Program directory · Canada Border Services Agency
Removals
- Department
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Program code
- BUG04 (CBSA)
- Core responsibility
- Border Enforcement
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
As part of its enforcement responsibilities under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), the CBSA has a statutory obligation to remove foreign nationals who have been issued a removal order for violating the Act. The legislation requires that individuals subject to an enforceable removal order be removed from Canada as soon as possible. The CBSA is committed to carrying out these removals in full compliance with the IRPA and its regulations. The Removals Program plays a critical role in upholding the integrity of Canada’s immigration system and advancing the CBSA’s public safety and national security mandate.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removals | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $381M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Employees (FTEs) 340, against 281 in 2018-19 (+21%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $37.3M, against $51M in 2019-20 (−27%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $50.3M, against $37.3M in 2020-21 (+35%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Percentage of removals with no known impediments | Departmental Results Framework (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 | ≥ 100% | 2019 | 79% Foreign nationals that pose a safety or security concern remain the Agency’s top priority. In 2018–19, as in previous years, the performance target was not met as the removals inventory includes cases where the removal order recently became enforceable and/or cases where impediments to removal were recently resolved, thus not allowing sufficient time to enforce removal prior to fiscal year-end. A… | Not met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 80% | 2020 | 93% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 80% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 80% | 2022 | 83% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 80% | 2023 | 89% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 90% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 92% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 80% | 2023 | 66% The CBSA enforced a total of 10,180 removals in 2022–23, representing an increase of approximately 37% over last fiscal year and resulting in a performance improvement of 12%. The result is below the target due to the large number of actionable cases in the inventory and the additional effort required to address complex cases. The CBSA has implemented a Removals Action Plan to help ensure sustain… | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 67% The CBSA enforced a total of 16,218 removals in 2023–24, representing an increase of approximately 59% compared to the previous fiscal year. The result is below the target due to the large number of actionable cases in the inventory and the additional effort required to address complex cases. To further improve program performance, the CBSA has implemented a Removals Action Plan to address the gr… | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 71% The total number of removals enforced in 2024–25 increased by approximately 10% compared to 2023–24, which produced an increase of approximately 4% in the performance result for 2024–25 compared to 2023–24. Further increases to this result were hampered by significant growth in the removals inventory, which increased by approximately 77% and is predominantly driven by increasing volumes of failed… | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 80% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 80% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $35M | $42.3M |
| 2019-20 | $33.1M | $51M |
| 2020-21 | $81.4M | $37.3M |
| 2021-22 | $80.6M | $50.3M |
| 2022-23 | $79.6M | $56M |
| 2023-24 | $138M | $65.8M |
| 2024-25 | $71.8M | $78.3M |
| 2025-26 | $94.8M | — |
| 2026-27 | $105M | — |
| 2027-28 | $94.8M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $91.4M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 278 | 281 |
| 2019-20 | 216 | 340 |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 301 |
| 2021-22 | 291 | 335 |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 361 |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 393 |
| 2024-25 | 389 | 419 |
| 2025-26 | 439 | — |
| 2026-27 | 481 | — |
| 2027-28 | 452* | — |
| 2028-29 | 435* | — |
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 | $35,026,653 | $36,049,203 | $36,679,170 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $33,097,542 | $25,767,690 | $36,513,681 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $81,376,399 | $90,598,104 | $46,543,204 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $80,561,140 | $77,906,610 | $84,653,884 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $79,570,288 | $87,823,400 | $34,026,433 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $137,516,861 | $71,996,252 | $70,523,538 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $71,785,465 | $69,247,833 | $69,312,001 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $94,803,467 | $94,343,414 | $83,558,903 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $104,656,066 | $94,785,675 | $91,412,805 | ||||||||
| Actual | $42,297,978 | $51,046,409 | $37,295,223 | $50,274,526 | $56,049,454 | $65,781,214 | $78,250,480 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
