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The Risk Assessment program activity "pushes the border out" by seeking to identify high-risk people, goods and conveyances as early as possible in the travel and trade continuum to prevent inadmissible people and goods from entering Canada. This benefits the travelling public and the trade community by enabling the Agency to focus its examination and interdiction activities on high-risk people and goods, thereby facilitating the entry of low-risk travellers and goods. The Agency uses automated risk-assessment systems and intelligence to identify potential risks to the security and safety of people and goods.
Systems Development - Enforcement Branch
Description: Describes records related to the development and management of systems used by the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) Enforcement Branch, including the Confirmation & Tracking System (CATS), the Immigration Detainees Management System (IDMS), the Immigration Mail and Courier Tracking System (IMPACT), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (I.C.E.S.), the Enforcement Information Index System (EIIS), the Primary Automated Lookout System - Airport (PALS - Air), the Policy and Program Development Enforcement Data System, the Support System for Intelligence (SSI), the Screening Referral Request & Secure Tracking System (SSR) and the Travel and Identity Document System (TIDS).
Document Types: system descriptions and test packages, evaluation reports, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions, Memoranda of Understanding, Information Sharing Agreements, forms, instructions manuals and training materials, Privacy Impact Assessments, Threat Risk Assessments
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
The Intelligence Program collects, analyzes and distributes actionable intelligence regarding people, goods, shipments or conveyances bound for or leaving Canada to help the Canada Border Services Agency and other law enforcement partners identify people, goods, shipments or conveyances that may pose a threat to the security of Canada. Canada Border Services Agency officers located within Canada, at ports of embarkation or at posts abroad assess information collected from a wide range of sources. In addition, the Canada Border Services Agency provides timely, accurate, strategic, operational and tactical intelligence advice to government authorities, like-minded counterpart nations and stakeholders related to threats to national security, including information on terrorism, weapons proliferation, war crimes, organized crime, smuggling, fraud and irregular migration, fraudulent documentation and border enforcement. Intelligence products such as lookouts, alerts, scientific reports and threat and risk assessments inform, support and enhance the Agency's screening and targeting capabilities and other Canada Border Services Agency programs (such as Admissibility Determination, Criminal Investigations and Immigration Enforcement). A lookout is reliable, accurate and actionable intelligence on actual or suspected infractions or criminal activities that may result in the interception of inadmissible people. A lookout takes the form of an electronic file record. A lookout "hit" will "flag" or identify particular individuals, including corporations, and specific goods, conveyances or shipments. A lookout "hit" requires a mandatory referral to a secondary examination.
Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (FTCS)
Description: Describes records relating to the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (FTCS). May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer and manage this initiative including the Integrated Customs and Enforcement System (ICES), the Intelligence Management System (IMS) and Facility for Information Retrieval Management (FIRM) systems.
Document Types: Reports to Health Canada; Briefing Notes; Treasury Board Submission; Assessments and monitoring tools; Data on source of contraband tobacco, routing, mode of transport, modus operandi, concealment methods and high risk commercial entities as well as on individuals and groups involved in tobacco smuggling; Monthly and/or quarterly reports that provide a national overview of the contraband tobacco market; Annual assessment of the nature and extent of contraband tobacco activity at the borders, domestically and internationally.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 108
Partners in Protection (PIP) Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Partners in Protection (PIP) Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operating Support System (ACROSS), the Customs Commercial System (CCS), Citizenship and Immigration's Field Operational Support System (FOSS), Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), Integrated Customs System (ICS), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), the Intelligence Management System (IMS), Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS), Single Business Number Registration System (SBRN), Customs Management Reporting System (CMRS), and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B).
Document Types: Application form, Memorandum of Understanding, Site Validation reports, Risking reports, PIP Pilot Database.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 117
National Integrated Interagency Information Program (N-III)
Description: Describes records related to the National Integrated Interagency Information (N-III) program led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Public Safety Canada (PS). May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Query Tool (IQT), Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS), Police Reporting and Occurrence System (PROS), Police Information Portal (PIP), Police Records Information Management Environment (PRIME), British Columbia BC Police Records Information Management Environment (BCPRIME).
Document Types: Briefing Materials, Privacy Impact Assessment Addendum, Memorandum of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 115
Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC) Initiative
Description: Describes records related to the Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC) Initiative. This multi-departmental initiative works with centres that have a similar mandate in the United Kingdom (UK), United States (US), Australia, and New Zealand. As part of this initiative, the Canada Border Services Agency provides information and expertise in order to support the creation of the national security assessments related to terrorism, trends in terrorism, and the evaluation of security for domestic and international special events.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 111
Canadian Goods Abroad Program (CGAP)
Description: Describes records related to the Canadian Goods Abroad Program (CGAP). May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Customs Commercial System (CCS).
Document Types: Memos and Customs Commercial System (CCS) generated documents.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 138
Harmonized Risk Scoring and Advance Trade Data (HRS-ATD)
Description: Describes records related to Harmonized Risk Scoring and Advance Trade Data (HRS-ATD) Initiative. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including Tactical Information Targeting Analysis and Notification System (TITAN), Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), Business Number (BN), as well as the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and the Clementine simulation environment.
Document Types: Trade Chain Partner (TCP) documentation, Tactical Information Targeting Analysis and Notification System (TITAN), system description and test packages.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 109
The Targeting Program identifies people and goods bound for Canada that may pose a threat to the security and safety of the country. The CBSA uses a number of automated advance information sources from carriers and importers to identify people, goods and conveyances that may pose a threat to Canada. Advance Passenger Information and Advance Commercial Information provide the CBSA with electronic pre-arrival information on people and goods that can be used to perform risk assessments in advance of their arrival in Canada. Known threats are identified when there is a match against an enforcement database entry. People and goods that are identified as posing a threat to Canada are referred for verification and examination upon their arrival at a port of entry.
Joint In Transit Targeting Initiative (JTI)
Description: Describes records related to the Joint In Transit Targeting Initiative. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS), Data feed and Tactical Information Targeting Analysis and Notification System (TITAN), and all interfaced systems.
Document Types: AMS data feed and Tactical Information Targeting Analysis and Notification System (TITAN), system description and test packages, Memos, evaluation reports, documentation from commercial carriers, compliance reviews, and Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 113
National Anti-Drug Strategy
Description: Describes records relating to the National Anti-Drug Strategy. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES).
Document Types: Treasury Board Submission, Baseline Study, Draft Implementation Evaluation, Draft Cost Effectiveness Study, Draft Impact Evaluation Annual Performance Report, Intelligence Report, Alerts and Bulletins
Record Number: CBSA ENF 114
Food, Plant and Animal (FPA) Program
Description: Describes records related to the Food, Plant and Animal Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Operating Support System (ACROSS), the Advance Commercial Information System (TITAN), the Customs Commercial System (CCS) and the Facility Information Retrieval Management System (FIRM).
Document Types: Forms, Invoices, Travellers Interception Report, Live Animal Inspections, Entry Requirements for Wood Packaging, Schedule of Inspection Fees, Used Agricultural Equipment - Import Procedures, Memos and Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 130
Our Missing Children Program
Description: Describes records related to the Our Missing Children Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Field Operational Support System (FOSS), National Case Management System (NCMS) and the Intelligence Management System (IMS).
Document Types: Our Missing Children Recovery Report
Record Number: CBSA ENF 133
Container Security Initiative
Description: Describes records relating to the Container Security Initiative (CSI). May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Advance Commercial Information System (TITAN), the Intelligence Management System (IMS), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), and the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS).
Document Types: Process flow charts, Agreements, CSI framework documentation, Memoranda of Cooperation, Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA), and related Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 104
Air Examination Program
Description: Describes records related to people, goods and aircraft arriving at international airports. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Integrated Primary Inspection Line (IPIL), Secondary Processing System, Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), Occurrence Reporting System (ORS), Integrated Border Query (IBQ), Field Operations Support System (FOSS) , Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS), Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), Client Status Query (CSQ), Modern War Crimes System (MWCS), Support System for Intelligence (SSI), Global Case Management System (GCMS), Automated Fingerprint System (AFIS).
Document Types: Forms, manuals, policy, memoranda of understanding, passage and enforcement history.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 121
Traveller Processing
Description: Describes records related to people, goods and conveyances arriving at Canadian ports of entry. Specific to land mode only, records also include exit information (from Canada). May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Integrated Primary Inspection Line (IPIL), Passenger Information System (PAXIS), Telephone Reporting Centre System (TRCS), Secondary Processing System, Passage History Database, Occurrence Reporting System (ORS), Intelligence Management System (IMS), Integrated Border Query (IBQ), Field Operations Support System (FOSS) , Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS), Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), National Crime Information Center (NCIC), Client Status Query (CSQ), Modern War Crimes System (MWCS), Secure Tracking System (STS), Support System for Intelligence (SSI), National Case Management System (NCMS), Global Case Management System (GCMS), Automated Fingerprint System (AFIS).
