Completed Access to Information Requests

Request Number:
A-2025-57626
March 2026
Summary:

Records from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2025, regarding the total number of immigration applications referred by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for immigration security screening / comprehensive or in-depth security screening, broken down by the broad type of application, the country of citizenship of the applicant and the country of birth of the applicant. Including but not limited to any additional breakdowns of the same referrals by category of application such as permanent residence economy, family, refugee; temporary residents such as study permits, work permits and temporary resident visas, broken down by country of citizenship and, country of birth. Exclude any personal identifiers and the disclosure of specific operational risk indicators, targeting criteria, risk scoring models, algorithms, or other sensitive operational details used to select cases for immigration security screening. CSV or Excel format where possible. Include separate counts for Israel.

Disposition:
Disclosed in part
Pages:
14
Organization:
Canada Border Services Agency