Overview
- CBSA data show 1,891 Indian nationals were forcibly removed through July 28, 2025, second to 2,678 Mexicans for the year to date.
- This tally places 2025 on track to surpass the 2024 total of 1,997 removals of Indian nationals.
- Indians lead the removals-in-progress inventory with 6,837 cases, within an overall backlog of 30,733 that includes 27,103 refugee claimants.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney said the government plans to make deportations faster with better resourcing and improved tracking as part of broader immigration reforms.
- Peel Regional Police arrested eight Indian nationals in an alleged mail theft case exceeding CA$400,000 and said it is working with the Crown and CBSA on whether removal will be pursued.