The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is changing the hours you can cross the border at dozens of crossings between Canada and the United States, starting next year.
The Canada Border Services Agency said in a statement Monday that it “intends to adjust service hours at 35 land ports of entry across Canada” starting at midnight on Jan. 6, 2025.
The Canada Border Services Agency said the changes are coming into effect in cooperation with the United States.
“It will allow the CBSA to use its resources more efficiently by deploying officers to the busiest ports of entry. This will support the CBSA’s ability to handle passengers and cargo as well as manage enforcement activities,” the agency said in a statement.
The CBSA said the adjustments are based on “an analysis of operational pressures, peak periods and services required at ports of entry, to minimize impacts on border communities.”
The news comes after Immigration Minister Mark Miller said last week that the federal government may look to bolster enforcement resources to crack down on illegal immigrants who don’t leave Canada, and addressed the need for reciprocal implementation of the Safe Third Country Agreement with Canada. we
The government has come under pressure from opposition and provincial parties over its plan to add additional resources at the US-Canada border in anticipation of a potential increase in the number of people seeking to enter Canada from the United States, where President-elect Donald Trump has pledged mass deportations.
Canadian Minister of Public Safety said Western blocMercedes Stevenson said last week that he was confident in the work of agencies tasked with detaining and deporting people in the country illegally and preventing security threats from crossing into the United States, but that he would bolster enforcement resources if necessary.
Dominic LeBlanc says the work being done by the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency should demonstrate to the incoming Donald Trump administration — whose newly appointed “border czar” called the Canada-U.S. border a “huge national security issue” — that Ottawa shares their concerns about border security.
LeBlanc said: “I am very confident in the work they can do with their American counterparts, and we will reassure the US administration that we are ready to do the necessary work.”
Which border crossing will see the changes?
The new service hours (local time) will be as follows:
Alberta
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del bonita
For travelers: 9 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week
British Columbia
Cascade
For travelers: 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week
Nileway
For passengers: 8 AM to 6 PM, 7 days a week
Manitoba
Cartwright
For travelers: 8 am to 4 pm, 7 days a week
Coulter
For passengers: 8 AM to 4 PM, 7 days a week
Commercial: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday (except holidays)
Crystal City
For travelers: 9 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week
Goodlands
For travelers: 9 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week
Gretna
For passengers: 8 AM to 6 PM, 7 days a week
Lena
For passengers: 8 AM to 4 PM, 7 days a week
Commercial: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday (except holidays)
piney
For travelers: 9 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week
Snowflake
For travelers: 9 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week
South Mafraq
For travelers: 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week
Tolstoy
For passengers: 8 AM to 6 PM, 7 days a week
wendjets
For travelers: 9 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week
Winkler
For travelers: 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week
Quebec
Chartierville
For travelers: 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week
Clarenceville
For passengers: 8 AM to 4 PM, 7 days a week
Frelisburg
For travelers: 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week
Herdman
For travelers: 6 AM to 6 PM, 7 days a week
Hereford Road
For travelers: 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week
High water
For travelers: 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week
Lacolle Road 221
For passengers: 6 AM to 10 PM, 7 days a week
Lacolle Road 223
For travelers: 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week
Noyan
For travelers: 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week
Trout river
For travelers: 6 AM to 6 PM, 7 days a week
New Brunswick
Bloomfield
Travelers: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday (except Canadian and US holidays)
Commercial: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday (except Canadian and US holidays)
Gillespie Portage
For travelers: 7 am to 7 pm, 7 days a week
Fosterville
Travelers (7 days a week):
- 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., from the last Monday in May to the first Monday in September
- From 8 am to 6 pm the rest of the year
Commercial (7 days a week):
- 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., from the last Monday in May to the first Monday in September
- From 8 am to 6 pm the rest of the year
St. Croix
For travelers: 9 am to 9 pm, 7 days a week
Commercial: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday
Saskatchewan
Carivale
Travelers (7 days a week)
- 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., from the second Sunday in March to the first Saturday in November
- From 9 am to 7 pm the rest of the year
Estevan Highway
Travelers (7 days a week)
- 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., from the second Sunday in March to the first Saturday in November
- From 9 am to 7 pm the rest of the year
Munshi
Travelers (Monday to Friday)
- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from the second Sunday in March to the first Saturday in November
- From 10 am to 6 pm the rest of the year
Commercial (Monday to Friday, excluding holidays)
- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from the second Sunday in March to the first Saturday in November
- From 10 am to 5 pm the rest of the year
North gate
Travelers (7 days a week)
- 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., from the second Sunday in March to the first Saturday in November
- From 9 am to 5 pm the rest of the year
Commercial (Monday to Friday, excluding holidays)
- 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., from the second Sunday in March to the first Saturday in November
- From 9 am to 5 pm the rest of the year
Unger
Travelers (7 days a week)
- 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., from the second Sunday in March to the first Saturday in November
- From 9 am to 7 pm the rest of the year
Western Poplar River
Travelers (7 days a week)
- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from the second Sunday in March to the first Saturday in November
- From 10 am to 6 pm the rest of the year
Commercial (Monday to Friday, excluding holidays)
- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from the second Sunday in March to the first Saturday in November
- From 10 am to 5 pm the rest of the year
With files from Global’s Sean Boynton
