Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)

Marginal note:Country of removal

• 241 (1) If a removal order is enforced under section 239, the foreign national shall be removed to

  • (a) the country from which they came to Canada;

  • (b) the country in which they last permanently resided before coming to Canada;

  • (c) a country of which they are a national or citizen; or

  • (d) the country of their birth.

• Marginal note:Removal to another country

  (2) If none of the countries referred to in subsection (1) is willing to authorize the foreign national to enter, the Minister shall select any country that will authorize entry within a reasonable time and shall remove the foreign national to that country.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (3) Despite section 238 and subsection (1), the Minister shall remove a person who is subject to a removal order on the grounds of inadmissibility referred to in paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Act to a country that the Minister determines will authorize the person to enter.