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Explore how Google Pay, CanBordereDeclaration, and loyalty/gift card apps enhance your travel and shopping experience in Canada. Discover the eDeclaration process and CBSA technology applications.
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Two Phone Apps Google Pay CanBordereDeclaration B. Prine
Google Pay • Can link to any of these • Credit Cards • Debit Cards • Loyalty Cards • Gift Cards B. Prine
Types of Loyalty Cards (48) • Loblaws PC Optimum • Canadian Tire • Petro Points Canada • Esso Canada • Husky Canada • Pioneer Canada • 7-Eleven Canada • Amica Canada (Aeroplan) • CAA Dollars • Longo’s • M&M Meat Markets Canada • Pet Smart Canada • Pet Valu Canada • Marriot International Canada • Best Western Canada • Starwood Canada • Air Canada (Altitude) • West Jet B. Prine
Gift Cards • Tim Hortons • Cineplex • Starbucks • Indigo • Best Buy Canada • Walmart Canada • Subway Canada • Canadian Tire • McDonalds Canada • Toys “R” Us Canada • Mastercard Canada • Hudson’s Bay Canada • Loblaws • Keg Restaurants • Winners Canada • Shoppers Drug Mart • Home Depot Canada • Sport Chek • LCBO • PetroCanada Canada • Esso Canada • Sephora Canada B. Prine
CanBordereDeclaration • To help air travellers have a better border experience • One of a series of CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) mobile apps • Operates in airplane mode & stores minimal information • Travellers can: • Store traveller profiles • Prepare declaration in advance • Generate a QR code to scan securely at a PIK terminal • TRAVELLERS MUST STILL MAKE A DECLARATION B. Prine
eDeclaration Process • Download the app onto your phone prior to departure • Declare individually or as a group • Answer questions about your trip and the nature of goods you are bringing into Canada • Review your declaration • Create a QR code • Upon arrival, scan your code at a kiosk and confirm your declaration • Present your receipt to a border services officer B. Prine
Other CBSA Technology Applications • Since March 2017, major Canadian airports have been using facial recognition software to speed and tighten security checks • Facial recognition has been used by Passport Canada for some time • Iris scans are part of CANPASS and Nexus border clearance programs B. Prine
Canada Passport Agency • Maintains a database of photographs of existing passport photos • Applies facial recognition AI to compare photos submitted on new passport applications to a database of photos on existing Canadian passports B. Prine
Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) • Currently 8 Canadian airports have PIK terminals (Primary Inspection Kiosks) – they are: • Vancouver International Airport – YVR • Edmonton International Airport – YEG • Winnipeg Richardson International Airport – YWG • Terminal 3 of Toronto Pearson International Airport – YYZ • Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport – YTZ • Ottawa International Airport – YOW • Montreal-Trudeau International Airport – YUL • Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport – YQB • Halifax Stanfield International Airport – YHZ B. Prine
Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) • At a PIK terminal, a traveller does the following: • Has their photo taken • Scans their travel documents (typically a passport) • Answers questions on the screen • Declares goods they are bringing in, either by entering information at the kiosk or using the CanBordereDeclaration mobile app which creates a QR code that can be scanned, shortening the time at the kiosk • Receives a printed receipt to be presented to a CSBA agent before leaving the customs check in area B. Prine
Canada Border Services Agency (CSBA) A weblink with more information is available at https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/pik-bip-eng.html B. Prine