern Ontario	35	27	30%	103	2,249
Greater Toronto Area	1,236	649	90%	2,752	119,081
Southern Ontario	41	39	5%	177	2,789
Prairie	139	62	124%	310	11,889
Pacific	683	420	63%	1,816	66,850
Total	2,930	1,727	70%	7,317	265,974
Source: CBSA DAPRU Weekly International Student Volume Statistics Report

Figure 1

Study permits issued by POE (Top 10)
Rank	Port of entry	Total
1	Toronto Pearson International Airport	1,233
2	Montreal-Trudeau International Airport	750
3	Vancouver International Airport	648
4	Calgary International Airport	81
5	Edmonton International Airport	42
6	Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge POE	32
7	Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport	21
8	Saint-Bernard-De-Lacolle POE	10
9	Boundary Bay POE	10
10	Douglas POE	9
	All Other POEs	94
Total		2,930
Source: CBSA DAPRU Weekly International Student Volume Statistics Report

Figure 2

Study permits issued by citizenship (Top 10)
Rank	Country of citizenship	Total
1	India	773
2	Philippines	267
3	Nigeria	222
4	China	156
5	Algeria	104
6	Iran	93
7	Senegal	89
8	Morocco	78
9	Vietnam	75
10	Guinea	74
	All other citizenships	999
Total		2,930
Source: CBSA DAPRU Weekly International Student Volume Statistics Report

Figure 3

Actual and projected study permit issuance by month (2023 to 2024)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023 actual	25,838	8,359	12,155	63,464	19,667	15,076	24,865	152,468	53,969	10,851	13,524	95,301
2024 actual	27,517	9,204	16,814	45,679	13,901	11,290	16,826	79,981	28,539	6,520	6,521	-
2024 IRCC projected	-	-	-	-	-	10,700	16,700	112,000	57,700	12,600	13,700	69,700
Based on IRCC's Arrival Projections document, historical data and DAPRU volume statistics reports

Figure 4

Average CBSA processing times^{Tablenote 3}
Passenger (air) examination (immigration secondary)	10 minutes^{Tablenote 1}
Study permit (provisionally approved by IRCC)	8 minutes^{Tablenote 1}
Study permit (all others)	19:45 minutes^{Tablenote 1}
Asylum claim (normal processing)	6 hours^{Tablenote 2}
Asylum claim (One Touch)	2 hours, 6 minutes^{Tablenote 2}
Work permit (provisionally approved by IRCC)	13 minutes^{Tablenote 1}
Work Permit (all others)	22:56 minutes^{Tablenote 1}
Visitor record	29 minutes^{Tablenote 1}
Temporary resident permit	40 minutes^{Tablenote 1}
Allowed to leave	2 hours, 40 minutes^{Tablenote 1}
A44(1) – non refugee	2 hours, 40 minutes^{Tablenote 1}
tablenote Tablenote 1 Source: TPPD: TMS Processing Timings (Airports and Land Border POEs) (2019) Return to tablenote 1 referrer Tablenote 2 Source: Refugees Unit Return to tablenote 2 referrer Tablenote 3 Processing times are under review and subject to amendment Return to tablenote 3 referrer

CBSA Mexico asylum claim summary

CBSA and IRCC Mexico refugee claims by mode and region
Organization and mode	Region	Visa lift (01 Dec 2016 to 29 Feb 2024)	Visa imposition (01 Mar to 30 Nov 2024)	Fiscal year 2024 to 2025 (01 Apr to 30 Nov 2024)	Monthly (01 to 30 Nov 2024)
CBSA Inland	ATL	1	0	0	0
	QC	289	38	36	2
	NOR	17	7	7	2
	GTA	288	107	93	11
	SOR	52	24	23	6
	PRA	3	0	0	0
	PAC	265	68	67	9
	CBSA Inland total	915	244	226	30
CBSA POE	ATL	13	0	0	0
	QC	30,528	252	223	24
	NOR	101	6	1	0
	GTA	5,365	43	32	2
	SOR	177	35	35	7
	PRA	643	22	19	2
	PAC	1,094	52	45	0
	CBSA POE total	37,921	410	355	35
IRCC Inland	Eastern	3,370	0	0	0
	Ontario	2,243	0	0	0
	Western	5,426	0	0	0
	Unspecified	2	0	0	0
	Systems	13,074	4,232	3,500	473
	IRCC total	24,115	4,232	3,500	473
CBSA and IRCC total		62,951	4,886	4,081	538
Source: CBSA Statistics and Performance Unit

CBSA Mexico refugee claims by mode (excludes IRCC)
Mode	Visa lift (01 Dec 2016 to 29 Feb 2024)	Visa imposition (01 Mar to 30 Nov 2024)	Fiscal year 2024 to 2025 (01 Apr to 30 Nov 2024)	Monthly (01 to 30 Nov 2024)
Land Border^{Tablenote 1}	994	126	112	12
Airport	36,905	284	243	23
Inland	915	244	226	30
Marine	22	0	0	0
Total	38,836	654	581	65
tablenote Tablenote 1 Since 15 September 2023, the Quebec Regional Processing Centre processes some overflow cases from YUL. Return to tablenote 1 referrer
Source: CBSA Statistics and Performance Metrics Unit

