Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Transit Between International Flights): SOR/2026-149

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada

Operative dateJune 22, 2026

CategoryBorder control

Policy toolRegulatory amendment

Affected groupTransit passengers

Policy effect

Amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) to define a designated holding area and mandate that any person seeking to leave a sterile transit area or designated holding area at an airport during international transit appear immediately for examination by a border officer, while requiring commercial transporters to submit transit status and destination data. Phase scope: Registered and in force on the date of registration (June 22, 2026)

Official source excerpt

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Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Transit Between International Flights) Amendments 1 Section 2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations footnote 1 is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order: designated holding area has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Presentation of Persons (2003) Regulations. (zone d’attente désignée) 2 (1) Paragraph 35(1)(b) of the Regulations is replaced by the following: (b) in any airport, passengers who are arriving from any country and who are transiting to a country other than Canada and remain in a sterile transit area or designated holding area. (2) Subsection 35(2) of the Regulations is replaced by the following: Obligatory examination (2) Any person seeking to leave a sterile transit area or designated holding area must appear immediately for examination. 3 Paragraph 269(1)(d) of the Regulations is replaced by the following: (c.1) their status as a passenger or crew member and confirmation whether they are in transit to a place outside Canada; (c.2) if they are in transit to a place outside Canada, their first destination outside Canada; (d) the unique passenger reference assigned to them by the commercial transporter, if any; Coming into Force 4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered. N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2026-148, Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Customs Act (Transit Between International Flights). Footnotes Footnote a S.C. 2008, c. 3, s. 2 Return to footnote a referrer Footnote b S.C. 2001, c. 27 Return to footnote b referrer Footnote c S.C. 2017, c. 11, s. 6 Return to footnote c referrer Footnote d S.C. 2017, c. 26, s. 45(2) Return to footnote d referrer …

Canada Gazette, Part IICanada Gazette, Part II, Volume 160, Number 13, SOR/2026-149 (Registration June 22, 2026)Open official source

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Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Transit Between International Flights): SOR/2026-149

Policy effect

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other Canada changes operative in 2026