Supplementary Estimates (C): Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security: Supplementary Estimates (C) 2025-2026 (March 24, 2026)

The CBSA will receive funding for four time-limited investment initiatives:

1. $3.2 million in 2025-2026 for Immigration Measures for Palestinian and Ukrainian Temporary Residents
   • The CBSA has been collaborating with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to support the Government of Canada's assisted departure efforts, led by Global Affairs Canada (GAC), in response to the crises in Gaza and Ukraine
   • As instability continued in these regions in 2025-26 resulting in more arrivals to Canada, the CBSA is supporting IRCC's amended policy to increase the Temporary Resident Visas to 5,000 applicants for certain extended families affected by the crisis in Gaza, as well as to support the processing of approximately 2,000 individuals applying outside of the public policy
   • This funding will enable the CBSA to continue delivering on activities ranging from security screening and pre-arrival risk assessment, to the port of entry examination and issuance of required documents
2. $1.4 million in 2025-2026 for National Security and Intelligence Review Requirements (Horizontal Item)
   • The CBSA will receive funding to fulfill its existing responsibilities under the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act, Security of Canada Information Disclosure Act, and the Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entitles Act, and to remain compliant, responsive, and accountable within the evolving space of national security and intelligence review
   • The CBSA's National Security and Intelligence Review Division acts as the "single window" liaison with both the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency to effectively manage planned reviews, coordinate all ongoing reviews implicating the Agency, and coordinate the implementation of recommendations with relevant stakeholders across the Agency
   • The National Security and Intelligence Review Division also provides outreach, support and guidance across the Agency and provides an internal challenge function during reviews
3. $1.4 million in 2025-2026 for Emergency Responses to Crises Overseas
   • As part of Global Affairs Canada led Government-wide emergency responses to international crises, the CBSA collaborates with other government departments, and regional and international organizations to support response operations and contingency planning in the Middle East and assisted departures from Haiti
   • As instability continues in these regions, funding will enable the CBSA to maintain preparedness for emergency responses in Haiti and in the Middle East
4. $600,000 in 2025-2026 for Drug-Impaired Driving Initiatives (Horizontal Item)
   • Impaired driving is the leading criminal cause of death and injury in Canada; in the context of legalized cannabis and the ongoing opioid crisis, the Government of Canada has committed resources to sustain and increase law enforcement capacity to address drug-impaired driving
   • The RCMP and the CBSA are seeking funding for 2025-2026 to support an existing horizontal initiative: Building Law Enforcement Capacity to Address Drug-Impaired Driving
   • The funding with allow the RCMP and the CBSA to continue protecting public safety on roadways in Canada by equipping officers with the tools, technology and training necessary to enforce the current legislation
   • Funding will allow the CBSA to continue delivering training for the detection of drug impaired driving, purchase training equipment, manage policy and procedural updates in advance of Justice Canada's proposed regulatory change to the Evaluation of Impaired Operation Regulations (SOR/2008-196), set to take effect in early 2026-2027, to introduce the Finger-to-Nose test as a supplementary tool to detect drug impaired drivers

• The CBSA will receive funding in the 2025-2026 Supplementary Estimates (C) as follows:
  • $10.2 million in salaries, or 66.2% of Total Voted Budgetary Funding
  • $5.2 million in non-salaries, or 33.8% of Total Voted Budgetary Funding
    • Most of the non-salary funding will be used for transportation or acquisition of utilities, materials and supplies
• The two tables below provide the funding details by initiative and by standard object:

  Table 1: CBSA's Investment Funding by Initiative (in millions of dollars)

  Table 1: CBSA's Investment Funding by Initiative (in millions of dollars)

