Voluntary ArriveCAN Usage Low Despite Speedier Border Processing: CBSA

Voluntary ArriveCAN Usage Low Despite Speedier Border Processing: CBSA
A smartphone set to the opening screen of the ArriveCan app is seen in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Giordano Ciampini
Noé Chartier
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The number of travellers who use ArriveCAN to submit their advance customs declaration when entering Canada has dropped 50 percent since the system stopped being mandatory for COVID-19 purposes last fall, says the border agency.

September 2022 was the last month ArriveCAN was mandatory to track the vaccination status and quarantine plans of travellers, with 31 percent of them submitting an advance declaration through the system.

Noé Chartier
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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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