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Regulation 243 — Payment of removal costs

Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations r 243 Canada Compilation: 2026-03-17 Verified: 2026-05-23

Text of provision

(1) Unless expenses incurred by His Majesty in right of Canada have been recovered from a transporter, a foreign national who is removed from Canada at His Majesty’s expense shall not return to Canada if the foreign national has not paid to His Majesty the removal costs of

(a) $3,840 for removal without escort or under escort other than by air; and

(b) $12,880 for removal under escort by air.

(2) Despite paragraph 1(b), a foreign national who is removed by air under medical escort is subject to the removal cost set out in paragraph (1)(a).

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a foreign national who is under 18 years of age at the time the removal order is made.

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