Refugee Protection Claims (New System) Statistics

Understanding RPD Claims Tables

Referred: Claims received by the RPD.
Finalized:
- Accepted: The RPD has determined that the claimant is either a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection.
- Rejected: The RPD has determined that the claimant is not a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection.
- Abandoned: The RPD has declared that the claim has been abandoned because, for example, the completed Basis of Claim 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- Withdrawn and Other: “Withdrawn” describes cases in which the claimant does not continue with their claim.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- Total: Total of all claims accepted, rejected, abandoned, withdrawn and other. Claims finalized in the time period indicated may have been referred to the RPD in a previous time period.
Pending: All claims, referred on or after December 15, 2012, that have not been finalized.

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

Claims by Region - 2023
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2023/03/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2023/03/31)
National	28,582	10,196	2,859	547	632	14,234	84,550
Eastern	14,960	2,235	907	286	234	3,662	41,918
Central	10,628	5,881	1,640	226	321	8,068	35,523
Western	2,994	2,080	312	35	77	2,504	7,109

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2023

Claims by Region - 2022
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2022/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2022/12/31)
National	60,158	28,272	12,537	1,351	3,284	45,444	70,223
Eastern	25,570	7,122	4,630	529	1,802	14,083	32,108
Central	28,002	15,277	6,439	682	1,126	23,524	31,666
Western	6,586	5,873	1,468	140	356	7,837	6,449

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2022

Claims by Region - 2021
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2021/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2021/12/31)
National	24,127	30,290	12,190	934	4,600	48,014	55,937
Eastern	8,065	8,633	5,045	232	2,510	16,420	26,432
Central	12,326	16,514	5,919	671	1,702	24,806	23,705
Western	3,736	5,143	1,226	31	388	6,788	5,800

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2021

Claims by Region - 2020
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2020/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2020/12/31)
National	18,500	16,209	7,733	395	1,529	25,866	79,753
Eastern	7,846	5,573	3,338	202	666	9,779	40,700
Central	8,398	7,038	3,422	166	745	11,371	33,714
Western	2,256	3,598	973	27	118	4,716	5,339

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2020

Claims by Region - 2019
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2019/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2019/12/31)
National	58,378	25,034	13,718	1,610	2,129	42,491	87,270
Eastern	24,123	8,199	5,886	591	841	15,517	42,960
Central	27,825	12,921	6,076	947	1,070	21,014	37,628
Western	6,430	3,914	1,756	72	218	5,960	6,682

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2019

Claims by Region - 2018
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2018/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2018/12/31)
National	55,388	14,790	8,759	1,376	1,880	26,805	71,675
Eastern	23,370	3,542	2,828	468	511	7,349	34,927
Central	26,572	8,834	4,981	839	1,163	15,817	30,872
Western	5,446	2,414	950	69	206	3,639	5,876

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2018

Claims by Region - 2017
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2017/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2017/12/31)
National	47,425	13,553	6,223	740	997	21,513	43,250
Eastern	21,716	3,400	1,845	347	217	5,809	19,451
Central	20,595	8,025	3,683	344	671	12,723	19,987
Western	5,114	2,128	695	49	109	2,981	3,812

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2017

Claims by Region - 2016
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2016/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2016/12/31)
National	23,350	9,972	4,821	286	682	15,761	17,537
Eastern	5,819	2,759	1,260	76	97	4,192	3,535
Central	14,880	5,925	2,907	179	499	9,510	12,537
Western	2,651	1,288	654	31	86	2,059	1,465

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2016

Claims by Region - 2015
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2015/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2015/12/31)
National	16,592	8,596	4,119	212	532	13,459	9,999
Eastern	3,883	2,098	1,288	51	88	3,525	1,919
Central	10,758	5,478	2,268	130	367	8,243	7,193
Western	1,951	1,020	563	31	77	1,691	887

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2015

Claims by Region - 2014
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2014/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2014/12/31)
National	13,800	7,156	3,961	271	425	11,813	6,916
Eastern	3,310	1,616	1,278	72	105	3,071	1,577
Central	8,932	4,627	2,264	175	265	7,331	4,701
Western	1,558	913	419	24	55	1,411	638

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2014

Claims by Region - 2013
	Referred	Accepted	Rejected	Abandoned	Withdrawn and Other	Total	Pending (as of 2013/12/31)
	Referred	Finalized					Pending (as of 2013/12/31)
National	10,465	3,064	2,009	221	357	5,651	4,987
Eastern	2,934	812	673	47	82	1,614	1,355
Central	6,427	1,934	1,120	143	221	3,418	3,124
Western	1,104	318	216	31	54	619	508

Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2013

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