The Humanitarian and Compassionate Program are for those applicants who believe they have a have special and unique situations and allows flexibility to approve deserving cases not covered by the legislation. An humanitarian and compassionate case file requires circumstances and/or factors that may be sufficiently compelling to allow for the requested exemption.
H&C cases are unique, in that they have the ability to cover special circumstances where the applicant is often in Canada already, and would face undue hardship if required to apply for Immigration in their home country. Often they are unable to leave Canada for reasons beyond their control.