Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Not to be confused with the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), formerly also known as CSEC.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Agency overview
FormedJune 21, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-06-21)
Preceding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Canada
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario, Canada
45°26′15″N 75°36′50″W / 45.4374°N 75.6139°W / 45.4374; -75.6139
MottoA safe, secure and prosperous Canada, through trusted intelligence and advice.
Employees3,200+ (2020)[1]
Annual budget$702.6 million (2024–25)[2]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Vanessa Lloyd, Director (interim)
Parent departmentPublic Safety Canada
Websitewww.canada.ca/en/security-intelligence-service.html

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS, /ˈsiːsɪs/; French: Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité, SCRS) is a foreign intelligence service and security agency of the federal government of Canada. It is responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world and conducting covert action within Canada and abroad.[3] CSIS reports to the Minister of Public Safety, and is subject to review by the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency.[4]

The CSIS has no law enforcement function and mainly focuses on intelligence gathering overseas.[5] The agency is led by a director, the current being interim appointee Vanessa Lloyd, who assumed the role on July 20, 2024.[6]

  1. ^ "People of CSIS". November 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Committee Notes: 2024-2025 Main Estimates Canadian Security Intelligence Service".
  3. ^ "Role of CSIS". Csis-scrs.gc.ca. April 9, 2009. Archived from the original on December 26, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
  4. ^ Boutilier, Alex (February 9, 2021). "Canada's spies are working under outdated laws, CSIS director says". Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.
  5. ^ Bronskill, Jim (March 14, 2021). "CSIS, RCMP modelling new security collaboration efforts on British lessons". CBS. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Minister LeBlanc announces appointment of Interim Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service". Public Safety Canada. July 19, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.