Document Types: Forms, manuals, policy, memoranda of understanding, passage and enforcement history.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 129
Marine Container Examination Program
Description: Describes records related to the Container Examination Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Advance Commercial Information System (TITAN), electronic targeting tools and various interface systems.
Document Types: Tactical Information Targeting Analysis and Notification System (TITAN), system description and test packages, Memos, Enforcement Manual Part 4 Chapter 5, documentation from commercial carriers, evaluation reports, compliance reviews, and Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 132
Rail Contraband Examination Program
Description: Describes records related to the Rail Contraband Examination Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), the Customs Commercial System (CCS), the Facility Information Retrieval Management System (FIRM), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), and Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS).
Document Types: Forms, Memos, Customs Enforcement Manual, Rail Examination Policy and Procedures, Briefing Notes, Ministerial Correspondence, Policies, Directives, Manuals, Operational Memoranda, Standard Operating Procedures.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 134
Air Cargo Security Initiative
Description: Describes records relating to the Air Cargo Security (ACS) Initiative and may include information relating to the development of a comprehensive air cargo security that mitigates the risks associated with explosives in cargo or mail and the use of cargo aircraft as weapons.
Document Types: Air Cargo Security Project Charter for Transport Canada and Canada Border Services Agency (November 2007), Briefing Notes, Minutes, Agendas, Memoranda to Cabinet, draft Treasury Board Submissions and other administrative records.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 100
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Ferry and/or Tour Boat Program
Description: Describes records related to the Ferry and Tour Boat Program. This program develops policies and procedures for ferry and tour boat operators, which ensure that the people and goods that they import into Canada are processed at designated Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) offices. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES) and Citizenship and Canada’s Field Operations Support System (FOSS).
Document Types: Standard Operating Procedures, Statistical Records
Record Number: CBSA ADM 115
Cruise Ship Program
Description:Describes records relating to the Cruise Ship Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Primary Inspection Line (IPIL), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), the Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS), the Field Operation Support System (FOSS) and Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC).
Document Types: Memos, Forms, Small Cruise Ship Full Clearance Notices and Cruise Ship Statistical Records, website related materials and Cruise Ship Long-Range Planning Committee minutes and related records.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 113
Harmonized Risk Scoring and Advance Trade Data (HRS-ATD)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 109
Advance Commercial Information (ACI) Program
Description: Describes records related to the ACI Program, which may include risk assessments on conveyances and goods prior to their arrival in Canada, in order to identify health, safety and security threats, the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), Integrated Customs System (ICS) and the Consolidated Management Reporting System (CMRS).
Document Types: Advance Commercial Information (ACI); Marine and Air
Client Documents.
Record Number: CBSA PRO 002
Interdepartmental and Intergovernmental Relations Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Interdepartmental and Intergovernmental Relations Program which describes written information sharing collaborative agreements between the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and federal departments. Records may also include Travellers Declaration Cards, Casual Goods Accounting Documents, records or reports from electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Travellers Entry Processing System (TEPS), the Customs Commercial System (CCS), the Facility for Information Retrieval Management (FIRM) and the Travellers National Database System (TRANDS).
Document Types: Memoranda of Understanding, Letters of Understanding, Information Sharing Agreements, policy, guidance materials, Memos and Forms.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 132
Targeting - Commercial
Description: Describes records related to Targeting Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems to administer or manage commercial targeting including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Accelerated Commercial Release Operational Support System (ACROSS) and Tactical Information Targeting Analysis and Notification System (TITAN).
Document Types: Statistical reports, Briefing Notes, Standard Operating Procedures, Memoranda of Understanding, evaluation reports, program documentation, documentation from importing community and commercial carriers, compliance reviews and investigations.
Record Number: CBSA PRO 004
Bay Plan Reporting Initiative
Description: Describes records related to the Bay Plan Reporting Initiative. This initiative provides the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) with advance information pertaining to the content of commercial vessels. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including Tactical Information Targeting Analysis and Notification System (TITAN), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Accelerated Commercial Release Operation Support System (ACROSS) and the Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS).
Document Types: BAPLIE documentation, Tactical Information Targeting Analysis and Notification System (TITAN) description, test packages.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 101
Strategic Export Control Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Strategic Export Control Program which may include export policies related to the export of strategic or controlled goods to countries that pose a threat to Canada and its allies. Records may also include policies related to the detention of stolen vehicles and property obtained by crimes which are destined for export, the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), the Intelligence Management System (IMS), the Integrated Customs System (ICS), and the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC - RCMP), Customs Automated Export Declaration (CAED - Statistics Canada), Export Controls on Line (EXCOL – Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)) and Business Number Production (BNPROD – Canada Revenue Agency).
Document Types: Specialized export permits and licences such as from Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Environment Canada, or Health Canada detention and seizure reports by Border Services Officers; shipping documentation (such as waybills/manifests) relating to export shipments; Memorandum of Understanding; Memos.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 119
Investments to Combat the Criminal Use of Firearms Initiative
Description: Describes records related to the Investments to Combat the Criminal Use of Firearms Initiative. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Field Operational Support System (FOSS), National Case Management System (NCMS) and the Intelligence Management System (IMS).
Document Types: Evaluation Performance Report, Intelligence Reports and Intelligence Alerts.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 112
Overt Audio-Video Surveillance
Description: Describes records that include audio/video footage of CBSA operations including primary inspection line (PIL) interviews, secondary examinations, interactions at CBSA information counters, cashier counters, commercial counters, detention cells, and interview rooms.
Document Types: Audio-video and video-only recordings.
Access: Recordings are stored by date and time the recording was made. For ATIP requests please ensure to reference date, time and location.
Record Number: CBSA BPD 1101
The Security Screening Program is responsible for the security screening of foreign nationals who have been referred to the CBSA by a Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) visa officer abroad or in Canada, who are seeking to come to Canada as a permanent resident, temporary resident (e.g. visitor) or refugee, or are already in Canada and seeking to remain as a temporary or permanent resident.
The CBSA is responsible for ensuring that there are no security concerns related to the individual seeking entry to Canada (e.g. counter terrorism, counter espionage, war crimes, crimes against humanity and organized crime) and, based on a thorough screening exercise (e.g. review of the enforcement data bases), makes a recommendation to CIC on the admissibility of the individual. This program is also responsible for determining the admissibility of senior diplomats being posted to Ottawa to ensure that they meet the admissibility requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Organized Crime Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Organized Crime Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the: Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), the Intelligence Management System (IMS), Field Operations Support System (FOSS); Computer Assisted Immigrant Processing System (CAIPS); Secure Tracking System (STS), Support System for Intelligence (SSI) and the National Case Management System (NCMS). From other agencies, we have access to the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC).
Document Types: Lookouts, Alerts, Threat Assessments, Screening Aids, Danger Opinions, Guidelines and Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 116
Cross-Border Currency Reporting (CBCR) Program
Description: Describes records related to the Cross-Border Currency Reporting Program that enables the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to fulfil its mandate under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA). May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES).
Document Types: Memos, Forms, Manuals and Policy.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 124
Canada's War Crimes Program
Description: Describes records related to the Canada's War Crimes Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), the Intelligence Management System (IMS), Field Operations Support System (FOSS), Modern War Crimes System (MWCS), Computer Assisted Immigrant Processing System (CAIPS); Secure Tracking System (STS), National Case Management System (NCMS) and the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC).
Document Types: Reports, Briefing Notes
Record Number: CBSA ENF 102
Counter Terrorism Program
Description: Describes records related to the Counter Terrorism Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), the Intelligence Management System (IMS), Field Operations Support System (FOSS), Computer Assistance Immigration Processing System (CAIPS), Secure Tracking System (STS) and National Case Management System (NCMS).
Document Types: Reports, Briefing Notes, Lookouts, Alerts, Threat Assessments, Screening Aids, Danger Opinions, Security Certificate, Case files and Memoranda of Understanding
Record Number: CBSA ENF 105
Air Examination Program
Record Number: CBSA ENF 121
Traveller Processing
Record Number: CBSA ENF 129
Traveller Processing
Related Record Number: CBSA ENF 129
Bank Number: CBSA PPU 1101
Marine Container Examination Program
Record Number: CBSA ENF 132
Rail Contraband Examination Program
Record Number: CBSA ENF 134
Through the Secure and Trusted Partnerships program activity, the CBSA works closely with clients, other government departments and international border management partners to enhance trade chain and traveller security while providing pre-approved, low-risk travellers and traders with streamlined and efficient border processes. The CBSA develops and administers programs and cooperative agreements with its partners to ensure alignment with international standards (e.g. World Customs Organization SAFE Framework of Standards) and promote best practices in global border management. By increasing membership in trusted traveller and trader programs, the CBSA is able to improve its capacity to mitigate risk in advance and focus examination efforts on identifying travellers and traders of unknown or higher risk.