CBSA Mexico refugee claims (Top 10 POEs – ranked by fiscal year 2024 to 2025)
Port of entry	Fiscal year 2024 to 2025 (01 Apr to 30 Nov 2024)	Monthly (01 to 30 Nov 2024)
P.E. Trudeau International Airport	181	20
Toronto Pearson International Airport	32^{Tablenote 1}	2^{Tablenote 2}
Saint Bernard de Lacolle	22	4
Pacific Highway	19	0
Vancouver International Airport	18	0
Rainbow Bridge	12	2
Fort Erie	12^{Tablenote 3}	4^{Tablenote 4}
Saint-Armand	11	0
Queenston Lewiston Bridge	10	1
Calgary International Airport	8	1
Stanstead	7	0
Other POEs	23	1
Total	355	35
tablenote Tablenote 1 Terminal 1 – 18 \| Terminal 3 – 14 Return to tablenote 1 referrer Tablenote 2 Terminal 1 – 1 \| Terminal 3 – 1 Return to tablenote 2 referrer Tablenote 3 Peace Bridge – 7 \| Refugee Processing Centre – 5 Return to tablenote 3 referrer Tablenote 4 Peace Bridge - 4 Return to tablenote 4 referrer
Source: CBSA Statistics and Performance Metrics Unit

Figure 5

Inadmissibility reports written by CBSA against Mexicans (excludes IRCC)
Mode	Regions	Visa lift (01 Dec 2016 to 29 Feb 2024)	Visa imposition (01 Mar to 30 Nov 2024)	Fiscal year 2024 to 2025 (01 Apr to 30 Nov 2024)	Monthly (01 to 30 Nov 2024)
Inland	ATL	70	9	9	0
	QC	8,586	541	385	13
	NOR	361	46	45	4
	GTA	2,356	615	477	49
	SOR	493	207	199	30
	PRA	358	83	76	18
	PAC	2,357	315	276	19
	Inland total	14,581	1,816	1,467	133
POE	ATL	25	5	5	0
	QC	24,001	441	369	46
	NOR	137	18	10	0
	GTA	3,519	474	363	24
	SOR	256	71	61	15
	PRA	798	29	20	3
	PAC	3,368	99	82	4
	POE total	32,104	1,137	910	92
CBSA total		46,685	2,953	2,377	225
Source: CBSA Statistics and Performance Metrics Unit

CBSA International operations: Fraud enquiries and interceptions
	Visa lift (01 Dec 2016 to 29 Feb 2024)	Visa imposition (01 Mar to 30 Nov 2024)	CY 2024 (01 Jan to 30 Nov 2024)	Monthly (01 to 30 Nov 2024)
Fraud enquiries	16,844	17	324	1
Fraud interceptions	15,377	4	299	0
Source: Weekly Operations Report

CBSA Allowed to Leave (no A44) issued to Mexicans
Regions	Visa lift (01 Dec 2016 to 29 Feb 2024)	Visa imposition (01 Mar to 30 Nov 2024)	Fiscal year 2024 to 2025 (01 Apr to 30 Nov 2024)
ATL	65	15	14
QC	2,298	194	171
NOR	83	105	92
GTA	14,730	87	70
SOR	2,023	3,683	3,250
PRA	1,835	215	176
PAC	9,635	1,015	899
Total	30,669	5,314	4,672
Source: CBSA Data Analytics and Performance Reporting

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Permits issued by the CBSA to Mexicans (excludes IRCC)
Permit type	Region	Visa lift (01 Dec 2016 to 29 Feb 2024)	Visa imposition (01 Mar to 30 Nov 2024)	Fiscal year 2024 to 2025 (01 Apr to 30 Nov 2024)
Visitor Records	ATL	299	30	23
	QC	5,545	296	276
	NOR	336	16	14
	GTA	12,061	326	306
	NHQ	4	0	0
	SOR	1,062	49	44
	PRA	4,550	170	153
	PAC	6,891	196	171
	Unspecified	2	0	0
	VR total	30,750	VR total	987
Study Permits	ATL	159	18	17
	QC	4,826	383	375
	NOR	248	24	24
	GTA	11,466	934	901
	NHQ	10	0	0
	SOR	986	83	75
	PRA	1,914	148	144
	PAC	18,979	1,658	1,553
	Unspecified	13	0	0
	SP total	38,601	3,248	3,089
Work Permits	ATL	3,952	594	382
	QC	68,108	10,077	8,662
	NOR	376	85	79
	GTA	128,140	15,431	13,021
	NHQ	3	0	0
	SOR	1,929	196	178
	PRA	9,735	638	588
	PAC	72,698	7,493	5,918
	Unspecified	49	5	2
	WP total	284,990	34,519	28,830
Temporary Resident Permits	ATL	2	16	12
	QC	68	91	62
	NOR	3	13	2
	GTA	241	92	10
	SOR	21	31	26
	PRA	41	71	27
	PAC	183	243	45
	Unspecified	4	0	0
	TRP total	563	557	184
Permit total		354,904	39,407	33,090
Source: CBSA Data Analytics and Performance Reporting

Mexican removals (all inadmissibilities)
Mode	Regions	Visa lift (01 Dec 2016 to 29 Feb 2024)	Visa imposition (01 Mar to 30 Nov 2024)	Fiscal year 2024 to 2025 (01 Apr to 30 Nov 2024)	Monthly (01 to 30 Nov 2024)
Inland	ATL	23	2	2	0
	QC	2,602	167	158	68
	NOR	181	33	31	5
	GTA	1,652	145	122	13
	SOR	79	12	11	2
	PRA	595	36	30	1
	PAC	851	58	53	3
	Inland total	5,983	453	407	92
POE	ATL	4	0	0	0
	QC	1,428	32	28	5
	NOR	15	1	1	0
	GTA	154	14	14	1
	SOR	44	6	6	0
	PRA	47	5	5	1
	PAC	2,654	34	32	1
	POE total	4,346	92	86	8
CBSA total		10,329	545	493	100
Source: CBSA Statistics and Performance Metrics Unit Note: It can take several years for an inadmissible person to become removal ready; therefore, removals are not reflective of inadmissibility reports. Additionally, some individuals may be subject to multiple inadmissibility reports but would only have one removal.

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Date modified:: 2025-04-11