🇨🇦 Canadian RAD Outcome Predictor

Refugee Appeal Division - Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

0.68
MCC Score
92.7%
AUC Score
12,660
Training Cases
LightGBM v3 (middle-text, isotonic calibrated)
Algorithm
Dec 2024
Data Updated
Data source: Sean Rehaag & Simon Wallace, “A2AJ Canadian Legal Data” (2025), online: GitHub https://github.com/a2aj-ca/canadian-legal-data (updated 2026).

📊 Confidence Tiers (based on 394 cases from 2022 calibration set)

High (≥75%): 96.2% accuracy - Strong predictive signal
Medium (60-75%): 66.7% accuracy - Moderate confidence
Low (<60%): 54.2% accuracy - Consider additional factors
How to use: Paste the refugee claim summary, appeal grounds, or RPD decision excerpts. The model analyzes language patterns to predict whether the RAD will allow or dismiss the appeal.
Input strength
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💡 Not sure what to paste? The example cases below show the kind of detail this tool works best with — facts, evidence, legal issues, lower decision.
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📊 Value Calculator for Lawyers

For legal professionals: estimate the value this tool brings to your practice. Drag the sliders and explore three ways to think about ROI.

100 cases
$350/hr

You spend fewer hours on outcome assessment and redirect that time to other billable work.

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Formula: hours freed = cases × 1.5 hrs  |  revenue = hours freed × hourly rate  |  tool cost = cases × $0.10

Assumes 1.5 hours saved per case on outcome research. A manual RAD assessment involves reviewing tribunal decisions, country conditions, and credibility factors — this tool delivers a calibrated prediction in under 10 seconds. Tool cost assumes $0.10 per analysis. Average case load of 15 hours used for capacity calculation.