International Events
Description: Describes records related to facilitating the temporary importation of goods and entry of persons for international events held in Canada. These records include information that seeks Treasury Board funding as well as Cabinet support for certain initiatives, outlines policy, shows whether objectives have been met and whether policy and established processes are being followed, informs upper management of issues, requests remission from certain aspects of legislation, provides information and assistance to those planning events in Canada, accredits those attending events and expedites the clearance of persons and goods entering Canada temporarily for international events.
Document Types: Audits, evaluations, briefing notes, incoming passenger lists, goods lists, itineraries, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) control and commercial entry documents, brochures, Memos, Memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board Secretariat submissions, Orders in Council as well as records related to event specific Accreditation processes.
Record Number: CBSA OPS 101
Health, Safety and Security Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Health, Safety and Security Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), Customs Commercial System (CCS) and Facility for Information Retrieval Management (FIRM).
Document Types: Memoranda of Understanding, Standard Operating Procedures, policy, guidance materials and Memos.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 131
Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative (APGCI)
Description: Describes records related to Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative (APGCI). May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Field Operations Support System (FOSS), the Integrated Border Query (IBQ), and the Accelerated Commercial Release Operating (ACROSS), the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES).
Document Types: Accountability Documents, E-mails, Updates to the Interdepartmental Steering Committee on the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative
Record Number: CBSA ADM 104
Document Integrity Program
Description: Describes records related to the Document Integrity Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer and manage the program including the Secure Tracking System (STS) and Field Operational Support System (FOSS).
Document Types: Document assessment records, alerts and information bulletins.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 106
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
The Trusted Traveller Program is designed to simplify the border clearance process for pre-approved, low-risk travellers entering Canada. The CBSA offers two programs for travellers, NEXUS and CANPASS. These programs streamline (expedite and simplify) border clearance. NEXUS is a joint initiative with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the air, land and marine modes of transportation, while CANPASS is a Canadian program for clients entering Canada by plane, corporate and private aircrafts and private boats. Both programs are available to citizens or permanent residents of Canada and/or the United States and enable members to cross the border faster when travelling to Canada and/or the United States.
Applicants to the programs must pass various assessments (e.g. security checks, interviews and risk assessments) specific to the program before being granted membership. Approved applicants can use iris recognition technology for passage processing at designated airports and Radio Frequency Identification technology for processing at designated highway ports of entry. People entering Canada by private aircraft, corporate aircraft or private boat must report their arrival in advance and make their declarations to the CBSA Telephone Reporting Centre.
CANPASS Air Program
Description: Describes records related to the CANPASS Air Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs System (ICS), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) and Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS), and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
Document Types: Forms, website, program evaluation studies, member surveys, compliance reviews, Memoranda of Understanding and Information Sharing Agreements.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 107
CANPASS Corporate and Private Aircraft Program
Description: Describes records related to the CANPASS Corporate and Private Aircraft Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program such as Telephone Reporting Centre System (TRCS), Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS).
Document Types: Forms,CANPASS Application Forms, Memos.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 108
CANPASS Private Boats Program
Description: Describes records related to the CANPASS Private Boats Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS), the Telephone Reporting Centres System (TRCS), the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), the Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS) and the National Crime Information Centre (NCIC).
Document Types: Forms, CANPASS Private Boats - Participant's Guide, CANPASS Private Boats Brochure, Telephone Reporting For Private Boats and CANPASS Private Boats Program, Alternative Presentation Program Violation Card, CANPASS Application Forms.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 109
CANPASS Remote Area Border Crossing (RABC) Program
Description: Describes records related to the CANPASS Remote Area Border Crossing (RABC) Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer and manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS).
Document Types: Forms, RABC Permits and administrative documents.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 110
NEXUS Program
Description: Describes records relating to the NEXUS program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Global Online Enrollment System (GOES), the Integrated Customs System (ICS), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) and Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS), and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
Document Types: Forms, website, program evaluation studies, member surveys, compliance reviews and investigations, Memoranda of Understanding and Information Sharing Agreements.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 117
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card Program
Description: Describes records related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card (ABTC) initiative. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs System (ICS), Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS), Field Operational Support System (FOSS), National Crime Information System (NCIC), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Global Enrollment System (GES) and connectivity with the main Australian Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card (ABTC) web portal.
Document Types: Briefing notes, media lines, correspondence, website and administrative documents
Record Number: CBSA ADM 100
Enhanced Driver's Licence/Enhanced Identification Card (EDL/EIC) Program
Description: Describes records related to the EDL/EIC Program, which is a voluntary program available to eligible Canadians who reside in a province or territory where the Program is available. May include records identified in the electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) EDL/EIC database and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Lost Stolen Fraudulent Document Database (LSFD), which is a module of the Citizenship and Immigration Canada's (CIC) Field Operational Support System (FOSS).
Document Types: Memoranda of Understanding and Service Level Agreements.
Record Number: CBSA IST 004
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)'s Secure Certificate of Indian Status (SCIS) Program
Description: Describes records related to the SCIS which is issued by INAC to registered Status Indians that meet the requirements of the Indian Act. May include records related to the establishment of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) database and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Lost Stolen Fraudulent Document database, which is a module of the Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System.
Document Types: Project Charter, Project Plan, Gap Analysis, Business Plan, Business Case, Data Submission Guidelines, Business Use Case (Data Acquisition, Passage), Preliminary Privacy Impact Assessment, Memorandum of Understanding and Service Level Agreements.
Record Number: CBSA IST 005
Transit Without Visa Project
Description: Describes records related to Transit Without Visa Pilot Project. This pilot project allows foreign nationals of pre-approved countries who are in possession of a valid United States (US) visa and travelling on an authorized air carrier to transit through a participating Canadian airport to and from the US without having to obtain a Canadian transit visa.
Document Types: Statistical Reports, Briefing Notes, Memoranda of Understanding, Standard Operating Procedures, as well as website and communications materials.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 120
The Trusted Trader Program simplifies many of the border requirements for imports for pre-approved, low-risk participants so that shipments can be processed more quickly and efficiently at the border. Importers approved under the Customs Self Assessment (CSA) program benefit from a streamlined accounting and payment process. In addition, CSA members who are also members of the Partners in Protection program have the option of utilizing the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) lanes to transport eligible imported goods into Canada. The CSA program is a Canadian initiative while FAST (drivers only) is a joint initiative between the CBSA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
To become a member of the CSA or FAST programs, participants (drivers, carriers and importers) must undergo an in-depth risk assessment. Once granted membership, importers can use their own business systems and processes to forward trade data and to report and remit payment of duties and taxes to their own financial institutions. In addition, CSA importers can also apply to become members of Partners in Compliance (PIC). PIC allows approved importers the flexibility to completely self-assess and audit their revenue reporting and trade requirements.
For border clearance, CSA-approved importers and carriers must use a registered driver (i.e. FAST driver) to carry CSA-eligible goods into Canada. Upon arrival, a border services officer is presented with three bar-coded documents (one each for the driver, the carrier and the importer) and makes a decision to authorize movement into Canada or refer for examination.
eManifest
Description: Describes records related to eManifest. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the eManifest Portal, Data Warehouse and Passage components. Further, the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), Business Number (BN), Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM), Commodity Search Component (CSC), Customs Commercial System (CCS), Customs Electronic Commerce Platform (CECP), Customs Investigations Information Management Systems (CIIMS), Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS), Facility for Information Retrieval Management (FIRM), Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Integrated Customs System (ICS), Integrated Primary Inspection Line (IPIL), Intelligence Management System (IMS), Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS), Tactical Information Targeting Analysis and Notification System, (TITAN), and the Traveller Entry Processing System (TEPS).
Document Types: Customs Act, Regulations, Customs Notices, Departmental Memoranda, Threat and Risk Assessment, Statement of Sensitivity, Preliminary Privacy Impact Assessment, Privacy Impact Assessment and Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA IST 002
Partners in Compliance (PIC) Initiative
Description: Describes records relating to the PIC Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer and manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), the Customs Commercial System, (CCS), the Customs Management Recording System, (CMRS), the Facility Information Retrieval Management, (FIRM) and the Technical Reference System (TRS).
