Migrants on the Move out of Canada > More than 10,000 deportations already this year; Ford cuts social assistance from illegal immigrants in Ontario

This has nothing to do with terrorism or the skyrocketing rate of rapes in Europe, particularly England. This has to do with immigrants on temporary student visas, many of whom never saw the university they were supposed to attend. Student visas were used by criminal gangs, especially the Indian mafia Bishnoi gang, which was involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and targeted killings. They may have been used by the government of India for assassinations.

The expulsions also have to do with a severe housing crunch in Canada.

Canada ramps up deportations of illegal immigrants

CBSA agents are finally enforcing the rules at student protests. Temporary visas mean temporary stays — no permanent residency was promised, and document checks aren’t persecution

Harrison Faulkner, Juno News

Aug 13, 2026

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Data shows that Canada Border Services agents are setting new records for deportations across Canada, as a visible increase in raids and document checks are now occurring. Images of a CBSA raid at an international student protest in Calgary, Alberta, on Wednesday indicate that Canada is beginning to take a more serious and more visible approach to removals.

As of June 30, CBSA records show that over 10k deportations have already occurred in Canada, happening at a rate of 400 per week. Last year, Canada deported over 23,000 people.

Being in Canada on a temporary visa means exactly that: temporary. No one was promised permanent residency, and protesting, demanding extensions, or framing the country as stolen land does not create one. The political sympathy these students once enjoyed has evaporated.

Document checks at these gatherings are not persecution or “Trump-style thuggery” — they are simply how a country determines who still has legal status and who does not. Hunger strike or not, the rules still apply.

Many of these students were clearly misled by shady consultants and marginal colleges. That does not change the fact that they signed temporary visas knowing the terms, and that the real goal for most was never education but a pathway to stay and eventually sponsor extended family. Living here without status only leaves them vulnerable to exploitation. For both their own sake and Canada’s, the clearer path is to go home when the visa ends.

The era of open-ended tolerance for expired status is closing, and that is long overdue.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Ontario Tightens Rules to Bar Illegal Immigrants From Receiving Social Assistance

Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends a media availability at the TTC Davisville subway yard in Toronto on Feb. 18, 2026. The Canadian Press/Chris Young

The Ontario government is implementing new regulations to block people without legal immigration status from receiving social assistance benefits.

Premier Doug Ford took to social media on Aug. 13 to announce amendments have been made to the Ontario Works Act  and the Ontario Disability Support Program Act to clarify the criteria for social assistance eligibility.

“Taxpayer-funded social assistance was never meant to support people living in Ontario illegally,” Ford wrote in an Aug. 13 X post. “As of today, it doesn’t.”

The announcement follows a pledge made by Ford last month to make changes after media coverage about a tribunal decision that granted Ontario Works payments to a man who arrived in Canada decades earlier on a temporary work permit that has since expired.

Ford had commented last month about the case of the man who came to Canada in 1997 on a four-year temporary work permit and never left. The man supported himself with cash-paying jobs for years until entering the homeless shelter system in 2023.

The Ontario Social Benefits Tribunal ruled in May that the man was eligible to receive financial benefits.

Ford said he disagreed with the decision. He wrote in a July social media post that his government would help people who have fallen on hard times, but he emphasized that this did not apply to “people living in Canada illegally.”

The newly announced changes confirm that both those living in Canada illegally and individuals who are authorized to remain temporarily, such as students on a visa, will no longer be able to access social assistance or disability payments. Those with work permits will also not be eligible for benefits.

“These changes will protect taxpayer dollars and ensure these programs are there for the people who they were intended to support,” Social Services Minister Michael Parsa said in a press release, noting that the changes “take effect immediately.”

Tory MP Michelle Rempel Garner, who serves as her party’s shadow immigration minister,  also commented on the man’s case last month, calling the tribunal’s ruling “yet another government action that undermines core principles of our immigration system.”

Rempel Garner last week called on the federal government to back any provincial measures made to maintain the integrity of the immigration system.

Those seeking financial assistance through Ontario Works must be at least 16 years old, be residents of Ontario, and “participate in employment activities,” according to the provincial website. Applicants must demonstrate financial need and cannot have assets exceeding $10,000 for an individual or $15,000 for a couple.

The current guidelines state that a single person without dependents is eligible to receive a maximum of $733 per month, while a couple with two children could qualify for up to $1,553.

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