CBSA 2023 Year in Review: Southern Ontario Region infographic

From January 1 to October 31, 2023

The Southern Ontario Region covers the cities of Niagara Falls, Fort Erie, London, Sarnia, and Windsor, as well as surrounding communities. We are home to 1,590 employees who processed 42 percent of all highway travellers across the country.

Seized

• Drugs: 1,312 kg
• Firearms: 351
• Currency: CDN$1.3 million
• Tobacco: 556,993 kg
• Alcohol: 8,705 litres

Welcomed

• Travellers: 17.8 million
• Asylum claimants: 6,418
• Conveyances/Vehicles: 9.8 million
• Afghan & Ukrainian nationals: 13,667

Development of the Gordie Howe International Bridge in Windsor, ON, is underway. This will be the largest land border port of entry in Canada.

Processed

• 2.7 million commercial trucks
• 7.3 million commercial shipments
• 12 billion in importer duty and tax revenues