Program directory · Canada Border Services Agency
Immigration Investigations
- Department
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Program code
- BUG01 (CBSA)
- Core responsibility
- Border Enforcement
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Immigration Investigations program investigates, reports and if appropriate arrests and detains foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada who are or may be inadmissible to Canada as defined by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). Immigration Investigations are conducted based on the prioritization framework to ensure that cases involving the highest degree of risk and persons whose removal may be imminent are not delayed. 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 (IRB) and may result in the issuance of a removal order. When an inadmissible person fails to appear for an immigration proceeding such as an examination, admissibility hearing or removal, or poses a danger to the public, a warrant for their arrest may be issued.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immigration Investigations | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $585M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Spending $67.2M, against $46.7M in 2019-20 (+44%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $86.4M, against $67.2M in 2020-21 (+29%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Employees (FTEs) 661, against 549 in 2021-22 (+20%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $116M, against $86.4M in 2021-22 (+35%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 55% | 2019 | 67% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 55% | 2020 | 69% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 55% | 2021 | 89% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 55% | 2022 | 75.2% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 55% | 2023 | 78% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 55% | 2024 | 78% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 55% | 2025 | 75% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 55% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $43.2M | $60M |
| 2019-20 | $43.1M | $46.7M |
| 2020-21 | $66.3M | $67.2M |
| 2021-22 | $54.8M | $86.4M |
| 2022-23 | $70.4M | $116M |
| 2023-24 | $82.7M | $111M |
| 2024-25 | $62.6M | $98.1M |
| 2025-26 | $95.8M | — |
| 2026-27 | $88.3M | — |
| 2027-28 | $87.9M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $81.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 433 | 493 |
| 2019-20 | 401 | 489 |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 525 |
| 2021-22 | 514 | 549 |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 661 |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 707 |
| 2024-25 | 557 | 660 |
| 2025-26 | 650 | — |
| 2026-27 | 698 | — |
| 2027-28 | 681* | — |
| 2028-29 | 651* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $43,150,364 | $43,275,973 | $43,513,404 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $43,063,514 | $41,802,194 | $47,073,902 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $66,302,937 | $51,020,533 | $49,633,185 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $54,815,792 | $55,649,298 | $48,404,272 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $70,353,728 | $69,672,672 | $62,346,769 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $82,670,407 | $62,956,357 | $62,688,503 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $62,632,421 | $61,658,882 | $59,416,010 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $95,820,362 | $84,167,104 | $78,920,255 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $88,321,723 | $87,879,605 | $81,769,797 | ||||||||
| Actual | $59,953,129 | $46,673,690 | $67,176,271 | $86,441,548 | $116,463,870 | $110,646,066 | $98,098,352 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
