The Canada Border Services Agency is a federal law enforcement agency that is responsible for border control, immigration enforcement, and customs services in Canada.
CBSA officers with Vancouver Police in Vancouver, BC.
Canadian customs declaration
Immigration Holding Centre in Laval, Quebec, one of the three in the country
CBSA and RCMP members share information on the survey research vessel Strait Hunter, simulating a migrant vessel, during Frontier Sentinel (2012)
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According to the 2021 Canadian census, immigrants in Canada number 8.3 million persons and make up approximately 23 percent of Canada's total population. This represents the eighth-largest immigrant population in the world, while the proportion represents one of the highest ratios for industrialized Western countries.
The government promoted cheap wheat lands in the Prairies. 1898
Punjabi Sikh settlers at a lumber camp in British Columbia, circa 1914
Fifth-wave Canadian children celebrating Canada Day in Vancouver, 1 July 1999
Sikhs celebrating the Sikh new year in Toronto