22,000 foreign nationals breached immigration law
Jan. 28, 2026
Global Korean Post
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In 2025, the CBSA efficiently processed over 82 million travellers, representing a 12% decrease from 2024. Among them, roughly 36.6 million travelled by air, 42 million by land, and 3.3 million by marine modes.
To maintain the integrity of our immigration laws and national security, CBSA officers including liaison officers posted at locations around the world:
- removed nearly 22,000 foreign nationalsfor breaches of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, including 1,010 cases involving serious inadmissibility
- turned away 40,693 individuals deemed inadmissible at land border crossings, who subsequently withdrew their entry applications, in comparison to 2024where 44,944 individuals were deemed inadmissible
- conducted security screenings for more than 80,950 asylum claimants
- recommended the blocking of 7,037 passengers with invalid documentation from boarding Canada-bound flights
The CBSA operates as Canada’s first line of defence at more than 1,200 service points. Over 16,500 dedicated employees, including more than 8,500 uniformed officers, work tirelessly to stop dangerous goods and inadmissible persons from entering the country.
The addition of 1,000 new CBSA officers through ongoing recruitment will further enhance our ability to combat firearms and drug smuggling, stolen vehicles, and unfair trade practices.
In 2025, the CBSA:
- seized 83,211 kg of illegal drugs(including cannabis), exceeding the 52,057 kg intercepted in 2024
- confiscated more than 17,700 prohibited weapons,exceeding the total from 2024, when over 17,200 weapons were confiscated
- confiscated more than 830 firearms,in comparison to the confiscation of more than 880 firearms in 2024
- prevented the export of 1,590 stolen vehicles, compared to 2,277 vehicles intercepted in 2024, consistent with a broader national decline in auto theft
- facilitated the removal of over 22,000 inadmissible individuals, bolstering public safety and immigration system integrity
- collected $47.5 billion in duties and taxesin fiscal year 2024-2025 through CBSA’s Assessment and Revenue Management system (CARM), almost $2 billion more than in previous years
- processed nearly 5 million commercial trucks, comparable to the previous year
- helped reunite 35 abducted or missing children with their families, part of more than 2,100 successful reunions since the Our Missing Children Program began in 1986
by Global Korean Post from Canada Border Services Agency
