On March 13, 2026, the Government of Canada published departmental plans for all federal departments and agencies (Departmental Plans - Canada.ca). The CBSA’s 2026-2027 Departmental Plan can be found here: Canada Border Services Agency 2026 to 2027 Departmental Plan. The Agency’s key priorities for the coming year are reported as follows:
- Effective border operations: Continue efforts to ensure border security and provide efficient border services for admissible persons and goods, while working with partners to deliver Canada's Border Plan. This will include a focus on high-priority import and export violations related to firearms, fentanyl and stolen vehicles, as well as human smuggling and inadmissible persons. This will also include joint efforts with federal and provincial law enforcement partners to address the increasing and violent incidents of extortion in communities across the country.
- Strengthening frontline capacity: Continue the recruitment, training and deployment of 1,000 new CBSA officers over the next three years, in support of the Government's commitment to reinforce our borders.
- Management excellence: Improve internal systems, controls and processes to ensure more effective management of the CBSA's resources and people, with a particular focus on reducing costs and increasing productivity.
- Immigration and Asylum sustainability: Enhance the integrity and sustainability of the asylum system by increasing the removal of inadmissible individuals and adapting the CBSA's operations to manage detainees of all risk levels.
- International trade diversification, security and economic prosperity: Ensure the effective application of duties and taxes, including surtaxes, while administering Canada's international trade compliance, trade remedies and related recourse systems efficiently, as well as supporting Canada's efforts to diversify trade through new free trade agreements and other economic and security partnerships.
- Anti-racism, equity, diversity and inclusion: Continue efforts to improve diversity and inclusion, and to address barriers faced by employees and clients.
- Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples: Continue engaging with Indigenous Peoples in support of the Government of Canada's commitment to reconciliation, while also addressing barriers facing Indigenous employees.
- Traveller Modernization: Continue the planning and delivery of Traveller Modernization, a multi-year initiative to modernize traveller processing through a suite of new tools and technologies to make travel smoother while continuing to keep the border safe.