Human smuggling apprehensions at the Canada-U.S. border

OTTAWA – The number of people apprehended by authorities in human smuggling operations from the United States to Canada in various border enforcement team regions in 2011 (2010 figures in brackets).

Yukon: 0 (0)

Pacific/Okanagan: 35 (11)

Rocky Mountain: 5 (5)

Prairies: 0 (0)

Red River: 38 (16)

Superior: 0 (0)

Sault Ste. Marie: 0 (0)

Windsor/Detroit: 4 (0)

Niagara Frontier: 0 (5)

Thousand Islands: 8 (2)

Central St. Lawrence Valley: 5 (0)

Valleyfield: 15 (1)

Champlain: 145 (126)

Eastern: 232 (132)

Atlantic: 0 (10)

Total: 487 (308)

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