How Canada’s refugee system works

Refugees are people who have fled their countries because of a well-founded fear of persecution. They are not able to return home. They have seen or experienced many horrors.

A refugee is different from an immigrant. An immigrant is a person who chooses to settle permanently in another country. Refugees are forced to flee.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/canada-role.html

Refugees and asylum
Apply for refugee status from within Canada, find out how to come to Canada as a refugee, sponsor a refugee or find refugee services in Canada.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees.html