Canada Border Services Agency

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) (French: Agence des services frontaliers du Canada - ASFC) is the Canadian government agency with a duty to act as border guards and customs services.

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
	Protection, Service, Integrity
Agency Overview
Preceding agency	Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Employees	12,000+
Legal personality	Governmental agency
Jurisdictional Structure
Federal agency	Canada
Governing body	Public Safety Canada
Constituting instruments	Order in Council P.C. 2003-2064 Canada Border Services Agency Act
General nature	Civilian agency Federal law enforcement
Operational Structure
Elected officer responsible	Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety
Agency executive	Luc Portelance, President
Regions	8 National Headquarters: Ottawa Pacific Region: British Columbia & Yukon Prairie Region: Alberta, Saskachewan, Manitoba & Northwest Territories Windsor/St. Clair Region Niagara/Fort Erie Region Greater Toronto Region Northern Ontario Region: Northern Ontario & Nunavut Quebec Region: Quebec Atlantic Region: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador
Website
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).

Related pages

• Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• CANPASS

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
• Be Aware and Declare! What you can and cannot bring into Canada Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine