CCRA at a Glance

• Over 50 agreements with other government departments and agencies for joint program delivery
• Over 29.3 million public enquiries every year
• Customs seizures of some $625 million in drugs and contraband in 1999
• 110 million travellers entering Canada annually through over 400 customs service locations
• On average, $275 billion in revenues annually, $1 billion every working day
• Agreement to collect about $37.3 billion annually on behalf of the provinces and territories
• 44,000 employees at 750 service sites across Canada
• Over 100 interest groups and 25 advisory committees consulted on a regular basis
• $9 billion in Child Tax Benefit payments and GST/HST credits to 10 million Canadians in 1999
• Nearly 11 million customs commercial releases processed annually
• 23.7 million individual and trust tax returns, and 1.2 million corporate tax returns processed in 1999
• 2 million hits on the CCRA's Web site each month during peak tax season; 20,000 forms and guides available online

Date modified:

2002-01-04