Canada Border Services Agency Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Canada Border Services Agency Agence des services frontaliers du Canada
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Common name	Border Services
Abbreviation	CBSA/ASFC
Motto	Protectio Servitium Integritas Protection, Service, Integrity
Agency overview
Formed	December 12, 2003
Preceding agency	Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Employees	12,000+
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Canada
Operations jurisdiction	Canada
Governing body	Public Safety Canada
Constituting instruments	Order in Council P.C. 2003-2064 Canada Border Services Agency Act
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible	Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety
Agency executive	Luc Portelance, President
Regions	8 National Headquarters: Ottawa Pacific Region: British Columbia & Yukon Prairie Region: Alberta, Saskachewan, Manitoba & Northwest Territories Windsor/St. Clair Region Niagara/Fort Erie Region Greater Toronto Region Northern Ontario Region: Northern Ontario & Nunavut Quebec Region: Quebec Atlantic Region: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador
Website
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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) (French: Agence des services frontaliers du Canada - ASFC) is the Canadian government agency with a duty to act as border guards and customs services.

The agency was started on December 12, 2003 (the same day Paul Martin became Prime Minister of Canada), by an order-in-council joining Canada Customs with border and law enforcement agents from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

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Canadian customs declaration
Immigration Holding Centre in Laval, Quebec, one of the three in the country
CBSA and RCMP members share information on the survey research vessel Strait Hunter, simulating a migrant vessel, during Frontier Sentinel (2012)
Peace Arch International Park, between Surrey, BC and Blaine, WA.
American Customs and Border Protection and Canadian CBSA leaders meet in October 2018
A Dodge Charger in CBSA service

Canada Border Services Agency facts for kids

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