Canada Border Services Agency
E88652
The Canada Border Services Agency is the federal organization responsible for border control, customs, and immigration enforcement at ports of entry across Canada.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T754044 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canada Border Services Agency Context triple: [Montréal–Trudeau International Airport, hasCustomsAndImmigration, Canada Border Services Agency]
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A.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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B.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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C.
UK Border Force
UK Border Force is the United Kingdom’s frontline law enforcement agency responsible for securing the country’s borders by controlling immigration and customs at ports and airports.
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D.
Transport Canada
Transport Canada is the federal government department responsible for developing regulations, policies, and services to ensure safe, secure, efficient, and environmentally responsible transportation across Canada.
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E.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canada Border Services Agency Target entity description: The Canada Border Services Agency is the federal organization responsible for border control, customs, and immigration enforcement at ports of entry across Canada.
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A.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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B.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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C.
UK Border Force
UK Border Force is the United Kingdom’s frontline law enforcement agency responsible for securing the country’s borders by controlling immigration and customs at ports and airports.
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D.
Transport Canada
Transport Canada is the federal government department responsible for developing regulations, policies, and services to ensure safe, secure, efficient, and environmentally responsible transportation across Canada.
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E.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border control agency
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federal agency ⓘ government agency ⓘ |
| appliesPolicyOf |
Canadian customs legislation
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Canadian immigration legislation at ports of entry ⓘ Government of Canada border policies ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employs |
border services officers
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customs officers ⓘ immigration enforcement officers ⓘ intelligence officers ⓘ |
| follows | Canadian law ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | CBSA ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Canada
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Ontario ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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surface form:
Government of Canada
|
| languageOfWork |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalForm | federal agency ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
air ports of entry
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land border crossings ⓘ marine ports of entry ⓘ postal facilities ⓘ rail ports of entry ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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surface form:
Government of Canada
Public Safety Canada ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of certain immigration legislation at the border
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administration of customs legislation ⓘ border control ⓘ collection of duties and taxes at the border ⓘ customs enforcement ⓘ customs services ⓘ enforcement of border-related regulations ⓘ enforcement of import and export laws ⓘ immigration enforcement at ports of entry ⓘ immigration screening at the border ⓘ removal of inadmissible foreign nationals at ports of entry ⓘ screening of goods entering Canada ⓘ screening of travellers entering Canada ⓘ security at Canadian ports of entry ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| sector |
border security
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customs administration ⓘ immigration enforcement ⓘ public safety ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Canada Border Services Agency Description of subject: The Canada Border Services Agency is the federal organization responsible for border control, customs, and immigration enforcement at ports of entry across Canada.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport
→
hasCustomsControl
→
Canada Border Services Agency
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this entity surface form:
Canada Border Services Agency facilities
U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry at Pembina
→
borderPartnerAgency
→
Canada Border Services Agency
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this entity surface form:
Canada Border Services Agency port of entry at Cornwall
Champlain–St. Bernard de Lacolle Border Crossing
→
borderAgencyCanada
→
Canada Border Services Agency
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Canada Border Services Agency port of entry
Sandy Bay Township–Saint-Georges border crossing
→
hasBorderControl
→
Canada Border Services Agency
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this entity surface form:
Canada Border Services Agency facility
subject surface form:
Canada Border Services Agency
this entity surface form:
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (border functions)