The CBSA's 2025 year in review: Accomplishments by the numbers

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) provides services at 1,200 points across Canada and at 40 international locations.

This page outlines CBSA national statistics for the period between January 1 and December 31, 2025.

Consult the news release CBSA is strengthening the border: 2025 results and accomplishments for more detailed information and provincial highlights.

Travellers

82,300,378 travellers:
- Air: 36,678,160
- Highway: 42,019,470
  - including 5,536,892 truck drivers
- Marine: 3,357,015
- Rail: 245,701
34,227,852 travellers used primary inspection kiosks
4,115,070 travellers used Advance Declaration
17 additional primary inspection kiosks across Canada
2.1 million NEXUS members

Commercial goods

30.7 million releases^{Footnote 1} of goods into the commerce of Canada
149 million courier shipments
$265.8 billion Trusted Trader value for duty imported^{Footnote 2}
$47.5 billion total duties and taxes collected (customs duties, Special Import Measures Act [SIMA] duties, GST and excise taxes)
Commercial by the numbers:
- Highway: 5,038,595 trucks
- Air: 3,817,803 shipments
- Marine: 2,012,946 containers
- Rail: 1,815,786 cars

Food, plant and animal

A total of 3,668 Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties (AAAMP) issued for food, plant and animal import violations totaling $2,830,200 in penalties.

Enforcement

A total of 52,238 seizures^{Footnote 3}, including:
- 659 seizures for a total of 833 firearms seized
- 8,263 seizures for a total of 17,771 weapons seized
- 31,688 illegal drugs seizures
  - Cocaine (including coca leaves, coca paste, cocaine and cocaine crack): 4,725 kilograms
  - Heroin: 128 kilograms
  - Fentanyl: 2.8 kilograms
  - Methamphetamine (including methamphetamine and methamphetamine-ICE): 2,397 kilograms
  - Other opioids (including opium, methadone, morphine and morphine base): 1,144 kilograms
  - Other drugs, narcotics and chemicals: 28,206 kilograms (this number excludes cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, other opioids and cannabis)
- 16,029 cannabis seizures totaling 46,608 kilograms
- 3,457 tobacco seizures totaling 803,652 kilograms
99 child pornography seizures
1,590 stolen vehicles intercepted and detained
22,108 removals of inadmissible persons
- 1,010 of which were subject to a serious inadmissibility (national security, war crimes or human rights violations, organized crime, and criminality).
74,691 triaged refugee claims
- including 5,595 interventions or appeals

Firearms (details)

Total firearms seized: 833
Total firearms seizures: 659

Firearms
Firearm type	Quantity
Miscellaneous (for example, replica firearms, firearms parts, large capacity magazines, silencers, etc.)	30,317
Handgun	499
Semiauto pistol	115
Revolver	71
Rifle	60
Full auto carbine	8
Shotgun	31
Other (including full auto pistol, full auto rifle and semiauto carbine)	16
Semiauto rifle	29
Antique firearm	4

Weapons (details)

Total weapons seized: 17,771
Total weapon seizures: 8,263

Weapons
Prohibited weapons type	Quantity
Brass Knuckle	2,617
Automatic opening knife	4,755
Centrifugal opening knife	5,914
Stun Gun	2,361
Kiyoga/Steel Cobra baton	392
Tear gas/pepper spray	637
Innocuous device with knife	176
Bladed Ring	35
Taser	429
Push dagger	208
Gravity opening knife	109
Crossbow (one handed use)	7
Shuriken	45
Nunchaku	17
Other Other (including Constant Companion knife, Kusari/Manrikigusari, and Spiked Wristband)	52
Morning Star	15
Blow gun	2

Contact us

For more information or to schedule an interview with a CBSA representative, please contact:

Media Relations
Canada Border Services Agency
Email: media@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

Footnotes and definitions

Footnote 1

Release: A release is defined as a decision by a Border Services Officer to release goods into the commerce of Canada upon the acceptance of an interim or final accounting request presented by the importer or their customs broker.

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Footnote 2

Value for duty: A value for duty must be declared for all goods imported into Canada, including goods received free of charge (for example, gifts), in accordance with the valuation provisions of the act, regardless of the circumstances of their importation. Even if duties are not owed, the value for duty of the goods being imported must still be established so that any applicable assessment of the goods and services tax, provincial sales tax or harmonized sales tax may be calculated and accurate importation and international trade statistics can be gathered. (Reference: Customs valuation handbook)

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Footnote 3

Seizure: An action whereby the Crown takes physical possession of goods that have become the property of the Crown (that is, goods that have been forfeited). If goods are not declared, or falsely declared, the CBSA can seize them. A seizure represents one single enforcement action and may represent the seizure of one item or multiple items in one single seizure action. For example, a traveller may lose the goods permanently or may have to pay a penalty to get them back. Depending on the type of goods, the terms of release and the circumstances involved, the CBSA may impose a penalty that ranges from 25% to 80% of the value of the seized goods.

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Date modified:: 2026-02-03

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