Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations — 2
ans the amount identified, in the most recent edition of the publication concerning low income cut-offs that is published annually by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act , for urban areas of residence of 500,000 persons or more as the minimum amount of before-tax annual income necessary to support a group of persons equal in number to the total number of the following persons: (a) a sponsor and their family members, (b) the sponsored foreign national, and their family members, whether they are accompanying the foreign national or not, and (c) every other person, and their family members, (i) in respect of whom the sponsor has given or co-signed an undertaking that is still in effect, and (ii) in respect of whom the sponsor’s spouse or common-law partner has given or co-signed an undertaking that is still in effect, if the sponsor’s spouse or common-law partner has co-signed with the sponsor the undertaking in respect of the foreign national referred to in paragraph (b). ( revenu vital minimum ) Minister means the Minister referred to in section 4 of the Act. ( ministre ) National Occupational Classification means the National Occupational Classification implemented by the Department of Employment and Social Development, as amended from time to time. ( Classification nationale des professions ) Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens means, for the French language, the Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens : français langue seconde pour adultes developed by the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks, as amended from time to time. ( Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens ) officer means a person designated as an officer by the Minister under subsection 6(1) of the Act. ( agent ) port of entry means (a) [Repealed, SOR/2020-55, s. 1] (b) a place designated by the Minister under section 26 as a port of entry, on the dates and during the hours of operation designated for that place by the Minister. ( point d’entrée ) relative means a person who is related to another person by blood or adoption. ( membre de la parenté ) social assistance means any benefit in the form of money, goods or services provided to or on behalf of a person by a province under a program of social assistance, including a program of social assistance designated by a province to provide for basic requirements including food, shelter, clothing, fuel, utilities, household supplies, personal requirements and health care not provided by public health care, including dental care and eye care. ( assistance sociale ) sterile transit area means an area in an airport where in-transit passengers, in-transit preclearance passengers or goods that are in transit or precontrolled are physically separated from other passengers and goods. ( espace de transit isolé ) study permit means a written authorization to engage in academic, professional, vocational or other education or training in Canada that is issued by an officer to a foreign national. ( permis d’études ) TEER Category means a category representing the level of training, formal education and experience required to gain entry into an occupation, and the responsibilities related to the occupation, as set out in the National Occupational Classification . ( catégorie FÉER ) time of departure means (a) in the case of a commercial vehicle that carries persons or goods by air, the time of take-off from the last point of embarkation of persons before the vehicle arrives in Canada; and (b) in the case of a commercial vehicle that carries persons or goods by water or land, the time of departure from the last point of embarkation of persons before the vehicle arrives in Canada. ( moment du départ ) transporter means (a) a person who owns, operates, charters or manages a vehicle or fleet of vehicles; (b) a person who owns or operates an international tunnel or bridge; (c) a designated airport authority as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Airport Transfer (Miscellaneous Matters) Act ; or (d) an agent for