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 October 31, 2025.

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

Travellers

70,445,632 travellers:
- Air: 31,131,262
- Highway: 35,871,858
  - including 4,691,210 truck drivers
- Marine: 3,214,526
- Rail: 226,590
29,038,273 travellers used primary inspection kiosks
3,505,851 travellers used Advance Declaration
17 additional primary inspection kiosks across Canada
2.1 million NEXUS members

Commercial goods

24.8 million releases^{Footnote 1} of goods into the commerce of Canada
127 million courier shipments
$223.1 billion Trusted Trader value for duty imported^{Footnote 2}
$39.2 billion total duties and taxes assessed (customs duties, Special Import Measures Act [SIMA] duties, GST and excise taxes)
Commercial by the numbers:
- Highway: 4,267,922 trucks
- Air: 3,191,036 shipments
- Marine: 1,688,846 containers
- Rail: 1,518,317 cars

Food, plant and animal

A total of 3,144 Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties (AAAMP) issued for food, plant and animal import violations totaling $2,391,400 in penalties.

Enforcement

A total of 44,486 seizures^{Footnote 3}, including:
- 585 seizures for a total of 742 firearms seized
- 6,948 seizures for a total of 13,576 weapons seized
- 27,320 illegal drugs seizures
  - Cocaine (including coca leaves, coca paste, cocaine and cocaine crack): 3,243 kilograms
  - Heroin: 87 kilograms
  - Fentanyl: 2.6 kilograms
  - Other opioids (including opium, methadone, morphine and morphine base): 922 kilograms
  - Other drugs, narcotics and chemicals: 26,497 kilograms
- 13,431 cannabis seizures totaling 42,439 kilograms
- 2,874 tobacco seizures totaling 783,424 kilograms
81 child pornography seizures
18,969 removals of inadmissible persons
- 841 of which were subject to a serious inadmissibility (national security, war crimes or human rights violations, organized crime, and criminality).
57,468 triaged refugee claims triaged
- including 3,290 interventions or appeals

Firearms (details)

Total firearms seized: 742
Total firearms seizures: 585

Firearms
Firearm type	Quantity
Miscellaneous (for example, replica firearms, firearms parts, large capacity magazines, silencers, etc.)	26,189
Handgun	445
Semiauto pistol	97
Revolver	65
Rifle	55
Full auto carbine	8
Shotgun	29
Other (including full auto pistol, full auto rifle and semiauto carbine)	14
Semiauto rifle	26
Antique firearm	3

Weapons (details)

Total weapons seized: 13,576
Total weapon seizures: 6,948

Weapons
Prohibited weapons type	Quantity
Brass Knuckle	2,272
Automatic opening knife	4,122
Centrifugal opening knife	3,868
Stun Gun	1,452
Kiyoga/Steel Cobra baton	353
Tear gas/pepper spray	512
Innocuous device with knife	156
Bladed Ring	35
Taser	412
Push dagger	184
Gravity opening knife	100
Crossbow (one handed use)	7
Shuriken	41
Nunchaku	17
Other (including Constant Companion knife, Kusari/Manrikigusari)	29
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:: 2026-01-05

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