Canada’s Border Plan and Budget 2025 emphasize the importance of investing in a strong border to safeguard Canadians and our economy. As 2025 draws to a close, the work of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) across the country and around the world is demonstrating the results of this commitment.

Between January 1 and October 31, 2025, the CBSA has played a key role in combatting organized crime and making communities across Canada safer by intercepting:

• 30,791 kg of illegal drugs, more than the 25,600 kg seized last year
• more than 13,500 dangerous weapons including over 740 firearms, similar to 2024 when 15,600 weapons and 850 firearms were seized
• over 1,320 stolen vehicles, compared to approximately 2,270 in 2024, reflecting the overall decrease in vehicle theft recorded in Canada during 2025

During this same period, changing global travel and migration patterns saw CBSA process 12% fewer travellers at its ports of entry giving more time to focus on other priorities including the removal of 19,000 inadmissible people to their home countries.

The CBSA was also integral in supporting the continued flow of international trade. This included the collection of over $40 billion in duties and taxes and the examination of more than 4.3 million commercial trucks, in line with 2024 volumes.

The CBSA acts as Canada’s first line of defence at 1,200 ports of entry across the country. Every day, 16,500 employees, including over 8,500 frontline officers, play a crucial role protecting our communities by preventing illegal goods and inadmissible people from entering Canada.

With the hiring of 1,000 new officers, the CBSA will have even more capacity to crack down on the movement of stolen goods, illegal guns, and drugs, enforce import measures, and investigate unfair trade practices.

These new CBSA officers will join the thousands of border services officers and hundreds of CBSA criminal investigators, inland enforcement officers, hearings officers, intelligence officers and international officers who already support and enforce compliance with Canada’s border laws and take action against those who try to break them.

“I cannot overstate the importance of the work CBSA officers do each and every day,” said Kevin Brosseau, Canada’s Fentanyl Czar.  “Their vigilance in intercepting fentanyl and other illicit substances before they reach our communities has had a profound impact on the safety of all Canadians.  As a vital part of Canada’s enforcement ecosystem, their work with partners helps stop harm before it starts.  I thank them for their professionalism and the very real role they play in saving lives, strengthening our borders, and reinforcing the trust of Canadians.”

Click here to see the detailed breakdown of border enforcement results.

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