Document Types: Business Cases, Charters, Client Contact Information database, Communication Strategy, Handbooks, Pilot Expansion Project Plans, Pilot Initiative Communication Strategy, Process Flow Chart, Process Flow Database, Proposal outlining the need and objectives of the PIC Pilot Expansion Project Charter, Results Based Management and Accountability Framework, Partners In Compliance Pilot Initiative, Results Based Management and Accountability Framework, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Senior Program Officers, Verification Database and Memoranda of Understanding with our PIC clients.
Record Number: CBSA IST 003
Commercial Driver Registration Program (CDRP)
Description: Describes records relating to the Commercial Driver Registration Program (CDRP) including clearance records to low-risk goods and pre-approved importers, carriers and commercial drivers. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), the Customs Processing Centre System (CPCS), the Integrated Customs System (ICS), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) and Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS), and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center (NCIC). Document Types: Forms, website, program evaluation studies, member surveys, compliance reviews and Information Sharing Agreements
Record Number: CBSA ADM 111
Free and Secure Trade (FAST) Program
Description: Describes records related to the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) Program including pre-approvals for low-risk commercial drivers, carriers and importers with expedited customs clearance of pre-approved eligible goods imported into Canada or the United States at designated major border crossings. May also include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Global Online Enrollment System (GOES), the Integrated Customs System (ICS), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) and Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS), the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS).
Document Types: Forms, website, program evaluation studies, member surveys, and compliance reviews
Record Number: CBSA ADM 116
Through the Admissibility Determination program activity, the CBSA develops, maintains and administers the policies, regulations, procedures and partnerships that enable border services officers to intercept people and goods that are inadmissible to Canada and to process legitimate people and goods seeking entry into Canada within established service standards. In addition, the Agency develops, maintains and administers the policies, regulations, procedures and partnerships to control the export of goods from Canada.
In the traveller stream, border services officers question people upon arrival to determine if they and their personal goods meet the requirements of applicable legislation and regulations to enter Canada. Border services officers will then make a decision to grant entry or refer a person for further processing (e.g. payment of duties and taxes, issuance of a document), and/or for a physical examination.
In the commercial stream, carriers and importers are required to provide information to the CBSA at or prior to arrival in Canada. Border services officers review the status of pre-arrival decisions and/or the provided accompanying documentation to determine whether the goods meet the requirements of applicable legislation and regulations to enter Canada. Based on this determination, a border services officer may refer the goods for further processing, examination and/or scientific/engineering analysis. Upon further examination goods may be seized or penalties imposed.
With some exceptions, all goods being exported from Canada must be reported "in writing" to the CBSA.
Carrier and Cargo Program
Description: Describes records related to the Carrier and Cargo Program. This program monitors the importation and transport of imported goods, into and through Canada. Its policies impact the freight forwarders, importers and carriers, operating in the highway, air, rail and marine modes. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS) and the Integrated Customs System (ICS).
Document Types: Policy, Procedures, Customs Notices and Memos.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 105
Carrier Code Program
Description: Describes records related to the Carrier Code Program. This program enables commercial clients transacting business with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to obtain a client identifier - a carrier code. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Customs Commercial System (CCS) and Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS) and Integrated Customs System (ICS) and Customs Management Reporting System (CMRS).
Document Types: Commercial carrier applications, client questionnaires, debt requests, various correspondence (approvals/rejects/request for more information etc) and Memoranda of Understanding
Record Number: CBSA ADM 106
Special Services Program
Description: Describes records related to the Special Services Program. May include records related to the use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Temporary Accounts Receivable System (TARS), Systems Applications and Products (SAP) in data processing Revenue Ledger, Consolidated Management Reporting System (CMRS) and the Corporate Accounting System (CAS).
Document Types: Forms, Memos, performance measurement data, service logs, invoices and revenue collection documentation.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 134
Overt Audio-Video Surveillance
Record Number: CBSA BPD 1101
Customs Controlled Areas (CCA)
Description: Describes records related to the Customs Controlled Areas (CCA) program which develops and maintains enforcement guidelines and procedures. May include records related to the use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), National Case Management System (NCMS), and Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS). Key program stakeholders include: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) provincial, municipal and local police authorities, and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Document Types: Reports, procedures, training materials, analysis and planning documents, statistics.
Record Number: CBSA BPD 1102
Casual Refund Program
Description: Describes records related to the Casual Refund Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Casual Refund System (CRS), Standard Payment System (SPS) and Casual Refund Electronic Data Interchange Transaction System (CREDITS).
Document Types: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Informal Adjustment Request, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Postal Import Form, Agreement to Electronically Process Casual Refunds Claims, Memos, CREDITS system documentation, CRS and SPS system descriptions and user manuals, provincial tax reports and statistical reports.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 124
Air Examination Program
Record Number: CBSA ENF 121
Marine Container Examination Program
Record Number: CBSA ENF 132
Rail Contraband Examination Program
Record Number: CBSA ENF 134
Traveller Processing
Record Number: CBSA ENF 129
Traveller Processing
Related Record Number: CBSA ENF 129
Bank Number: CBSA PPU 1101
Account Security Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Account Security Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Customs Commercial System (CCS), Facility Information Retrieval Management System (FIRM), Customs Automated Data Exchange System (CADEX) and Electronic Data Indicator System (EDI).
Document Types: Forms; Surety documentation, Riders, Endorsements, Direct Security and GST Option letters
Record Number: CBSA ADM 121
Post-Release Verification Program
Description: Describes records related to the Post-Release Verification Program focusing on tariff classification, origin and valuation. May include records related to the use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program, including the Compliance Management System (CMS), the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) NAFTA log, the Customs Commercial System (CCS), the Consolidated Management Reporting System (CMRS), the Facility Information Retrieval Management System (FIRM), and the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS).
Document Types: Trade Verification Manual, Briefing Notes, Compliance Management System, as well as Books and Records, National Training Plan for Trade Services, Memos, Guidelines, Verifications Checklists, letters, Verification reports, and the Introduction to Trade Service Course.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 125
Entry, Accounting and Adjustment Program
Description: Describes records related to the Entry, Accounting and Adjustment Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer and manage the program including CCS, the Refund Cheque Issue System (RCIS), G11 System, Facility for Information Retrieval Management (FIRM), the Standardized Payments System (SPS), the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), and the Temporary Accounts Receivable System (TARS).
Document Types: Forms, Briefings Notes, Memoranda of Understanding, system test packages, client files, and Memos.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 127
Brokers Licensing Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Brokers Licensing Program, which may include records of licensed customs brokers.
Document Types: Forms, Licensing Advisory Committee Non-Disclosure Agreement, Customs broker's financial statements, Surety documentation, and a list of candidates who have successfully completed the "Qualifying" or "Professional" customs brokers examination.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 123
Export Program
Description: Describes records related to exportation of goods into Canada including statistics and control. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the Export Program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operation Support System (ACROSS).
Document Types: Memos, Forms, Guides and Brochures, Information Sessions and Seminars documentation, Memoranda of Understanding, Information Sharing Agreements and Written Collaborative Agreements.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 129
Detection Technology Program
Description: Describes records related to the Detection Technology Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer and manage the program including the Detection Technology Inventory Control System.
Document Types: Memoranda of Understanding, Service Level Agreements, test packages, repairs logs and briefing notes
Record Number: CBSA ENF 125
Prohibited Importations
Description: Describes records related to the Prohibited Importations Unit (PIU). May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Technical Reference System (TRS) within the Customs Commercial System (CCS).
Document Types: Tariff items, Technical Reference System (TRS) within the Customs Commercial System (CCS), Continuation Sheets, Memos, Canada Border Services Agency's Policy on the Classification of Obscene Material; Canada Border Services Agency's Policy on the Classification of Hate Propaganda, Sedition and Treason; Canada Border Services Agency's Policy on the Determination of Obscenity and Hate Propaganda.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 133
Integrated Border Enforcement Teams (IBETS) Initiative
Description: Describes records relating to the Integrated Border Enforcement Teams Initiative. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including all corporate filing and email systems. No systems are used to administer or manage the IBET program outside of corporate filing systems.
Document Types: Border Threat Assessments, Memoranda of Understanding, Information Sharing Agreements, Briefing Notes, IBET Charter and Standard Operating Procedures.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 110
Border Wait Times (BWT)
Description: Describes records related to the Border Wait Time (BWT) initiative. May include Operational Monitoring/Reporting and Border Wait Time (BWT) records.
Document Types: Operational briefings including land and air port of entry wait times, reports, and briefing notes.
