Toronto, October 19 2025 (Bharat Khabarnama Bureau) – Canada is projected to forcibly remove more Indian nationals this year than in all of 2024, according to official government data, highlighting a sharp upward trend in deportations that is unfolding amid a broader political focus on immigration enforcement.
The number of Indian nationals subject to forcible removal by the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) reached 1,891 by July 28, 2025, rapidly approaching the total of 1,997 recorded for the entire previous year. In 2024, Indian citizens constituted the second-largest cohort for deportations, trailing only the 3,683 Mexican nationals removed and far exceeding the 981 Colombians in third place. The 2025 figures to date maintain this pattern, with 2,678 Mexican nationals removed.
The scale of removals involving Indians has expanded dramatically in recent years, ballooning from just 625 in 2019 to the current figures. Furthermore, Indian nationals represent the largest group within the CBSA’s active removal inventory, with 6,837 individuals, followed by 5,170 Mexicans and 1,734 U.S. citizens. Of Canada’s total removal inventory of 30,733, a significant majority—27,103—are failed refugee claimants, with Indians also forming the largest cohort of asylum seekers.
This trend may accelerate following indications from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that the government plans to streamline the deportation process. When asked at a Toronto event about prioritizing the removal of foreign criminals, Carney affirmed, “The short answer is yes, there are plans to make it faster, to better resource it, and to improve the tracking. That’s part of a broader set of reforms that we are making to the immigration system here in Canada.” His comments applied to both asylum seekers and those on temporary resident permits.
The heightened enforcement coincides with burgeoning anti-immigration sentiment across the country. In a significant development, Peel Regional Police (PRP) announced on October 10 that it is now “actively engaged with the Peel Crown Attorney’s Office and the Canada Border Services Agency which will determine whether removal of accused foreign nationals from Canada may be pursued as part of the judicial process.” The policy shift was revealed in connection with the arrest of eight Indian men—Sumanpreet Singh, Gurdeep Chattha, Jashandeep Jattana, Harman Singh, Jasanpreet Singh, Manroop Singh, Rajbir Singh, and Upinderjit Singh—who face a combined 344 charges for the alleged theft of 450 pieces of mail valued at over CA$400,000.
