India becomes leading nationality for deportations from Canada in 2026
Canada Border Services Agency data shows 3,323 Indian nationals removed in first six months, surpassing Mexico
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India becomes leading nationality for deportations from Canada in 2026
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What this story says
- Canada deported 3,323 Indian nationals in the first six months of 2026, the highest number for any nationality during that period.
- The figure is nearly 88% of the 3,779 Indian nationals deported in all of 2025, which was the previous annual record.
- Indians also account for the largest group in Canada’s “removal in progress inventory”, with 7,669 cases awaiting resolution.
- The Canada Border Services Agency does not provide a country-wise breakdown of reasons for deportation, but cites immigration rule violations, asylum rejections, and visa fraud as common causes.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 6 of the 13 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
74/100
Craft
67/100
Hype
15/100
13 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Canada deported 3,323 Indian nationals in the first six months of 2026, according to data from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The figure surpasses the number of deportations for any other nationality during the same period, with Mexico recording 1,573 removals. The 2026 total is nearly 88% of the 3,779 Indian nationals deported in all of 2025, which was the highest annual figure since 2020.
Indians have consistently ranked second in deportations from Canada over the past five years, behind Mexico. The last time India led the deportation figures was in 2020, when 1,424 Indian nationals were removed. The number of deportations has risen sharply since 2021, when 603 Indians were deported, increasing to 786 in 2022, 1,132 in 2023, and 2,004 in 2024.
The CBSA data also shows that 7,669 Indian nationals are currently in the “removal in progress inventory”, the largest group awaiting deportation. The agency does not provide a country-specific breakdown of reasons for removal, but reports cite non-compliance with immigration rules, rejected asylum or refugee claims, visa overstays, and visa fraud as primary causes.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mentioned the 7,669 Indian nationals in Canada’s “removal in progress inventory”. The left-rated report by Scroll India and the centre-rated report by Live Mint both included this figure. The centre-rated report was the only one to detail the three categories of removal orders used by Canada.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 9 Aug 2026, 13:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- Scroll India led on the historical context of deportations, noting that India last topped Canada’s deportation figures in 2020. The report included a year-by-year breakdown of deportations from 2021 to 2024, showing a steady increase. It also highlighted that the CBSA does not provide country-wise reasons for removals, attributing the causes to immigration rule violations, asylum rejections, and visa fraud as reported by PTI.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- Live Mint framed the story around Canada’s tightening immigration policies, linking the rise in deportations to broader efforts to reduce temporary residents, including international students and foreign workers. The report included a comparison with US deportation figures, noting that Canada’s removals of Indian nationals were more than 2.5 times higher than those from the US in the same period. It also detailed the three categories of removal orders used by Canada: departure, exclusion, and deportation.
Right
5 rated outlets
- The five right-rated digests led on the scale of the deportations, with headlines such as “India tops Canada deportation list as 3,323 Indians removed in first half of 2026” (Times of India) and “Canada Deported Record 3,323 Indians In First Half Of 2026, Data Shows” (Deccan Chronicle). The digests uniformly noted that the figure represented nearly 88% of the 2025 total and that India had overtaken Mexico as the leading nationality for deportations. None of the digests mentioned the historical context of deportations or the categories of removal orders used by Canada.
Read it at the source
13 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
1Right
5- Canada Deports Over 3,000 Indian Nationals In First Half Of 2026: Report (opens NDTV in a new tab)
- As Canada deports 3,323 Indians in just 6 months, are old strains in ties to blame? - The Tribune (opens Tribune India in a new tab)
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- Canada Deported Record 3,323 Indians In First Half Of 2026, Data Shows (opens Deccan Chronicle in a new tab)
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- Canada deported record 3,323 Indians in first half of 2026, data shows (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
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- India tops Canada deportation list as 3,323 Indians removed in first half of 2026 (opens Times of India in a new tab)
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Not rated
6- കാനഡയിൽ നിന്ന് നാടുകടത്തപ്പെട്ടവരിൽ ഇന്ത്യക്കാർ ഒന്നാമത്; ആറു മാസത്തിനിടെ മടക്കി അയച്ചത് 3,323 പേരെ (opens Mathrubhumi in a new tab)
Mathrubhumi — is Mathrubhumi biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Canada deports 3,323 Indians in first half of 2026 (opens madhyamamonline.com in a new tab)
madhyamamonline.com — is madhyamamonline.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Canada Deported Record 3,323 Indians in First Half of 2026, Data Shows (opens Kashmir Observer in a new tab)
Kashmir Observer
- Canada Tightens Its Grip on Indians, Deports 3,323 Citizens in the First Six Months of 2026 (opens Earlynews24 in a new tab)
Earlynews24 — is Earlynews24 biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Canada deported record 3,323 Indians in first half of 2026, data shows (opens dtnext.in in a new tab)
dtnext.in
- Canada deported record 3,323 Indians in first half of 2026, data shows (opens nagpurtoday.in in a new tab)
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