---
title: "Canadian Air Transport Security Authority"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canadian-air-transport-security-authority"
description: "The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority screens people who access aircraft or restricted areas at airports, and their belongings and baggage."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Canadian Air Transport Security Authority

Government of Canada · Corporations

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority screens people who access aircraft or restricted areas at airports, and their belongings and baggage. Its mandate covers pre-board, hold baggage and non-passenger screening and restricted area identity cards.

Source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Government of Canada
- Layer: Corporations
- Class: Crown Corporations
- Portfolio: [Transport Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/transport-canada)
- Wikidata: [Q2824583](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2824583)

## Official websites

- [catsa.gc.ca](https://www.catsa.gc.ca)
- [acsta.gc.ca](https://www.acsta.gc.ca)

## Sources

- Description source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Record from: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=ifoi:51), with the sources of its record.
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Canadian Air Transport Security Authority", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canadian-air-transport-security-authority