2022 Year in review: accomplishments by the numbers
From: 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 1,200 points across Canada and at 39 international locations.
This page outlines CBSA national statistics for the period between and .
Travellers
- 49,905,250 travellers:
- Air: 20,339,623
- Highway: 27,172,695
- including 4,819,902 truck drivers
- Marine: 2,360,640
- Rail: 32,292
- 20,646,420 travellers used Primary inspection kiosks
- 64 additional primary inspection kiosks across Canada
- 1.62 million NEXUS members
Commercial goods
- 18,779,698 releasesFootnote 1 of goods into the commerce of Canada following a decision by a Border Services Officer
- 98,588,434 courier shipments
- $191,631,968,970 Trusted Trader value for duty importedFootnote 2
- $32,952,638,125 total duties and taxes assessed (customs duties, Special Import Measures Act [SIMA] duties, surtaxes, GST and excise taxes)
- Commercial by the numbers:
- Highway: 4,457,754 trucks
- Air: 2,657,740 shipments
- Marine: 1,374,664 containers
- Rail: 1,564,727 cars
Food, plant and animal
A total of 952 Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties (AAAMP) were issued for food, plant and animal import violations totaling $784,800 in penalties.
Enforcement
A total of 39,833 seizuresFootnote 3), including:
- 465 seizures for a total of 1,009 firearms seized
- 7,442 seizures for a total of 23,044 weapons seized
- 7,435 illegal drugs seizures
- Cocaine (including coca leaves, coca paste, cocaine and cocaine crack): 2,662 kilograms
- Heroin: 339 kilograms
- Fentanyl: 4 kilograms
- Other opioids (including opium, methadone, morphine and morphine base): 5,940 kilograms
- Other drugs, narcotics and chemicals: 28,804 kilograms valued at an estimated
- 15,629 cannabis seizures totaling 11,605 kilograms
- 1,129 tobacco seizures totaling 298,051 kilograms
- 25 child pornography seizures
Firearms (details)
- Total firearms seized: 1,009
- Total firearms seizures: 465
Firearm type | Quantity |
---|---|
Antique firearm | 7 |
Full auto carbine | 9 |
Handgun | 446 |
Miscellaneous (for example: replica firearms, firearms parts, large capacity magazines, silencers) | 113 |
Revolver | 44 |
Rifle | 63 |
Semi-auto pistol | 268 |
Semi-auto rifle | 22 |
Shotgun | 20 |
Other (including full auto pistol, full auto rifle, and semi-auto carbine) | 17 |
Weapons (details)
- Total weapons seized: 23,044
- Total weapon seizures: 7,442
Prohibited weapons type | Quantity |
---|---|
Automatic opening knife | 15,785 |
Bladed ring | 26 |
Blowgun | 2 |
Brass knuckle | 1,858 |
Centrifugal opening knife | 2,901 |
Crossbow (one handed use) | 23 |
Gravity opening knife | 78 |
Innocuous device with knife | 81 |
Kiyoga/steel cobra baton | 140 |
Morning star | 5 |
Nunchaku | 214 |
Push dagger | 150 |
Shuriken | 175 |
Stun gun | 1,049 |
Taser | 249 |
Tear gas/pepper spray | 299 |
Other (constant companion knife, kusari/manriki gusari) | 10 |
Contact us
For more information or to schedule an interview with a CBSA representative, please contact:
Media Relations
Canada Border Services Agency
Emailk: media@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca
Telephone: 1-877-761-5945
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