Can visiting my home country after becoming a refugee lead to losing my status?

Yes, it can. Voluntarily returning to visit the country you sought protection from is another classic example of conduct that can support a cessation finding, on the theory that someone who genuinely still needs protection from a country would not choose to travel back there voluntarily. It is not automatic, but it is one of the more direct and easily proven triggers for a cessation review.

What matters is the voluntariness of the trip, its purpose, and whether the circumstances suggest you were actually relying on that country's protection while there — a single trip made under genuinely exceptional and unavoidable circumstances, such as a family emergency, is generally assessed differently from a trip made for leisure, business, or other discretionary reasons, though even exceptional-circumstance trips carry real risk and are not a safe assumption.

Because a cessation finding can also affect any permanent residence obtained since becoming a refugee, and because the risk exists even for trips that feel low-risk or well-justified personally, anyone considering travel to their home country after receiving protection in Canada should get legal advice before booking anything, rather than after the trip has already happened.