Saudi woman, Rahaf Alqunun boarded a Korean Air flight from the Thai capital to Seoul late on Friday night before flying to Toronto.
The move came as Thai Immigration Police Chief, Surachate Hakparn announced that Canada had granted the 18-year-old asylum.
((HAKPARN))
((Thai then translation .. "Ms Rahaf has received refugee status from the UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency ) and now, the UNHCR has coordinated with Canada in order to send her there via the 11:15PM flight, en route to Toronto (Canada)."))
Ms Alqunun had been initially denied entry to Bangkok but after a tense 48-hour airport stand-off - some of it barricaded in a transit lounge hotel room - she was allowed to enter the country.
There, her case was processed by the United Nations Refugee Agency.
The teenager has accused her family of abuse, and has refused to meet her father and brother who reportedly arrived in Bangkok to try take her back to Saudi Arabia.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the decision to offer Ms Alqunun asylum is consistent with his country's values.
((TRUDEAU))
(("Canada has been unequivocal that we will always stand up for human rights, and women's rights around the world. This is part of a long tradition of Canada engaging constructively and positively in the world, and working with our partners allies and with the United Nations. And when the United Nations made a request of us that we grant Ms Alqunun asylum, we accepted."))
Australia says it had also been working on processing Ms Alqunun's application.
Immigration Minister David Coleman says officials had been working with the UNHCR and international partners to ensure the claim was assessed appropriately.
Senior government minister Dan Tehan says he is pleased the teenager has been granted asylum.
((TEHAN))
(("Obviously it's a very good outcome for the teenager. We were working very quickly to try and look at her case and process her case. But Canada has have stepped in and I think everyone would welcome the fact that she will be going to Canada and will be safe. Because obviously we were going through the processes. Canada have said 'well we're also happy to take her.'))
But Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says Australia acted too slowly.
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(("Canada showed Australia up. Justin Trudeau showed leadership and showed up Scott Morrison. He did what Scott Morrison and Australia should have done."))
The 18-year-old's case has drawn global attention to Saudi Arabia's strict social rules, including a requirement that women have the permission of a male to travel.
