Canada Border Services Agency Quarterly Lists of Prohibited Publications
In Canada, customs officials have had the power to ban imported publications since 1847. For more than 170 years, customs officials have detained, examined, damaged, turned back and even destroyed countless books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, movies and so on.
Today, officials of the Canada Border Services Agency prohibit publications that they regard as obscene or as hate propaganda. Officials derive their power from Tariff Item 9899.00.00. Most of their decisions are never appealed to an open court.
The Canada Border Services Agency also releases quarterly lists. They indicate which titles officials have detained and examined and which titles they have barred from entering Canada. We present the most recent of these quarterly lists in portable document format (PDF) below.
2022 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2021 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2020 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2019 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2018 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2017 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2016 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2015 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2014 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2013 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2012 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2011 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2010 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2009 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2008 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2007 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2006 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2005 Quarterly Lists
1st Quarter - January 1st to March 31st
2nd Quarter - April 1st to June 30th
3rd Quarter - July 1st to September 30th
4th Quarter - October 1st to December 31st
2004 Quarterly Lists
