Canada Border Services Agency
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) (French: [Agence des services frontaliers du Canada - ASFC] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the Canadian government agency with a duty to act as border guards and customs services.[1]
| Canada Border Services Agency Agence des services frontaliers du Canada | |
| Common name | Border Services |
| Abbreviation | CBSA/ASFC |
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| Motto | Protectio Servitium Integritas |
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| Formed | December 12, 2003 |
| Preceding agency | Canada Customs and Revenue Agency |
| Employees | 12,000+ |
| Legal personality | Governmental agency |
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| Federal agency | Canada |
| Governing body | Public Safety Canada |
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| Elected officer responsible | Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety |
| Agency executive | Luc Portelance, President |
| Regions | 8
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| CBSA Homepage | |
The agency was started on December 12, 2003 (the same day Paul Martin became Prime Minister of Canada), by an order-in-council joining Canada Customs with border and law enforcement agents from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).[2]
Canada Border Services Agency Media
- CBSA and Vancouver Police.jpg
CBSA officers with Vancouver Police in Vancouver, BC
- Canadian customs declaration.jpg
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Automated passport control kiosks at Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Montee Saint-Francois - Laval - 08.jpg
Immigration Holding Centre in Laval, Quebec, one of the three in the country
- Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Border Services Agency share information on the survey research vessel Strait Hunter, simulating a migrant vessel, during Frontier Sentinel 2012 120508-N-IL267-072.jpg
CBSA and RCMP members share information on the survey research vessel Strait Hunter, simulating a migrant vessel, during Frontier Sentinel (2012)
- Peace arch Canada-US border.jpg
- CBP-CBSA Joint Senior Executive meeting (31781818278).jpg
Canadian Border Services Agency leaders meet U.S Customs and Border Protection Officials in October 2018
- Canada Border Services Agency Dodge Charger in Ontario Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.jpg
A Dodge Charger in CBSA service
- CBP International Travel Preclearance Operations in Canada (26003271678).jpg
U.S. and Canadian border agents
Related pages
Notes
- ↑ "What we do?". Canada Border Services Agency. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ↑ "Who we are?". Canada Border Services Agency. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
Other websites
- Canada Border Services Agency Official site
- Border Crossing Information
- Border Crossing Information (French)
- Smart Border 30-Point Action Plan Archived 2006-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Canada Nexus Border crossing system Archived 2009-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Educational Video - ID Cards RFID Chips
- Integrated Border Enforcement Teams Archived 2006-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
- IBETs 2006 Joint Cross-Border Operations Archived 2006-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
- CBSA Detector Dog Service Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Chapter 5—Keeping the Border Open and Secure—Canada Border Services Agency Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Be Aware and Declare! What you can and cannot bring into Canada Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
