Refugee Claims - Statistics, Trends and Projections

Tribunal Statistics

Statistics for the Refugee Protection Division
Number of … Total Note 1
Claims referred in 2015 16,900
Claims finalized in 2015 13,600
Claims pending as of December 31, 2015 10,400

Notes

Note 1

These figures are rounded.

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Trends and Projections

Refugee Protection Trends and Projections 

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The image illustrates a bar chart depicting the actual and projected numbers of refugee protection claims received by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) from 2014-15 to 2018-19.

Note: The graph does not include pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA) applications and finalizations. All numbers have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 500.

  • The Y axis (vertical) represents the claims in increments of 5,000 ranging from 0 to 30,000.
  • The X axis (horizontal) represents five fiscal years grouped into three sections:
    • 2014-15: Past;
    • 2015-16: Forecast;
    • 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19: Planned.

Each fiscal year consists of two columns:

  • the first represents the number of claims referred ("Referred" represents forecast levels of primary intake.): and
  • the second represents the number of claims finalized.

For fiscal year 2014-15:

  • a total of 13,500 claims were referred; and
  • a total of 19,000 claims were finalized.

For fiscal year 2015-16:

  • a total of 16,500 claims are forecast to be referred; and
  • a total of 16,000 claims are forecast to be finalized

For fiscal year 2016-17:

  • a total of 17,500 claims are planned to be referred; and
  • a total of 17,500 claims are planned to be finalized

For fiscal year 2017-18:

  • a total of 17,500 claims are planned to be referred; and
  • a total of 17,500 claims are planned to be finalized

For fiscal year 2018-19:

  • a total of 17,500 claims are planned to be referred; and
  • a total of 17,500 claims are planned to be finalized