Deportation order
Statutory definition
Regulation 229 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227, specifies the circumstances in which a deportation order (rather than a departure order or exclusion order) must be issued. Deportation orders are issued for: serious criminality (s 36(1)), security (s 34), human rights violations (s 35), organised crime (s 37), and certain repeat offenders.
Explanation
A deportation order creates a permanent bar on re-entry to Canada. The person may not return without obtaining written authorisation from the Minister. This is the most severe consequence of a removal order.
The Minister's authorisation to return after a deportation order (known as an "authorization to return to Canada" or ARC) is discretionary and is generally available only after a significant period has elapsed and circumstances have changed.
How this term is used
Deportation orders are made for the most serious categories of inadmissibility. Persons subject to deportation orders have limited appeal rights — serious criminality deportation orders cannot be appealed to the IAD if the person has been sentenced to six months or more imprisonment.