Canada Border Services Agency
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) facilitates the flow of legitimate travellers and trade. The agency also enforces more than 100 acts and regulations that keep our country and Canadians safe.
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Advance Declaration: Save time at the border
Use Advance Declaration in ArriveCAN to submit your customs and immigration declaration before flying into Canada.
CARM Client Portal: Register and use the online services
Available to importers, customs brokers and trade consultants. Expanding soon to all trade chain partners.
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Services and information: Travel
Crossing the border into Canada
Reporting and customs requirements. Processes, programs and tools for visitors and residents.
Travel documents
Bring the right identification and citizenship documents to the border for yourself and your family.
Plan your trip across the border
CBSA offices, travel tips for boaters and non-commercial air pilots.
Smart and secure border tools for travel and trade
The latest technologies to help people and goods move across the border more seamlessly and securely.
Services and information: Trade
Importing goods
Guidance, reporting requirements, advance rulings, valuation and more.
Exporting commercial goods
National policies, processes, procedures, regulations and legislation.
Customs Tariff 2024
The latest tariff classification numbers for declaring imported and exported goods.
Anti-dumping and countervailing
Measures for Canadian producers facing unfair foreign competition in the Canadian marketplace.
Facilitating trade
Programs and services to encourage trade in commercial goods and to facilitate compliance with trade rules.
Services and information: Securing the border
Arrests, detentions, alternatives to detention and removals
How we deal with individuals who are not allowed to be in Canada.
Report suspicious border activity
Use our online form or our toll-free phone line to help stop illegal border activities.
Detection tools
Technology and detector dogs help us detect and prevent contraband from entering Canada.
Our fight against human trafficking
The CBSA identifies instances of cross-border trafficking and helps potential victims.
Other border services and information
Importing goods for personal use
Prohibited and restricted weapons, cannabis, animals and food, vehicles, boats, duties and more.
Operating a duty-free shop
Licensing and regulatory requirements for shop operators.
Contact us
What we are doing
Publications and forms
Corporate information
Minister
Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs
Management
President of the Canada Border Services Agency
Management
Executive Vice-President of the Canada Border Services Agency
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