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| Canada Border Services Agency Agence des services frontaliers du Canada |
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| Common name | Border Services |
| Abbreviation | CBSA/ASFC |
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| Motto | Protectio Servitium Integritas |
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| Formed | December 12, 2003 |
| Preceding agency | Canada Customs and Revenue Agency |
| Employees | 12,000+ |
| Legal personality | Governmental agency |
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| Federal agency | Canada |
| Governing body | Public Safety Canada |
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| Elected officer responsible | Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety |
| Agency executive | Luc Portelance, President |
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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 |
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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).
CBSA officers and police in Vancouver
Border crossing to Canada at Beebe Plain, Vermont
