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{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname        = Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
| nativename        = <small>{{lang|fr|Agence des douanes et du revenu du Canada}}</small>
| abbreviation      = CCRA (French: ADRC)
| formedyear        = 1 November 1999
| preceding1        = Canada Customs
| preceding2        = [[Revenue Canada]]
| dissolved         = 12 December 2003
| superseding       = [[Canada Revenue Agency]] and [[Canada Border Services Agency]]
| country           = Canada
| constitution1     = ''Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Act''
| website           = http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/
}}
'''Canada Customs and Revenue Agency''' ('''CCRA'''; {{langx|fr|Agence des douanes et du revenu du Canada}}, ''ADRC'') was a [[Ministry (government department)|department]] of the government of [[Canada]] and existed from November 1, 1999 until December 12, 2003. It was created from the merging of [[Revenue Canada]] with Canada Customs ({{Langx|fr|Douanes Canada}}).<ref name=":0">"[https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/corporate/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra/access-information-privacy-canada-revenue-agency/info-source-sources-federal-government-employee-information.html#gnrlnfrmtn Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information]." ''Canada Revenue Agency''. Ottawa: Government of Canada. 9 July 2017.</ref>

==History==
During the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal, QC]], the department was called the '''Department of National Revenue Customs and Excise'''.

The CCRA was subsequently split into the [[Canada Border Services Agency]] and [[Canada Revenue Agency]] in December 2003.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/arc-cra/Rv1-28-2004-eng.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220828105825/https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/arc-cra/Rv1-28-2004-eng.pdf |archive-date=2022-08-28 |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=publications.gc.ca}}</ref> Legislation was passed on December 12, 2005 that changed the name from the CCRA to the CRA.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agency |first=Canada Revenue |date=1999-11-01 |title=Structure and operational framework |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/corporate/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra/canada-revenue-agency-structure-operational-framework.html |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>

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