page_title: Canada Border Services Agency
section_title: Enforcement & Intelligence
hierarchical_section_title: Canada Border Services Agency / Operations / Enforcement & Intelligence
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le gouvernement fédéral possède plusieurs installations à Laval sur la montée Saint-François
context_page_description: The Canada Border Services Agency is a federal law enforcement agency that is responsible for border control, immigration enforcement, and customs services in Canada. The CBSA is accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
  The Agency was created on December 12, 2003, by an order-in-council that amalgamated the customs function of the now-defunct Canada Customs and Revenue Agency; the enforcement function of Citizenship and Immigration Canada; and the port-of-entry examination function of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The CBSA's creation was formalized by the Canada Border Services Agency Act, which received Royal Assent on November 3, 2005.
  The CBSA oversees approximately 1,200 service locations across Canada, and 39 in other countries. It employs over 14,000 public servants and offers 24-hour service at 117 of its land border crossings and at 13 international airports.
caption: Immigration Holding Centre in Laval, Quebec, one of the three in the country
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