  	Salary	Non-Salary	Total
  Initiatives Receiving Funding for New Programs
  A) Funding to Strengthen Canada's Borders	1.8	1.3	3.1
  B) Funding for the Establishment of the Public Complaints and Review Commission (Horizontal Item)	3.1	0.9	4.0
  Subtotal	4.9	2.2	7.1
  Time Limited Initiatives
  A) Funding for Immigration Measures for Palestinian and Ukrainian Temporary Residents	2.7	0.5	3.2
  B) Funding for National Security and Intelligence Review Requirements (Horizontal Item)	1.1	0.3	1.4
  C) Funding for Emergency Responses to Crises Overseas	1.2	0.2	1.4
  D) Funding for Drug-Impaired Driving Initiatives (Horizontal Item)	0.4	0.2	0.6
  Subtotal	5.3	1.2	6.5
  Transfers From Other Government Departments
  A) From the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the Canadian Firearms Program	0.0	1.7	1.7
  B) From the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development to adjust funding previously provided for departmental staff located at missions abroad	0.0	0.1	0.1
  Subtotal	0.0	1.8	1.8
  Total (Voted Budgetary Funding)	10.2	5.2	15.5
  Salary and Non-Salary as a Percentage of Total Voted Budgetary Funding	66.2%	33.8%	100.0%
  Statutory - Employee Benefit Plans (EBP)	1.7	0.0	1.7
  Grand Total	11.9	5.2	17.2
  Totals may not add up due to rounding. Investment funding excludes PWGSC accommodation premium and SSC core IT services costs.

  Table 2: CBSA's Funding by Standard Object

  Table 2: CBSA's Funding by Standard Object

  	Amount (in millions of dollars)	Percentage %
  01 - Personnel	10.2	66.2
  02 - Transportation and communications	1.4	9.3
  03 - Information	0.1	0.5
  04 - Professional and special services	1.3	8.3
  05 - Rentals	0.2	1.3
  06 - Repairs and maintenance	0.0	0.0
  07 - Utilities, materials and supplies	1.5	10.0
  08 - Acquisition of land, buildings and works	0.1	0.4
  09 - Acquisition of machinery and equipment	0.5	3.0
  10 - Transfer payments	0.0	0.0
  11 - Public Debt charges	0.0	0.0
  12 - Other subsidies and payments	0.1	0.9
  Total (Voted Budgetary)	15.5	100.0
  Statutory - Employee Benefits Plans (EBP)	1.7	-
  Grand total	17.2	-
  Totals may not add up due to rounding.

Purpose:

The Traveller Facilitation and Compliance program inventory aims to ensure:

• Admissible travellers are processed in an efficient manner
• Travellers and their goods are compliant with applicable legislation

Background Information:

Border Services Officers review traveller declarations and documentation, prior to or upon arrival at ports of entry, to determine if travellers and their goods meet the requirements of customs and immigration legislation and regulations, and are therefore admissible to Canada.

Border Services Officers question travellers and decide whether to allow entry, or to refer for examination and/or further processing (for example, payment of duties and taxes, issuance of permits or other documents as required.). In cases of non-compliance, Border Services Officers apply appropriate enforcement actions, which include monetary penalties, seizures, possible detentions, denial of entry to Canada or referral for further investigations.

Purpose:

The Commercial Facilitation and Compliance program inventory aims to ensure:

• Admissible commercial goods and conveyances are processed in an efficient manner

Background Information:

The Commercial Facilitation and Compliance program administers legislation, regulations and international free trade agreements. It also develops and administers the regulations, policies, procedures, partnerships and national programs that facilitate the import and export of legitimate goods within established service standards, into and out of Canada. This includes the design, development and maintenance of commercial policy for goods being imported into Canada, as well as developing tools, training materials and guidance to support the regional delivery of these core programs.

To minimize intervention, the program works with its external partners to promote voluntary compliance; to use risk assessment information at the border; and to conduct post-border compliance verifications. It also supports the development of transformation / modernization priority initiatives such as the eManifest, Commercial Policy Review, eCommerce Strategy as well as other modernization initiatives.

Purpose:

The Buildings and Equipment program inventory aims to:

• Maintain the Agency's real property portfolio in good state of repair, capable of supporting a safe, functional working environment for Border Services Officers, Agency staff and members of the travelling public

Background Information:

The Building and Equipment Program includes land and marine Ports Of Entry (POE); the CBSA College located in Rigaud (Quebec); the immigration holding centers currently being constructed in Laval (QC) and Surrey (BC); and staff housing at various remote POE locations.

Additionally, the Program ensures the provision of equipment at legislated facilities, where owner-operators must provide space for CBSA operations. The Program is also responsible for the procurement, life cycle management and disposal of specialized equipment (for example, fleet), and for supporting the delivery of sustainable development and environmental compliance objectives.

CBSA's Real Property Portfolio

CBSA own total land area of 250 ha* and 393 structures with a total floor area of 157,731 m2*.
*Directory of Federal Real Property (DFRP) Information as of May 2025

Overall condition of the Custodial portfolio:

• Good: 37%
• Fair: 24%
• Poor: 20%
• Critical: 19%

Pacific Custodial Condition:

• Good: 56%
• Fair: 16%
• Poor: 17%
• Critical: 11%

Prairies Custodial Condition:

• Good: 35%
• Fair: 16%
• Poor: 20%
• Critical: 29%

Northern Ontario Custodial Condition:

• Good: 37%
• Fair: 47%
• Poor: 5%
• Critical: 11%

Southern Ontario Custodial Condition:

• Fair: 50%
• Poor: 50%

Quebec Custodial Condition:

• Good: 26%
• Fair: 31%
• Poor: 22%
• Critical: 21%

Rigaud Condition:

• Good: 33%
• Fair: 54%
• Poor: 13%

Atlantic Custodial Condition:

• Good: 20%
• Fair: 37%
• Poor: 30%
• Critical: 13%

Owner

Custodial

Properties owned by the CBSA or with custodial responsibilities ($3.4 billion 2024 replacement value)

Asset Classes

• Safety & Security:
  • 109 Land border POEs
  • 8 Marine POEs
  • 2 Immigration Holding Centres
• Training & Learning:
  • CBSA College Campus (Rigaud)
• Housing:
  • 60 residential units

Occupant

Legislated
Owned and operated by a 3rd party pursuant to the Customs Act

• ~67 legislated ports of entry international toll bridges and tunnels, international railways, airports, wharfs, and docks, as well as postal facilities via MOU.

Occupant

Leased accomodations
General purpose office space provided to CBSA by PSPC and Special Purpose Space leased by the Agency

• 100+ Real Property Agreements across Canada including leases for space (for warehouse, training, NEXUS, etc.), Memorandum's of Understanding, contracts for antennas and parking.

Purpose:

The overall objective of the Detentions program inventory is to ensure that:

• Applicable persons are placed in the most appropriate detention facility according to their risk profile

Background Information:

In support of the National Immigration Detention Framework, the CBSA's Detentions Program provides program and policy guidance for the delivery of an immigration detention system that supports the humane and dignified treatment of individuals while protecting public safety. It ensures a high level of detention standards and practices for those individuals who must be detained.

The program ensures that its detention facilities are updated and can support the provision of enhanced services. Through operational standards, the national detention program aligns with key international detention standards including United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Canadian Red Cross (CRC) guidelines on detention.

The Detentions Program maintains key contracts and agreements including those that allow for detention oversight by the CRC, the provision of case management for released individuals, guard services to support detentions operations, and the housing of immigration detainees in provincial facilities.

Purpose:

Information Technology Services helps the CBSA manage Canada's borders by strategically developing, applying and overseeing:

• information management
• technology systems
• science services

They develop effective technology solutions to address the Agency's business needs through a diverse workforce of scientists, engineers, IT specialists and Border Services Officers, resulting in a connected and well-managed border. Through science and technology, the CBSA is among the best border organizations in the world, keeping Canada, the economy and Canadians safe.

Background Information:

The CBSA continually evolves its applications, software and hardware to support border operations and to ensure a modern and secure IT environment where national systems and related business processes are cost-effectively managed; innovation can be easily introduced to increase business value; and rationalization occurs as needed to address technical debt.

The CBSA is strengthening its cyber security through a framework to identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover from cyber attacks in order to support the effective delivery of the Agency's mandate. The Agency is committed to championing security consciousness across the organization and fostering a culture shift toward a security-by-design mindset, and is taking steps to attract new talent and retain internal expertise by providing opportunities for professional development and advancement.

Key solutions for cyber and information technology security are underway, such as maturing the CBSA's identity, credential and access management capabilities; implementing an Insider Risk Program; maturing and modernizing risk assessment practices with a business-focused approach; and stabilizing and maturing end-point protection. Additionally, the Agency's internal and boundary protection measures will be strengthened; threat detection and response will be augmented; and collaboration with partners will be enhanced by onboarding enterprise solutions provided by Shared Services Canada and aligning to the Government of Canada Enterprise Cyber Security Strategy.

Under the CBSA Data Strategy 2.0, which focuses on leveraging data for business impacts, the Agency is enhancing the use of analytics throughout the organization, while undertaking activities to ensure the horizontal integration of data and to improve data quality, availability and accessibility. This strategy enables evidence-based decision-making, strengthens policy compliance and performance monitoring, supports opportunities for efficiency, and enhances transparency to the public.