Airlines and carriers must now report passenger/crew status and transit destination to Canada Border Services

Plain-language summary · AI-assisted · not legal advice

The Passenger Information (Customs) Regulations have been updated to expand the data that commercial carriers (airlines, marine and land operators) must submit to the Canada Border Services Agency about every person on board. Two new data fields are now required: whether each person is travelling as a passenger or crew member and whether they are in transit to a destination outside Canada, and if so, what that first foreign destination is. The previous requirement to flag crew members who lacked a unique passenger reference has been removed; instead, all individuals must be reported with a passenger-or-crew status indicator. Carriers should review their electronic data submission processes against the updated CBSA Carrier Messaging Requirements to ensure their systems capture and transmit these additional fields correctly.

Who this affects: commercial airlines · marine carriers · land commercial carriers · travel reservation system operators · compliance and data teams at transportation companies