Record Number: CBSA OPS 102
Removals Program
Description: Includes records related to the Removals Program which enables the CBSA to remove from Canada individuals who have contravened the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and who are subject of an enforceable removal order. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s Field Operations Support System (FOSS) and the National Case Management System (NCMS) and the Canadian Police Information Center (CPIC).
Document Types: Certificate of Departure, Notice of Removal and profile, original or copy of passport or travel document, Notice of Liability, Airline ticket (photocopy) and itinerary, Reporting Instructions, Memoranda of Understanding (MOU).
Record Number: CBSA ENF 135
Environment and Trade Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Environment and Trade Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), Customs Commercial System (CCS) and Facility for Information Retrieval Management (FIRM).
Document Types: Memoranda of Understanding, Standard Operating Procedures, requests for trade data reports, policy, guidance materials and Memos.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 128
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Support System for Intelligence (SSI)
Related Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Bank Number: CBSA PPU 035
Advance Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record (API/PNR) Program
Description: Describes records related to the API/PNR Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Passenger Information System (PAXIS), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS).
Document Types: Traveller's API/PNR Information Request Form, Memos, PAXIS system description and test packages, evaluation reports, passenger profile documentation, documentation from commercial carriers, compliance reviews and investigations and Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA IST 001
The Highway Program identifies and intercepts people and goods that are inadmissible to Canada seeking entry at 120 designated land ports of entry while ensuring that legitimate people and goods are processed within established service standards. Border services officers conduct interviews of persons and drivers of commercial carriers and then make a decision to allow the entry of a person or shipment or refer them for further processing (e.g. payment of duties and taxes, issuance of a document) and/or examination (e.g. physical search of a vehicle, further investigation of admissibility).
In the commercial stream, importers are required to account for their goods, and carriers and exporters are required to report their goods.
Examinations may be performed with the use of specialized tools (e.g. gamma ray imaging Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System, ion scanners and detector dogs) and may include a full or partial offload of the goods to detect the presence of prohibited or restricted goods (e.g. narcotics or weapons). People and/or goods found to be in violation of the applicable legislation and/or regulations may be subject to a monetary penalty, seizure or denied entry to Canada.
Single Window Initiative
Description: Describes records related to the Single Window Initiative (SWI). This initiative will streamline the electronic collection, use and dissemination of commercial trade data required to support the mandates of other government departments (OGDs) on whose behalf the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) performs functions at the border, which relate to trade.
Document Types: Single Window Project Charter, Single Window Framework Document, Administration Documents.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 118
Sufferance Warehouse Program
Description: Describes records (e.g. licensee information) related to the Sufferance Warehouse Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of the Release Notification System (RNS), an electronic system used to report and query the status of shipments.
Document Types: Policy Memos, Application Forms, documents relating to the physical structure of the warehouses, financial bonds, licences and audits.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 119
The Air Program identifies and intercepts people and goods that are inadmissible to Canada seeking entry at designated airports while ensuring that legitimate people and goods are processed within established service standards.
Upon arrival, border services officers conduct interviews of persons seeking entry into Canada, aided by electronic pre-arrival risk-assessment information submitted by the airlines. CBSA officers make a decision to admit the person or refer them for further processing (e.g. payment of duties and taxes, issuance of a document) or examination.
For private and corporate aircraft and general aviation traffic reporting through the Telephone Reporting Centre, various checks are conducted by means of the telephone reporting system. Border services officers make a decision to admit people or refer them for further processing or examination.
In the commercial stream, importers are required to account for their goods, and carriers and exporters are required to report their goods, while air carriers are required to submit electronic pre-arrival information related to their goods for import. Those goods meeting the requirements of border-related legislation are released at the airport or at a designated sufferance warehouse, while those goods identified as possibly being inadmissible are held for an examination.
To assist border services officers in their examinations, detection tools such as detector dogs and ION scanners may be utilized. People and goods found to be in violation of the applicable legislation and/or regulations may be subject to a monetary penalty, seizure or denied entry to Canada.
Temporary Resident Biometrics Project (TRBP)
Description: Describes records related to applications made by clients at overseas offices and Canadian ports of entry (POE). The record will contain biographical data and a facial photograph of the applicant. The introduction of biometrics in the temporary resident stream screening process will enhance the admissibility screening of applicants, fix a client's identity at the time of application and allow the verification of that identity when this individual seeks entry at the border. The lead department on the project is Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Primary Inspection Line (IPIL), Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Secure Tracking System (STS), Screening Referral Request (SSR), CIC's Field Operations Support Systems (FOSS), and/or Global Case Management System (GCMS). Key programs stakeholders include: Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Document Types: To date, only project documentation has been prepared, i.e. Project Charter, Business Case and Treasury Board Submission.
Record Number: CBSA IST 006
Five Country Conference (FCC) Biometric Matching and Information Sharing Initiative
Description: Describes records related to the Five Country Conference (FCC) Biometric Matching and Information Sharing Initiative. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer and manage the program including the Field Operation Support System (FOSS), the Global Case Management System (GCMS) and the National Case Management System (NCMS).
Document Types: FCC Protocol Search Code Guide, FCC High Value Data Sharing Protocol, Threat Risk Assessment, Secure File Share Server Agreement for FCC Biometric Data Sharing, FCC Request for Information Form, Privacy Impact Assessments, FCC Tracking Log, Statements of Mutual Understanding, and Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 127
Air Cargo Security Initiative
Record Number: CBSA ENF 100
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
The Rail Program identifies and intercepts people and goods that are inadmissible to Canada seeking entry at a rail port of entry or rail yard while ensuring that legitimate people and goods are processed within established service standards.
Rail operators are required to report train, passengers and/or cargo information to the CBSA at or prior to arrival to Canada. Border services officers may conduct onboard interviews of travellers seeking entry into Canada upon arrival at the border to determine their admissibility or whether further processing (e.g. payment of duties and taxes, issuance of a document) or examination (e.g. physical search of baggage, further investigation of admissibility) is required.
In the commercial stream, border services officers review the electronic information submitted by the rail carrier and the importer/exporter, and make a decision to release the cargo or refer it for an examination at the rail yard.
WINFALL Program
Description: Describes records related to the Winfall Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), the Customs Commercial System (CCS), the Facility Information Retrieval Management System (FIRM), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), and Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS).
Document Types: Forms, Memos, Customs Enforcement Manual, Rail Examination Policy and Procedures.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 120
The Marine Program identifies and intercepts people and goods that are inadmissible to Canada seeking entry at a marine port of entry, while ensuring that legitimate people and goods are processed within established service standards.
Prior to arrival in the traveller stream, border services officers receive information regarding the passengers and crew aboard cruise ships, ferries, tour boats, private small vessels in the Trusted Traveller Program and commercial vessels. At large Cruise Ship offices and certain ferry terminals, passengers are processed using IPIL (Integrated Primary Inspection Line). For those private vessels reporting through the Telephone Reporting Centre, various checks are conducted by means of the telephone reporting system. Border services officers make a decision to admit people or refer them for further processing or examination.
In the commercial stream, importers are required to account for their goods. Carriers and exporters are required to report their goods, and marine carriers are required to submit advance electronic information for imports and have the option for exports. To assist border services officers in their examinations, detection tools such as Remote Operated Vehicles and Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System are used. One hundred percent of marine containers in major ports are scanned for the presence of radiological material using radiation portals. People and goods that are found to be in violation of the applicable legislation and/or regulations may be subject to enforcement action which may include a monetary penalty, seizure, or denied entry to Canada.
Ferry and/or Tour Boat Program
Record Number: CBSA ADM 115
Bay Plan Reporting Initiative
Record Number: CBSA ENF 101
The Postal Program identifies and intercepts international mail items valued less than CAD$1,600 that are inadmissible to Canada while ensuring that legitimate mail items are processed within established service standard and applicable duties and taxes are assessed and collected. Mail items valued at CAD$1,600 or higher are considered commercial imports and are assessed within the appropriate mode of entry.
The Postal Program operates at three Customs Mail Centres in Canada. Border services officers conduct an inspection of international mail items to determine whether further processing (e.g. assessment and payment of duties and taxes) and/or a physical examination is required. Mail items that do not require CBSA intervention are released to Canada Post for delivery.
To assist border services officers in their examinations, detection tools such as X-ray, and detector dogs may be used. Mail items found to be in violation of the applicable legislation and/or regulations may be seized on behalf of other government departments. The importer is advised of their appeal rights, and Canada Post is advised that the item has been taken from the mail stream. All other items that are deemed admissible, after examination, are released to Canada Post for delivery.
