Canada Border Services Agency

Canada Border Services Agency Agence des services frontaliers du Canada
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Common name	Border Services
Abbreviation	CBSA/ASFC
Motto	Protectio Servitium Integritas Protection, Service, Integrity
Agency overview
Formed	December 12, 2003
Preceding agency	Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Employees	12,000+
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Canada
Operations jurisdiction	Canada
Governing body	Public Safety Canada
Constituting instruments	Order in Council P.C. 2003-2064 Canada Border Services Agency Act
General nature	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 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.

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 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