The Canada Border Services Agency seized 46 tons of illicit cannabis last year.
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Your World TonightOct 28, 2026
The CBSA's 2025 year-in-review page reports 46,608 kg of cannabis seized between January 1 and December 31, 2025, which matches the claim's 46 tons for last year. A CBSA release covering January to October 2025 (42,400 kg) is consistent with that full-year total, though the year-in-review page carries an odd 2023 publication date and a low credibility rating.
What was said
… The CBSA confirms Canada's cannabis is also smuggled to Germany, France, and Italy. The problem was so acute last year that Van der Waaren, the Belgium's customs chief, called his Canadian counterparts for help upscaling their inspection. Uh, also last year, 46 tons of so they're doing a great are they doing enough, given the scale of the problem? Always do more, but that means capacity, that means means, and that is up to the last June, the CBSA signed a letter of intent with Belgium, as well as the Netherlands and France, to work together on stymieing the smugglers. …
Your World Tonight · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The CBSA's 2025 year-in-review page reports 16,029 cannabis seizures totaling 46,608 kilograms for January 1 to December 31, 2025, which is about 46 metric tons.[1]
Supports. A CBSA news release reports over 42,400 kg of cannabis intercepted from January 1 to October 31, 2025, consistent with a full-year figure near 46 tons.[2]
Context. The Telegraph reports that the CBSA seized 46 tons of cannabis destined for Europe over 16 months, a different scope and period from the claim's full-year, all-destination figure.[3]
Sources
3 sources: 3 not rated
- 1The CBSA's 2025 year in review: Accomplishments by the numberscbsa-asfc.gc.ca · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2CBSA is strengthening the border: 2025 results and ...canada.ca · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Trudeau's cannabis revolution turns Belgium into narco statetelegraph.co.uk · not rated · cited for: context
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