Postal Program
Description: Describes records related to Postal Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Postal Imports Control System (PICS), Postal Imports Control System Head Quarters (PICS HQ), Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS) and Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES).
Document Types: Memos, Forms, Pamphlets and an agreements concerning processing and clearance of Postal Imports.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 136
The Courier Low-Value Shipment (LVS) Program identifies and intercepts courier importations that are inadmissible to Canada entering at designated sufferance warehouses while providing a streamlined reporting, release and accounting process for most courier importations valued at less than CAD$1,600. Mail items valued at CAD$1,600 or higher are considered commercial imports and are assessed within the appropriate mode of entry.
To participate in the Courier LVS Program, a courier company must be pre-approved by the CBSA. Prior to the arrival of a courier shipment, the CBSA reviews the electronic information submitted by the courier to determine whether the goods meet the requirements of the program and applicable legislation and/or if a physical examination is required. If a physical examination is required, the item is presented to a border services officer upon arrival. To assist border services officers in their examinations, detection tools such as targets and detector dogs may be used. Goods found to be in violation of the applicable legislation and/or regulations may be subject to a monetary penalty or seizure.
Courier Low Value Shipment (LVS) Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Courier Low Value Shipment (LVS) Program. May include records related to the use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), the Customs Commercial System (CCS) and the Integrated Customs System (ICS), Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), and Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS).
Document Types: Memos, Information relating to the Persons Authorized to Account for Casual Goods Regulation, Guidelines, Policies, Procedures, Courier Imports Remission Order (CIRO), Applications and Instructions for prospective participants, Release Prior to Payment Bonds, Memoranda of Understanding, list of approved participants, Cost recovery procedures for the Courier LVS Program and other administrative records.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 112
Under the Criminal Investigations program activity, the CBSA protects the integrity of border-related legislation and contributes to public safety and Canada's economic security by investigating and pursuing the prosecution of travellers, importers, exporters and/or other persons who commit criminal offences in contravention of Canada's border-related legislation.
CBSA investigators review potential border legislation violations and gather evidence using a variety of investigative techniques, including search warrants and production orders. These violations include criminal offences under the Customs Act, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, various food, plant and animal legislation, and other border-related legislation. In conjunction with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, the CBSA pursues the prosecution of individuals or business entities who violate Canada's border-related legislation.
Criminal Investigations Program
Description: Describes records related to the investigation of individuals and entities suspected of committing offences against Canada's border legislation, such as the Customs Act or the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and any subsequent or related prosecution. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Criminal Investigations Information Management System (CIIMS), Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Integrated Customs System (ICS), Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS), the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) and other internal Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) databases.
Document Types: Criminal Investigations Information Management System reports (CIIMS), case file documents, Statement Form, Statements, Evidence Seizure Receipt, Notice of Ascertained Forfeiture, Statement of goods seized, Exhibit control, Customs Enforcement Manual, Immigration Enforcement Manual, Memoranda of Understanding, Letters of Intent and Written Collaborative Agreements.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 123
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Export of Stolen Vehicles Initiatives
Description: Describes records related to initiatives undertaken by the Canada Border Services Agency in order to prevent the export of stolen vehicles. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Canadian Police Information Center (CPIC), and other Customs Intelligence Databases.
Document Types: Memorandum to Cabinet (Stolen Vehicles)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 107
The Immigration Enforcement Program determines whether foreign nationals and permanent residents who are or may be inadmissible to Canada are identified and investigated, detained, monitored and/or removed from Canada.
Foreign nationals and permanent residents of Canada believed to be inadmissible are investigated and may have a report written against them by a CBSA inland enforcement officer. Depending on the type of inadmissibility, the merits of the report are reviewed by either a Minister's Delegate or an independent decision maker at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) where a CBSA hearings officer represents the Minister of Public Safety. Subsequent to this review, a removal order may be issued against the foreign national or permanent resident in question. Removal orders issued against refugee claimants are conditional and do not come into force until the claim against the removal order is abandoned, withdrawn or denied by the IRB.
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Enforcement Data System
Related Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Bank Number: CBSA PPU 032
Overt Audio-Video Surveillance
Record Number: CBSA BPD 1101
The Immigration Investigations Program investigates, reports and arrests foreign nationals and permanent residents already in Canada who are or may be inadmissible to Canada as defined by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Investigation techniques can include data analysis of information collected regarding an individual's immigration application, physical surveillance to locate fugitive inadmissible persons and field searches of residences and belongings for evidence. Depending on the type of inadmissibility and the status of the person in question, inadmissibility reports are reviewed by either a Minister's Delegate or the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. When a person fails to appear for an immigration proceeding such as an examination, admissibility hearing or removal interview, a warrant for their arrest may be issued. Warrants may also be issued against a foreign national or permanent resident where a CBSA inland enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that they are inadmissible to Canada.
Immigration Investigation Program
Description: Describes records related to the Immigration Investigations Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS), the National Case Management System (NCMS), and the Canadian Police Information Center (CPIC).
Document Types: Inadmissibility Reports (Refer Report for Review or Admissibility Hearing), Investigator Report, Vienna Convention form, Notice of Seizure, Notice of arrest, Departure Order, Deportation Order, Exclusion Order, Warrant for Arrest and Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 130
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Canadian Experience Class (CEC) Initiative
Description: Describes records related to the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) Initiative. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Criminal Investigations Information Management System (CIIMS), the Field operational support system (FOSS), and the National Case Management System (NCMS).
Document Types: Memoranda of Understanding, Work/Study to Residence Memorandum to Cabinet, Canadian Experience Class Treasury Board Submission, case files, Briefing Notes and other program records.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 103
Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Description: Describes records related to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. May include records related to the use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS), Computer-Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS), and the National Case Management System (NCMS).
Document Types: Briefing Notes, Forms, permits, Memoranda of Understanding, Operational Bulletins, Operational Manuals and training materials
Record Number: CBSA ADM 135
The Detentions Program detains and/or monitors the conditions of release of foreign nationals or permanent residents where there are reasonable grounds to believe the individual is inadmissible to Canada and where the individual is a danger to the public, poses a flight risk or where their identity is not established. Foreign nationals and permanent residents may also be detained upon entry into Canada for an examination or where the individual is suspected of being inadmissible for security reasons. They are entitled to an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing after being detained for 48 hours, 7 days and 30 days. The CBSA has three immigration holding centres in Canada located at Vancouver, Toronto and Montréal.
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
The Immigration Hearings Program ensures that the Government of Canada's interests are represented at immigration proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) which determines the immigration and detention status of foreign nationals and permanent residents already in Canada, in accordance with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. CBSA hearings officers are responsible for representing the Minister of Public Safety and/or the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada at immigration proceedings before the IRB. This function ensures that foreign nationals and permanent residents who are inadmissible to Canada are denied status, and removal orders are issued where appropriate.
Hearings and Detentions Program
Description: Describes records related to the Hearings and Detentions program. May include records related to the use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the National Case Management System (NCMS) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Field Operations Support System (FOSS).
Document Types: Enforcement Manual (Chapters 2 - Evaluating inadmissibility, 3 - Admissibility, hearings and detention review proceedings, 8 - Deposits and Guarantees, 19 - Appeals before the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) of the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), 20 - Detention, 22 - Persons serving a sentence, 24 - Ministerial Interventions, 31 - Applications for non-disclosure at IRB hearings) and Forms.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 128
The Removals Program ensures that foreign nationals and permanent residents with an enforceable removal order are removed from Canada. Once a person is removal-ready, an interview is conducted to ensure that a travel document is available and that a pre-removal risk assessment is offered by a CBSA inland enforcement officer. Where a valid travel document is not available, CBSA inland enforcement officers liaise with foreign embassies to secure the required travel documents. The CBSA may have to make further arrangements for removal, which could include arranging for travel (e.g. purchasing an airline ticket or chartering a plane for high-risk individuals in exceptional cases), providing escorts (e.g. to respond to airline and transit country requirements), and liaising with CBSA staff abroad (migration integrity officers) to ensure smooth passage from Canada to the final destination
Security Certificate Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Security Certificate Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program such as the Monitoring Activity Reporting System (MARS), the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), and the Field Operations Support System (FOSS).
Document Types: Consent forms, monitoring manual, electronic monitoring procurement contracts, standard operating procedures, operational plans, briefing notes, decks, business cases, Memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board submissions, and Global Positions System documents.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 136
The Recourse program activity provides the business community and individuals with an accessible mechanism to seek an impartial review of service-related complaints, program decisions and enforcement actions taken by the CBSA. This program activity ensures that their decisions are fair, transparent and accurately reflect the Agency's policies and the Acts administered by the CBSA.
