Border services program and policy development

Information on Canada Border Service Agency’s (CBSA) programs, policies, publications and supporting activities, including legislation, statistics, research and consultations.

Research and statistics

• Combatting vehicle theft at Canada’s borders
• Examining personal digital devices at the Canadian border
• Immigration removal statistics
• Immigration detention and alternatives to detention statistics
• Detention monitoring reports
• Entry and exist data collection and use
  • Travel history report
• Audits and evaluations
• Advance passenger information and name records
• Import statistics for SIMA measures in force
• The CBSA's 2025 year in review: Accomplishments by the numbers

Other activities

• Anti-dumping and subsidy investigations
• Consultations
• Partners
• Privacy impact assessments

Policy instruments, legislation and publications

• Canadian Customs Tariff
• Customs notices
• Departmental memoranda
• Acts and regulations
• Access to information
• National Immigration Detention Standards

Policy and service frameworks

• National Immigration Detention Framework
• National Directive for the Detention or Housing of Minors
• Information for people detained under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Related links

• CBSA Service standards
• GC InfoBase
• Transparency
• Corporate reports