It's fair to say that Canada's use of detention, even under Bill C-31, will be much less the case than is the norm in many other countries. Mr. Hill mentioned the average daily population in immigration detention across the country at about 500. When you think about the number of claimants we receive in any given year—last year I think it was around 25,000 and the year before about 23,000—it really does represent a small percentage of individuals who come to Canada to make a refugee claim.
