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is right one of my friend called me today and told me that two people that were waiting for H&C were removed back home to their countries.
Everyweek 400 are removed from Canada.

H&C applications don’t prevent removal. You can read cases weekly of people with active H&C cases trying to stay their removals. Most are dismissed so will be removed. Others will leave on their own because it will increase their chance of being able to return. Until around 2 years ago most with active H&C cases could remain in Canada during processing and could get a WP. Canada is trying to reduce the amount of temporary residents or people without status so is making it much harder to remain in Canada and I expect it to get harder just look at Alberta. Most people would be much better off having another plan to secure PR even if they had to leave Canada temporarily. Given processing times for general H&C most will end up out of status before their H&C case is heard and many will be removed. It will become too hard for many to wait out H&C processing which is currently decades. I have been recommending that people learn French for the past few years or return home to get additional work experience or go back to school. It would be a faster pathway to PR for many people and they would have control over their future.
 
This news was December 24, 2025.
Before the Bill C-12 passed.

An active H&C case has never prevented removal. When numbers were low it was rarely enforced but that changed around 2 years ago. Canada is trying to reduce the amount of temporary residents and undocumented people so it is removing more people or making it clear that people have no options to stay so they remove themselves. If you leave on your own it is much easier and less expensive to return in the future.