Sharing of travel information from CBSA

Since 2021, CBSA has started to share pensioners’ travel information with Service Canada pension program. Currently, if a pensioner leaves Canada for over 6 consecutive months, they have the obligation to inform Service Canada of their extended leave. This new sharing of information will further assist Service Canada’s investigator to audit pension’s GIS entitlement. 

How does CBSA uses entry and exit data

Entry and exit information is used by the CBSA to establish reliable and accurate travel history information on all travellers. This enables the Agency to better administer and enforce Canada’s immigration and customs laws where a traveller’s presence or absence from Canada is relevant and necessary to:

  • Identify individuals who do not leave Canada at the end of their period of authorized stay
  • Focus immigration enforcement activities on persons believed to still be in Canada; and
  • Respond to the departure, or intended departure, of high risk persons or goods who may pose a risk to the national security or public safety of Canada

Who does CBSA shares the travel information with?

The CBSA discloses entry and exit information we collect in accordance with legislative authorities to:

  • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for the administration and enforcement of immigration and citizenship programs
  • the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) for law enforcement purposes
  • Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) for the administration of the Employment Insurance and Old Age Security programs
  • the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for the administration of Canada’s child and family benefit programs

What data does CBSA collects?

The CBSA collects basic biographic information whenever you enter Canada. The CBSA also collects exit information in the land and air modes.

Biographic entry data

Entry data include biographic information, such as:

  • first name
  • middle name(s)
  • last name
  • date of birth
  • nationality
  • gender
  • travel document type, number and name of the country that issued the travel document

Additional entry data

At land ports of entry only, the US and Canada collect and exchange the following information:

  • date and time of entry
  • the name of the port of entry

The CBSA creates exit records in the land mode based on this information.

Exit data

Exit data includes biographic information such as:

  • first name
  • middle name(s)
  • last name
  • date of birth
  • citizenship or nationality
  • gender
  • travel document type, number and name of the country that issued the travel document

Additional exit data

At land ports of exit, Canada and the US collect the following information:

  • date and time of exit
  • the name of the port of exit

At air ports of exit, Canada collects the following information from air carriers for passengers on outbound international flights:

  • date and time of departure
  • the name of the port of departure
  • flight information

source: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/btb-pdf/eedcu-cudes-eng.html#s5

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