Refugee Protection Claims (Legacy) Statistics

Understanding RPD Claims Tables

Referred: Claims received by the IRB.
Finalized:
- Accepted: The IRB has determined that the claimant is either a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection.
- Rejected: The IRB has determined that the claimant is not a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection.
- Abandoned: The IRB has declared that the claim has been abandoned because, for example, the completed Personal Information Form was not provided on time, the claimant’s current and correct contact information was not provided, or the claimant did not attend their refugee protection claim hearing or the special hearing on the abandonment of the claim (if required).
- Withdrawn & Other: “Withdrawn” describes cases in which the claimant does not continue with their claim. The claimant can decide to withdraw their claim before the hearing upon written notice to the RPD. Once substantive evidence has been accepted at a hearing, the claimant must make an application to the RPD to be able to withdraw their claim. “Other” describes cases in which the proceeding is terminated upon notice from a CBSA officer because the claimant is not eligible to claim refugee protection (e.g., determined inadmissible to Canada on grounds of serious criminality or organized criminality) or other situations such as when the claimant has passed away.
- Total: Total of all claims accepted, rejected, abandoned, withdrawn & other. Claims finalized in the time period indicated may have been referred in a previous time period.
Pending: All claims, referred before December 15, 2012, that have not been finalized.

Please note that claims finalized in a given time period may have been referred in a previous time period. The following tables include all types of cases referred before December 15, 2012 (legacy). Also included are claims that have been returned by the Federal Court for re-determination, as well as other types of matters heard (such as applications to reopen). Not included in the tables are applications to vacate or to cease refugee protection.

January to March, 2020 Claims by Region
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn & Other	Total	Pending (as of 2020/03/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2020/03/31)
National	0	2	4	8	0	14	54
Eastern	0	2	1	0	0	3	19
Central	0	0	3	8	0	11	31
Western	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – January to March 2020

2019 Claims by Region
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn & Other	Total	Pending (as of 2019/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2019/12/31)
National	0	209	241	34	29	513	73
Eastern	0	22	13	1	3	39	22
Central	0	184	225	31	24	464	47
Western	0	3	3	2	2	10	4

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2019

2018 Claims by Region
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn & Other	Total	Pending (as of 2018/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2018/12/31)
National	0	1,569	964	475	335	3,343	585
Eastern	0	140	34	48	45	267	60
Central	0	1,425	926	427	289	3,067	512
Western	0	4	4	0	1	9	13

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2018

2017 Claims by Region
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn & Other	Total	Pending (as of 2017/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2017/12/31)
National	0	858	369	95	300	1,622	3,933
Eastern	0	137	68	7	45	257	317
Central	0	662	269	84	247	1,262	3,600
Western	0	59	32	4	8	103	16

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2017

2016 Claims by Region
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn & Other	Total	Pending (as of 2016/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2016/12/31)
National	0	269	156	8	238	671	5,573
Eastern	0	144	129	7	49	329	555
Central	0	100	14	1	184	299	4885
Western	0	25	13	0	5	43	133

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2016

2015 Claims by Region
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn & Other	Total	Pending (as of 2015/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2015/12/31)
National	0	940	1,223	171	407	2,741	6,257
Eastern	0	465	495	56	152	1,168	889
Central	0	314	558	105	215	1,192	5,189
Western	0	161	170	10	40	381	179

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2015

2014 Claims by Region
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn & Other	Total	Pending (as of 2014/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2014/12/31)
National	0	2,722	3,820	594	979	8,115	9,042
Eastern	0	993	1,471	116	244	2,824	2,083
Central	0	1,390	1,865	430	629	4,314	6,394
Western	0	339	484	48	106	977	565

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2014

2013 Claims by Region
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn & Other	Total	Pending (as of 2013/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2013/12/31)
National	0	4,751	7,921	634	1,739	15,045	17,294
Eastern	0	1,350	2,587	170	492	4,599	4,994
Central	0	2,786	4,460	388	1,111	8,745	10,740
Western	0	615	874	76	136	1,701	1,560

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2013

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Refugee Protection Claims (Legacy) Statistics

January to March, 2020 Claims by Region

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