Ottawa — December 5, 2025 | Dalena Reporters
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is under mounting pressure after revealing that more than 10,000 removal warrants have been active for over a year — even as the agency records an all-time high in deportations.
According to a statement by CBSA vice-president Aaron McCrorie, the agency currently lists roughly 33,000 removal warrants, yet the heavy backlog remains a major challenge. Over the past 12 months alone, more than 22,000 people have been removed from Canada, while nearly 30,000 removals are “in progress”, illustrating a system under strain.
McCrorie admitted that for every 9,500 warrants closed during the last two fiscal years, an additional 7,000 were added — underscoring a “bathtub-with-the-tap-still-running” dynamic that hampers effective resolution of outstanding cases.
With roughly 400 removals per week, CBSA officials defend their enforcement as robust — but critics warn that the growing backlog, resource limitations, and the increasing number of people ordered to leave but not traced or removed pose serious concerns for border integrity, enforcement capacity and public-safety oversight.