Notes to the Condensed Interim Financial Statements (Unaudited)

For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025

(In thousands of Canadian dollars)

1. Corporate information

CATSA is a Crown corporation listed under Part I, Schedule III of the Financial Administration Act and is an agent of His Majesty in right of Canada. CATSA’s mandate is to provide effective and efficient screening of persons who access aircraft or restricted areas through screening points, the property in their possession or control and the belongings or baggage that they give to an air carrier for transport.

Statement of Management Responsibility Condensed Interim Financial

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these unaudited condensed interim financial statements in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting, and The Treasury Board of Canada’s Directive on Accounting Standards: GC 5200 Crown Corporations Quarterly Financial Report, and for such internal controls as management determines are necessary to enable the preparation of the unaudited condensed interim financial statements that are free from material misstatement.

Reading room

In accordance with the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act, an area on the premises will be made available should the applicant wish to review materials on site. The address is:

99 Bank Street
Ottawa, Ontario

Document was last updated December 30, 2022

Classes of personal information

In the course of conducting activities of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), personal information may be accumulated which is not described in personal information banks. This might include requests for information, offers of services, general correspondence and enquiries. This information is stored as part of the general subject files, where records are not stored in a manner that is designed to be retrieved by name of individuals or other personal identifier.

CATSA functions, programs and activities

1. CATSA Programs 

1.1. Pre-board screening

Pre-Board Screening (PBS) is the most public and visible of Canadian Air Transport Security Authority’s (CATSA’s) mandate. At airport checkpoints across the country, security screening of passengers and their belongings are conducted by CATSA’s Screening Officers. Passengers are screened before they enter the sterile area of an airport terminal.