Individuals can complete a written submission if they disagree with an enforcement action or a program decision made by the CBSA or wish to submit a complaint or compliment about services. Clients are provided with a timely acknowledgement of their correspondence, before CBSA officials conduct a thorough review, taking into consideration the legislation administered by the Agency, CBSA policies, the client's point of view and, where necessary, technical opinions from CBSA experts or legal advice from the Department of Justice. Individuals who are not satisfied with the CBSA's review can appeal to the appropriate court, tribunal or external review body.
The Recourse Program also facilitates the review of external complaints of discrimination filed with the Canadian Human Rights Commission and assists the Department of Justice representing the Agency on appeals to the Federal Court, various tribunals and other external bodies.
Enforcement Appeals
Description: Describes records related to the Adjudications Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer and manage the program including the Action and Dispute Management System (ADMS), Integrated Customs System (ICS), Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Standard Payment System (SPS), and Customs Commercial System (CCS).
Document Types: Procedural guidelines, policies, manuals, position papers and redress related letters such as: acknowledgement letter, notice of reasons for action, recommendation and case synopsis and notice of reasons for decision.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 101
Trade Appeals
Description: Describes records related to the appeal of a trade decision under the Customs Act, which provides redress to importers who disagree with the decisions of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) regarding tariff classification, value for duty, origin and the marking of imported goods. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer and manage the program including the Trade Disputes Management System (TDMS) and Customs Commercial System (CCS). Key program stakeholders include Department of Justice (DOJ) and United States Customs Border Protection (CBP).
Document Types: Procedural guidelines, policies, manuals, position papers, protocols with other areas within Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and memoranda of understanding
Record Number: CBSA ADM 103
Overt Audio-Video Surveillance
Record Number: CBSA BPD 1101
Canadian Human Rights Complaints
Description: Describes records related to complaints of discrimination filed with the Canadian Human Rights Complaints regarding services provided by Canada Border Services Agency.
Document Types: Procedural guidelines, policies, manuals and Memoranda of Understanding
Record Number: CBSA ADM 102
Enhanced Feedback Mechanism
Description: Describes records related to the Enhanced Feedback Mechanism Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Complaints and Compliments Database (CCDB), the Complaints Logbook, and ccmMercury System.
Document Types:Standard Operating Procedures & Flowchart, Client Online Feedback Form (Automated), Acknowledgement Letters, Response Letters to complaints/compliments from the public, Complaint Input Form and Statistical Reports.
Record Number: CBSA REC 001
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Enforcement Data System
Related Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Bank Number: CBSA PPU 032
The Revenue and Trade Management Program ensures that duties and taxes owed to the Government of Canada are collected in compliance with Canadian trade and imports reporting requirements. For the purposes of this program description, "duties" means any duties or taxes levied or imposed on imported goods under certain Acts that the CBSA is responsible for administering. The Program administers international and regional trade agreements and domestic legislation and regulations governing trade in commercial goods. Through its work on free trade negotiations, the Program helps to strengthen international rules related to trade and open new markets for Canadians.
Within the CBSA, the Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Program is responsible for the administration of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). Its role is to provide assistance to Canadian producers who face unfair foreign competition from dumped or subsidized goods in the Canadian marketplace. SIMA provides measures of redress against such goods when they have caused injury to the Canadian industry, and is in keeping with Canada's international obligations as a signatory to the World Trade Organization. Protecting Canadian industry against the injury from dumped or subsidized imports requires a two-track approach, with the CBSA responsible for determining whether imports are being dumped or subsidized, and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal making the decision of whether these imports have caused injury to Canadian production.
Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty (ADCP) Program
Description: Describes records related to the Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty (ADCP) Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) Portal (Electronic Document Management System) and the Customs Commercial System (CCS).
Document Types: Replies from external parties to questionnaires and requests for information, reports and analyses by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers, D-Memorandums, documentation from Canadian and foreign businesses, compliance reviews and investigations and Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 137
The Trade Compliance Program ensures compliance by Canadian industries to pay the appropriate duties and taxes on imported goods. The Program ensures that goods being imported into Canada are properly self-assessed by the importers with the correct origin and tariff classification and at the appropriate value in accordance with the policies determined by the CBSA and with international and regional trade agreements. Compliance verification audits are also conducted to measure compliance with trade rules and to correct errors in declarations. Scientific and engineering referrals are conducted to ensure validity of the information received.
Intellectual Property Right Project
Description: Describes records related to the Intellectual Property Rights Project. This project is responsible for engaging domestic and international partners in discussions related to the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Project partners include the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), Health Canada (HC), Industry Canada (IC), the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Heritage Canada (HC).
Document Types: Decks, Presentations, Briefing Notes, Papers, Regional Questionnaires, G8 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) consultation documentation, minutes and program development and planning documentation
Record Number: CBSA ENF 131
Duty Free Shops Program
Description: Describes records (e.g. licensee information, sales statistics) related to the Duty Free Shop Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Licensing Evaluation and Monitoring System (WinLEMS)
Document Types: Memos, Forms, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Verification Packages, and Compliance Reports.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 126
Duty Deferral Program
Description: Describes records related to the Duty Deferral Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer and manage the program including the Batching and Reporting of K32s System (BARKS), the Customized Management Reporting System (CMRS), and the Bonded Warehouse Administration System. Key program stakeholders include the United States Customs Border Protection (CBP) and the Government of Mexico (NAFTA Data Exchange).
Document Types: Service Level Agreement (SLA), Threat Risk Assessment (TRA), Statement of Sensitivity (SOS), Privacy Impact Statement (PIA), BARKS & BARS manual, systems documentation, Memoranda of Understanding
Record Number: CBSA ADM 139
Tariff Classification Program
Description: Describes records related to the Tariff Classification Program. This may include records related to electronic systems used to administer or manage the program, such as the Tariff Publishing and History System (TPHS), which is used to produce the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff, the Customs Commercial System (CCS), which processes commercial importation transactions, and its Technical Reference System (TRS), which is used to record precedent-setting decisions on tariff classification and for case tracking, as well as relevant reports generated using the Facility for Information Retrieval Management (FIRM).
Document Types: Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff, Memos, Customs Notices, Functional Guidance Bulletins, and Advance Rulings.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 141
Systems Development - Admissibility Branch
Description: Describes records related to the development and management of systems used by the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) Admissibility Branch, including the Travellers Entry Processing System (TEPS) and the Travellers National Database System (TRANDS).
Document Types: system descriptions and test packages, evaluation reports, briefing notes, Treasury Board submissions, Memoranda of Understanding, Information Sharing Agreements, forms, instructions manuals and training materials, Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA), Threat Risk Assessments(TRA).
Record Number: CBSA ADM 143
Valuation Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Valuation Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program the Technical Reference System (TRS), the Compliance Management System (CMS) and the Facility for Information Retrieval Management (FIRM).
Document Types: Memos, Customs Notices on Valuation issues, Guides, Trade Verification Manual - Valuation (Chapter R), verification files, correspondence, presentations, and training materials.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 142
Origin Program
Description: Describes records related to the Origin Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Technical Reference System (TRS), the Compliance Management System (CMS) and the Facility for Information Retrieval Management (FIRM).
Document Types: Memos, Customs Notices on Origin issues, Trade Verification Manual - Origin (Chapters O and P), Forms, Memoranda of Understanding, Origin/Recourse Protocol, verification files, correspondence, presentations and training materials.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 140
Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS) Program
Description: Describes records related to the Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS). May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) Integrated Customs System (ICS).
Document Types: Form E650, Notice of Penalty Assessment (NPA); Client Contravention History; Statistical information in Customs Management Reporting System (CMRS); D-Memo D22-1-1; AMPS Reference Manual; AMPS Bulletins, and Master Penalty Document.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 122
Customs Self-Assessment (CSA) Program
Description: Describes records related to the Customs Self Assessment Program which includes customs self-assessments, trade statistics. May also describe records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Consolidated Management Reporting Service (CMRS), the Field Operational Support System (FOSS), the Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System (ACROSS), the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES), Customs Commercial System (CCS), the Intelligence Management System (IMS), the Facility for Information Retrieval Management (FIRM), the Customs Investigations Information Management System (CIIMS), the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the Canadian Police Information Center (CPIC), the Police Information Retrieval System (PIRS), and the Police Reporting and Occurrence System (PROS).
Document Types: Approved Carriers and Importers Database, Forms, evaluation reports; compliance reviews and investigations.
Record Number: CBSA ADM 114
Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Corporate Secretariat, Communications, Internal Audit and Program Evaluation, Legal Services, Officer of Management Coordination and Development, Comptrollership and Human Resources. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.
