There are very few detainees left in places like the Toronto immigration holding centre. Most of the children in those holding centres were there with a detained parent. But as of last week, there were only 94 immigration detainees in provincial jails. The CBSA immigration detention centre in Laval, Que. "Immigration detention has always been a measure of last resort, used only in limited circumstances and only after alternatives to detention are first considered," stated the minister's office in its email to Radio-Canada.

Source: CBC News November 10, 2020 09:56 UTC