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.[1]
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Canada Border Services Agency
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| Common name | Border Services |
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| Abbreviation | CBSA/ASFC |
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| Motto | Protectio Servitium Integritas
Protection, Service, Integrity |
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| Formed | December 12, 2003 |
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| Preceding agency | - Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
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| Employees | 12,000+ |
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| Federal agency | Canada |
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| Operations jurisdiction | Canada |
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| Governing body | Public Safety Canada |
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| Elected officer responsible | - Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety
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| 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 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).[2]
