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NOC 2021 · 43203 · TEER 3

Border services, customs, and immigration officers

Unit group 43203 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.

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What this group covers

Border services, customs, and immigration officers administer and enforce laws and regulations related to immigration, customs and border crossing. They are employed by government agencies.

Example job titles

As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.

  • adjudication officer - immigration
  • border services officer (BSO)
  • border services student officer
  • border services trainee officer
  • case review officer - immigration
  • citizenship registration examiner
  • claims processing officer - immigration
  • customs appraiser
  • customs baggage inspector
  • customs collector
  • customs examiner
  • customs inspection supervisor
  • customs inspector
  • customs inspectors supervisor
  • customs investigator
  • customs officer
  • Immigration Act enforcement officer
  • immigration agent - government services
  • immigration appeal officer
  • immigration examiner
  • immigration examining officer
  • immigration inspector
  • immigration officer - government services
  • immigration officers supervisor

What it pays, and where it is hiring

Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.

Across Canada

$40.10 an hour

Low $24.62, high $54.34

Where it pays most

  1. Lower Mainland · British Columbia$46.15
  2. Edmundston--Woodstock · New Brunswick$46.14
  3. Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$45.64
  4. Fredericton--Oromocto · New Brunswick$43.59
  5. Saint John--St. Stephen · New Brunswick$43.54

Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.

By province and territory

Median wage and three-year employment outlook for this occupation, by province and territory.
WhereMedian hourlyLow to highOutlook 2025–2027
Newfoundland and Labrador$43.08$28.21 – $43.66Undetermined
Prince Edward IslandNot publishedNot publishedModerate
Nova Scotia$30.77$25.97 – $45.52Moderate
New Brunswick$46.15$29.33 – $56.41Moderate
Quebec$40.00$26.50 – $50.00Moderate
Ontario$42.68$21.50 – $55.56Moderate
Manitoba$39.47$30.01 – $49.82Moderate
Saskatchewan$39.11$27.38 – $49.34Limited
Alberta$33.33$16.00 – $45.04Very good
British Columbia$46.15$30.00 – $56.41Moderate
Yukon Territory$39.97$28.91 – $49.20Undetermined
Northwest TerritoriesNot publishedNot publishedUndetermined
NunavutNot publishedNot publishedUndetermined

By economic region

The 39 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.

Median wage and three-year employment outlook for this occupation, by economic region.
WhereProvinceMedian hourlyLow to highOutlook 2025–2027
Avalon PeninsulaNewfoundland and Labrador$41.28$26.86 – $44.53Undetermined
Cape BretonNova Scotia$30.00$26.67 – $38.00Moderate
North ShoreNova ScotiaNot publishedNot publishedModerate
Annapolis ValleyNova ScotiaNot publishedNot publishedModerate
SouthernNova ScotiaNot publishedNot publishedModerate
HalifaxNova ScotiaNot publishedNot publishedModerate
Campbellton--MiramichiNew BrunswickNot publishedNot publishedLimited
Moncton--RichibuctoNew BrunswickNot publishedNot publishedGood
Saint John--St. StephenNew Brunswick$43.54$32.54 – $50.45Good
Fredericton--OromoctoNew Brunswick$43.59$32.82 – $50.37Good
Edmundston--WoodstockNew Brunswick$46.14$34.25 – $56.46Limited
Capitale-NationaleQuebec$39.62$27.09 – $44.09Moderate
Chaudière-AppalachesQuebec$42.21$23.29 – $56.88Undetermined
EstrieQuebec$41.08$28.25 – $47.31Good
MontérégieQuebec$40.27$28.32 – $50.25Moderate
MontréalQuebec$38.45$26.23 – $43.79Moderate
LavalQuebec$39.31$27.43 – $46.44Moderate
LanaudièreQuebec$37.27$25.89 – $43.50Moderate
LaurentidesQuebec$40.23$28.27 – $46.77Good
OutaouaisQuebec$38.42$30.77 – $51.28Moderate
OttawaOntario$38.69$21.50 – $55.56Moderate
Kingston--PembrokeOntario$40.90$31.99 – $48.73Undetermined
TorontoOntario$42.79$24.00 – $56.00Moderate
Kitchener--Waterloo--BarrieOntario$40.71$31.52 – $48.53Moderate
Hamilton--Niagara PeninsulaOntario$40.75$29.17 – $51.28Moderate
LondonOntario$42.68$21.50 – $55.56Moderate
Windsor--SarniaOntario$45.64$31.79 – $55.90Good
NortheastOntario$41.39$31.01 – $48.51Moderate
NorthwestOntario$41.80$31.37 – $49.52Moderate
SoutheastManitoba$40.49$30.00 – $48.33Moderate
WinnipegManitoba$39.21$27.27 – $46.19Limited
Regina--Moose MountainSaskatchewan$40.59$25.36 – $45.42Limited
Lethbridge--Medicine HatAlberta$33.33$16.00 – $45.04Very good
CalgaryAlberta$33.33$16.00 – $45.04Very good
EdmontonAlberta$33.33$16.00 – $45.04Very good
Vancouver Island and CoastBritish ColumbiaNot publishedNot publishedGood
Lower MainlandBritish Columbia$46.15$30.00 – $56.41Moderate
Thompson--OkanaganBritish Columbia$42.75$33.21 – $49.13Good
KootenayBritish Columbia$43.21$34.03 – $49.96Good

Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.

The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024).

Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.

Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.

Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.