Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

E574397

Canadian federal statute immigration law refugee law

The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is Canada’s primary federal law governing immigration, refugee protection, and the admission and removal of non-citizens.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act canonical	1
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian federal statute ⓘ immigration law ⓘ refugee law ⓘ
administeredBy	Canada Border Services Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	foreign nationals in Canada ⓘ foreign nationals seeking to enter Canada ⓘ permanent residents of Canada ⓘ
basisFor	Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsPart	appeals and judicial review provisions ⓘ enforcement and removal provisions ⓘ inadmissibility provisions ⓘ offences and penalties provisions ⓘ provisions on permanent residence ⓘ provisions on refugee protection ⓘ provisions on temporary residence ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
defines	foreign national ⓘ inadmissibility ⓘ permanent resident ⓘ protected person ⓘ refugee ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	admission of foreign nationals to Canada ⓘ immigration to Canada ⓘ refugee protection in Canada ⓘ removal of foreign nationals from Canada ⓘ removal of permanent residents from Canada ⓘ
jurisdiction	Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalArea	administrative law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ public law ⓘ
legalStatus	in force in Canada ⓘ
providesFor	appeals to the Immigration Appeal Division ⓘ detention and release of foreign nationals ⓘ judicial review by the Federal Court of Canada ⓘ pre-removal risk assessment ⓘ refugee status determination ⓘ
purpose	to balance Canada’s security with humanitarian objectives ⓘ to provide grounds and procedures for removal from Canada ⓘ to provide protection to refugees ⓘ to regulate the entry of foreign nationals ⓘ to set out the rules for the selection and admission of immigrants ⓘ
replaced	Immigration Act, 1976 NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	IRPA NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bill C-51 (anti-terrorism legislation) → amendsAct → Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ⓘ

Canada Border Services Agency port of entry at Emerson → enforces → Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada)