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2021 Year in review: Accomplishments by the numbers

From the Canada Border Services Agency

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) carries out its responsibilities with a workforce of approximately 14,000 employees, including over 6,500 uniformed CBSA officers who provide services at approximately 1,200 points across Canada and at 39 international locations.

These tables outline the national CBSA statistics for to (national statistics, all CBSA regions included).

Commercial goods

  • 17,757,995 releasesFootnote 1 of goods into the commerce of Canada following a decision by a border services officer
  • 77,485,522 courier shipments
  • $133,713,603,442 Trusted Trader value for duty importedFootnote 2
  • $26,938,036,125 total duties and taxes assessed (customs duties, Special Import Measures Act duties, surtaxes, GST and excise taxes)
  • Commercial conveyances:
    • Highway: 4,511,477 trucks
    • Air: 2,256,471 shipments
    • Marine: 1,813,567 containers
    • Rail: 1,488,316 cars

Travellers

  • 13,598,519 travellers:
    • Air: 4,045,224
    • Highway: 9,399,536
      • including 4,833,327 truck drivers
    • Marine: 130,805
    • Rail: 22,954
  • 3,079,318 travellers used Primary inspection kiosks (airport arrival kiosks)

Food, plant and animal

1,017 Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties (AAAMP) issued for food, plant and animal import violations totaling $856,300 in penalties.

Enforcement

42,839 seizuresFootnote 3 (all commodities), including:

  • 338 seizures for a total of 908 firearms seized
  • 10,150 seizures for a total of 32,930 weapons seized
  • 6,308 illegal drugs seizures valued at an estimated $357,803,151 (excludes cannabis seizures)
    • Cocaine (including coca leaves, coca paste, cocaine and cocaine crack): 1,002 kilograms, valued at an estimated $115,545,334
    • Heroin: 98 kilograms valued at an estimated $39,196,941
    • Fentanyl: 3 kilograms valued at an estimated $804,143
    • Other opioids (including opium, methadone, morphine and morphine base): 1,103 kilograms valued at an estimated $66,252,346
    • Other drugs, narcotics and chemicals: 19,762 kilograms valued at an estimated $136,004,387
  • 4,454 seizures (currency, alcohol, clothing, jewelry, other)
  • 20,381 cannabis seizures totaling 14,472 kilograms
  • 1,168 tobacco seizures totaling 395,328 kilograms
  • 40 child pornography seizures

Firearms (details)

Total firearms seized: 908
Total firearms seizures: 338

Firearms
Firearm type Quantity
Antique firearm 8
Fulauto carbine 13
Handgun 316
Miscellaneous (example, replica firearms, firearms parts, large capacity magazines, silencers other) 308
Revolver 44
Rifle 42
Semiauto pistol 125
Semiauto rifle 16
Shotgun 28
Other (including full auto pistol, full auto rifle, and semiauto carbine) 8

Weapons (details)

Total weapons seized: 32,930
Total weapon seizures: 10,150

Weapons
Prohibited weapons type Quantity
Automatic opening knife 4,714
Bladed ring 53
Blowgun 7
Brass knuckle 4,688
Centrifugal opening knife 18,849
Crossbow (one handed use) 41
Gravity opening knife 118
Innocuous device with knife 1,320
Kiyoga/steel cobra baton 94
Morning star 46
Nunchaku 148
Push dagger 737
Shuriken 135
Stun gun 849
Taser 386
Tear gas/pepper spray 740
Other (constant companion knife, kusari/manriki, gusari) 5
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