Environmental Scan

CATSA’s annual environmental scan outlines key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges that the organization is facing now and will face over the planning period. CATSA will continue to monitor the evolving landscape and adjust the environmental scan as necessary.

Operating Environment

Introduction

CATSA analyzes its internal and external operating environments in an ongoing effort to plan strategically and adjust operations as necessary to deliver its mandate.

Human Resources Management

CATSA relies on a highly skilled and diverse workforce at its headquarters and regional offices.

Overview

Mandate

CATSA is an agent Crown corporation, funded by parliamentary appropriations and accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Transport.

CATSA’s mandate is to prevent prohibited items from entering the civil air transportation system through the systematic application of four complementary security services:

Executive Summary

As the federal authority responsible for screening at eighty-nine designated airports across Canada, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) remains focused on its mandate of civil aviation security screening.

Notes to the Condensed Interim Financial Statements (Unaudited)

For the three months ended June 30, 2024

(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 is responsible for securing specific elements of the air transportation system, from passenger and baggage screening, to screening airport workers.

Statement of Management Responsibility

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.