Management and Oversight Services involve activities undertaken for determining strategic direction, and allocating resources among services and processes, as well as those activities related to analyzing exposure to risk and determining appropriate countermeasures. They ensure that the service operations and programs of the federal government comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and/or plans. Service Groupings for Management and Oversight Services include: Strategic Policy and Planning and Government Relations (incl. Federal / Provincial / Territorial / International); Executive Services; Corporate Policy, Standards, Guidelines; Program / Service Management; Investment Planning; Project Management; Risk Management; Performance and Reporting; Internal Audit; Evaluation.
Arming Initiative
Description: Describes records related to the Arming Initiative. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Corporate Accounting System (CAS) and the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES).
Document Types: Arming Policies & Procedures, Training Manuals and records, Incident Review & Compliance, Draft Incident Management Reporting System (IMRS) Privacy Impact Assessment, Arming Initiative Project Charter, IMRS Project Charter, IMRS Business Case, Treasury Board Submission, Memorandum to Cabinet, Testing and Evaluation Materials, Briefing Notes, a Memorandum of Understanding (Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)/Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)) and Forms.
Record Number: CBSA OPS 100
Detector Dog Services (DDS) Program
Description: Describes records related to Detector Dog Service (DDS) Program. Detector Dogs provide assistance to front line Border Services Officers (BSOs) in the detection of drugs/firearms, undeclared currency and food, plants and animals to reduce the inspection time required in labour intensive areas. They also provide assistance to outside law enforcement agencies and participate in public awareness campaigns and demonstrations to local schools, service clubs and community groups.
Document Types: Search Reports, Handler Training Aids, Issue and Return Records, Medical Examinations, Monthly Utilization Records, Training Records, Weapons Logs, Firing Records and Dog Handler Kennel Allowances.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 126
Personnel Security Screening Program
Description: Includes records related to personnel security screening, recruitment and staffing of individuals to fill all positions including contracts within the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Records will have information related to security screening, which may include examining, testing, interviewing, assessing, selecting, hiring and promoting candidates for employment. May also include information related to terms and conditions of employment (including conflict of interest), deployments, assignments, and secondments, student, professional, and occupational recruitment, post-employment appeals, and area of selection, as well as information received from or shared with central agencies responsible for security screening, recruitment and staffing, other employment agencies, or both.
Note: Relevant information may be transferred to an employee's personnel file if the individual accepts an offer of employment from the institution.
Document Types: Unsolicited résumés, model interview questions and answers, application and security screening forms, CBSA Residency and Travel Outside of Canada form, competition related information, reference check information, candidate and security screening inquiries and responses, copies of letters of offer, ratings board assessments, information within automated or Web-based application tools, second language evaluation results, identification documentation, credit check information, Integrity Questionnaire, fingerprints including related database information.
Record Number: CBSA CMT 1120
Communications Services involve activities undertaken to ensure that Government of Canada communications are effectively managed, well coordinated and responsive to the diverse information needs of the public. The communications management function ensures that the public – internal or external – receives government information, and that the views and concerns of the public are taken into account in the planning, management and evaluation of policies, programs, services and initiatives. Service Groupings for Communications Services include: Public Opinion Research; Corporate Identity; Consultations; Media Relations; Advertising, Fairs, Exhibits; In-Person Service, Telephone, Facsimile, Mail, Internet; Translation; Publications.
Legal Services involve activities undertaken to enable government departments and agencies to pursue policy, program and service delivery priorities and objectives within a legally sound framework. Services include the provision of: policy and program advice, direction in the development and drafting of the legal content of bills, regulations, and guidelines; assistance in the identification, mitigation and management of legal risks; legal support in ensuring compliance and enforcement of standards, regulations and guidelines; and representing the Crown's interests in litigation. Service Groupings for Legal Services include: Legal Advice; Preparation of Legal Documents; Litigation Services; Legislative Drafting; Legal Oversight.
Human Resources Management Services involve activities undertaken for determining strategic direction, allocating resources among services and processes, as well as activities relating to analyzing exposure to risk and determining appropriate countermeasures. They ensure that the service operations and programs of the federal government comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and/or plans. Service Groupings for Human Resources Management Services include: HR Planning, Work, Organization Design and Reporting; Job and Position Management; Employee Acquisition and Orientation; Total Compensation; Employee Performance, Learning, Development and Recognition; Permanent and Temporary Separations; Workplace Management.
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Internal Identification Program
Description:Describes records related to the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Internal Identification Program. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Two Factor (IPRS_TF) system.
Document Types: Registration forms, digital certificates, subscribers agreements, reports
Record Number: CBSA IST 008
Financial Management Services involve activities undertaken to ensure the prudent use of public resources, including planning, budgeting, accounting, reporting, control and oversight, analysis, decision support and advice, and financial systems. Service Groupings for Financial Management Services include: Financial Planning & Budgeting; Accounting Management; Expenditure Control; Payments Service; Collections and Receivables Service; Asset and Liability Management Service.
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) Project
Description: Describes records related to the completion of the CARM Feasibility Study Report, which includes financial management records, revenue management and reporting records and revenue accounting and management systems.
Document Types: CARM Feasibility Study Report, Background and Research documents to complete the study: Gap Analysis, Volumetric, Assessment, Linkages and interdependencies, High Level Business Requirement.
Record Number: CBSA IST 007
Information Management Services involve activities undertaken to achieve efficient and effective information management to support program and service delivery; foster informed decision making; facilitate accountability, transparency, and collaboration; and preserve and ensure access to information and records for the benefit of present and future generations. Information management is the discipline that directs and supports effective and efficient management of information in an organization, from planning and systems development to disposal or long-term preservation. Service Groupings for Information Management Services include: Information Needs Management; Information Structure Design and Maintenance; Information Acquisition; Information Organization; Information Provisioning; Information Protection, Preservation and Disposition.
Information Technology Services involve activities undertaken to achieve efficient and effective use of information technology to support government priorities and program delivery, to increase productivity, and to enhance services to the public. The management of information technology includes planning, building (or procuring), operating and measuring performance. Service Groupings for Information Technology Services include: Distributed Computing; Application/Database Development & Maintenance; Production and Operations Computing; Telecommunications Network – (Data and Voice); IT Security.
Systems Development (Enforcement Branch)
Record Number: CBSA ENF 137
Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS) Program
Record Number: CBSA ADM 122
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Detection (CBRN) Project
Description: Describes records related to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Detection (CBRN) Project. May include records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Radiation Alert Viewer (RAV), which is managed by the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) Laboratory and Scientific Services Directorate (LSSD).
Document Types: Radiological Notification and Response Framework, Notification Protocols, Briefing Notes, Memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board submissions.
Record Number: CBSA ENF 122
Precursor Chemical Diversion Program
Description: Describes records relating to the Precursor Chemical Diversion Program. May describe records related to the establishment or use of electronic systems used to administer or manage the program including the Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES).
Document Types: Treasury Board Submission, Intelligence Reports, Alerts and Bulletins
Record Number: CBSA ENF 118
Travel and Other Administrative Services include GC travel services, as well as those other internal services that do not smoothly fit with any of the internal services categories. Service Groupings for Travel and Other Administrative Services include: Travel; Other Administrative Services.
Real Property Services involve activities undertaken to ensure real property is managed in a sustainable and financially responsible manner, throughout its life cycle, to support the cost-effective and efficient delivery of government programs. Real property is defined as any right, interest or benefit in land, which includes mines, minerals and improvements on, above or below the surface of the land. Service Groupings for Real Property Services include: Acquisition; Operations and Management; Disposal.
Materiel Services involve activities undertaken to ensure that materiel can be managed by departments in a sustainable and financially responsible manner that supports the cost-effective and efficient delivery of government programs. Materiel is defined as all movable assets, excluding money and records, acquired by Her Majesty in right of Canada. Materiel management entails all activities necessary to acquire, hold, use and dispose of materiel, including the notion of achieving the greatest possible efficiency throughout the life cycle of materiel assets. Service Groupings for Materiel Services include: Acquisition; Operations and Management; Disposal.
Acquisition Services involve activities undertaken to acquire a good or service to fulfill a properly completed request (including a complete and accurate definition of requirements and certification that funds are available) until entering into or amending a contract. Service Groupings for Acquisition Services include: Goods Acquisitions; Services Acquisitions; Construction Acquisitions; Other Acquisitions (acquisitions that fall outside the definitions of goods or services).
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Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
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Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L8
Telephone: 613-960-1414
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ATIP-AIPRP@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca
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