Finding our missing children
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to identifying and recovering missing children. Since 1986, the CBSA has participated in the Our Missing Children (OMC) program which aims at intercepting and recovering missing, abducted and exploited children and returning them to their parents or legal guardians.
The Agency's partners in the OMC program are the following organizations:
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- Global Affairs Canada
- Department of Justice
As of , the CBSA has helped bring to safety 2,054 missing, abducted and exploited children.
Prepare your child before they travel
For information on travel advice and the documents needed for your children before travelling, consult Travel with children and minors.
Report a missing child
If you suspect a child is missing or needs help, call 9-1-1 immediately.
The CBSA's role
Our border services officers help recover missing, abducted, trafficked and exploited children at Canada's ports of entry, including:
- international airports
- marine ports
- land border crossings
In addition to our frontline work at the border, we work in partnership with the OMC program partners in Canada and abroad to:
- stop the illicit movement of children across international borders
- facilitate reunifications
- assist law enforcement agencies with missing children cases
- share information
- organize various outreach activities regionally to promote the OMC program
- repatriate Canadian children who have been abducted abroad
Visit Canada's Missing: Our Missing Children for more details, or contact omc_inquiries-questions_ned@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca for information about the CBSA's role in the program.
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