Border officers seized more than $13.8 million worth of tobacco and nicotine products across the Canada Border Services Agency’s southern Ontario region during August, the agency says — bringing the total for the year so far to $52.2 million.
The agency did not give a full breakdown of the August total. It listed six seizures as examples, all at bridges between Ontario and the United States, which together account for about $11.9 million of the month’s figure. The largest by weight was 15,222 kilograms of loose-leaf tobacco stopped at the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward on 14 August, valued at $2,809,921. Three days earlier, officers at the same crossing seized 2,796 kilograms of nicotine pouches worth $2,983,499 — the highest-value seizure among those listed.
The others: 7,658 kilograms of nicotine and tobacco products at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge on 2 August ($2,704,524); 3,000 kilograms of waterpipe tobacco at the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie on 6 August ($299,820); 1,781,000 cigarettes at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor on 17 August ($333,189); and 14,964 kilograms of loose-leaf tobacco at the Blue Water Bridge on 20 August ($2,765,969).
“These results reflect the skill, experience and determination of CBSA’s frontline officers across Southern Ontario,” said Michael Prosia, the agency’s regional director general for the region.
The release names no charges, penalties or prosecutions arising from any of the seizures, and does not say whether anyone was arrested. The year-to-date figure covers 1 January to 4 September.
Source: Canada Border Services Agency, 4 September 2026.
